IL WORKSHOP

Kaira Looro is an international design workshop, designed as a meeting between national and international professionals and young graduates or students in a week work full time in order to develop the proposed project. Kaira Looro is an important cultural event, training and planning, which aims to support a humanitarian project in Senegal. The proposals developed during the workshop will be the subject of a public exhibition and will be donated to the community of Casamance in Senegal.
The International Nonprofit Organization Balouo Salo, IN/Arch Sicily and the course of Architecture and Architectural Composition II of the DICAR of the University of Catania, organize, together with the Embassy of the Republic of Senegal in Italy and Chamber of Commerce and the Sedhiou Government (Senegal ), an international design workshop of architecture open to professional studies , and graduate students in the disciplines of architecture , engineering , design , urban planning , landscape and environment as well as stakeholders to work within the international cooperation. The aim of the workshop is to develop architectural projects based on sustainable self-construction principles , dedicated to meeting the humanitarian needs through experimentation and design methodologies aimed at the development of the territory and of the local economies of Sedhiou Region. Balouo Salo operates in Senegal for an international cooperation project with a highly innovative and sustainable aim : a dam - bridge in the valley of Tanaff ( Sedhiou Region ) . With the workshop it will be possible to make a contribution in terms of project continuity , through humanitarian and economic interventions leading to the development of the area and based on local cultures and traditions , using only materials , technologies and construction methods compatible with the places . The official languages of the workshop are English , French and Italian.
The workshop will take place at the headquarters of the Città della Scienza located in Via Simeto 23, Catania, for more information on the hotel visit.

The name of the workshop

"Kaira” and “Looro" are words in Mandinga language, the majority culture in the area where the no profit "Balouo Salo - A Bridge for Life" works. This area is in the south of Senegal, Sedhiou Region. As for the name "Balouo Salo", which translated means "A Bridge for Life", also for the workshops the Organization Balouo Salo wanted to tie a cultural and spiritual link with architecture even in the name. Kaira Looro, means "Architecture of Peace" because the projects that will be developed during the workshop will be projects designed for the serenity of a population in distress and at risk survival. Proceeds from the workshop will be donated to humanitarian project Balouo Salo - A Bridge for life . In addition to the link with architecture, Kaira Looro creates a link with the Mandinga culture that is recognized in Sub Saharan Africa for his wisdom and spirituality. The greetings of welcome or farewell, are not simple greeting "hello" or "good evening", but they are real good wishes and prayers for the peace of others. Often people greet each other "Alma kaira siyaa laa", or that "God will give you peace." Kaira Looro is not simply "doing" architecture, but also the feeling linked to a culture and a spirituality.
For more details on the Mandingo and Balouo project Salo, visitwww.balouosalo.com.

THE LOGO OF THE WORKSHOP

The logo features the name Kaira Looro flanked by three simple traits that have a double interpretation . As described in the section , the project Balouo Salo aims to solve a serious humanitarian emergency caused by the invasion of the tides in farmlands , causing disease , malnutrition and poverty. The bridge - earth dam will protect the Tanaf valley allowing the cultivation of 10,000 hectares of land . The three sections on the left of the logo represent both the tides changing trajectory before Kaira Looro and the purpose of Balouo Salo project to restore health, nutrition and wealth..


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