• British Council Khartoum Sudan / Dive Architects

Architects: Dive Architects  
Location: Kahartoum,  Sudan
Project Team: Structural Engineer: Price and Myers Quantity Surveyor: Davis Langdon Offshore Mechanical and Electrical Engineer:Cundall Johnston & Partners LLP Main Contractor: IT Group Sudan Local Consultant: Tekno Consultancy
Interior Décor: Dive Architects
Project Year: 2014
Photographer: Åke E:son Lindman
Website: www.divearchitects.com/

Refurbishment of the existing premises grew from the need to reduce solar gain and rationalise circulation.

British Council Khartoum Sudan / Dive Architects

A new escape stair runs behind a brise soleil wall built from simple concrete blocks 'on edge' chosen for their local availability. Internally the building was completely reorganised to provide better library and seminar facilities on the ground floor and new office accommodation over the first floor.

British Council Khartoum Sudan / Dive Architects

This is an ongoing process in British Council centres across Africa where the architecture almost always reflects the local culture of the place and transcends diplomatic ties into union of culture, tradition and local technology that combats climatic nuances with elements of aesthetic matrimony.

British Council Khartoum Sudan / Dive Architects

The centre has been in existence for a while and Dive Architects were called in to renovate the Council’s premises in a bid to combat the growing purposes of the centre vis a vis climatic and comfort levels within the centre.

British Council Khartoum Sudan / Dive Architects

Ultimately the design does well to cater to issues of low cost design within the area while maintaining a relevant aesthetic, all in the while engaging in a rigorous exercise of architectural balance that not only befits a diplomatic building, but firmly entrenches the penetrations of culture within the Khartoum area.

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