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架构师提供的文本描述。马拉维正式成为马拉维共和国，是一个内陆国家。西北与赞比亚接壤，东北与坦桑尼亚接壤，东、南、西与莫桑比克接壤。马拉维湖与坦桑尼亚和莫桑比克隔开。
Text description provided by the architects. Malawi,officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi.
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马拉维是世界上最不发达国家和人口最稠密的国家之一。约85%的人口生活在农村地区。经济是以农业为基础的，超过三分之一的gdp和90%的出口收入来自农业。2011年3月，马拉维在欧洲货币国家风险排行榜上排名世界上第119位最安全的投资目的地。
Malawi is among the world’s least-developed and most-densely populated countries. Around 85% of the population live in rural areas. The economy is based on agriculture, and more than one-third of GDP and 90% of export revenues come from this. Malawi was ranked the 119th safest investment destination in the world in the March 2011 Euromoney Country Risk rankings.
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这座建筑探索了学校作为有盖的天篷的可能性。它提供一个更大的覆盖面积，提供阴凉，开放，良好的照明和良好的通风空间。该结构变得非常有效的材料与覆盖平方米，并成为自己的视觉图标。
This building explores the possibility of the school as a covered canopy. It offers a larger covered area that provides shade, open, well-lit and well ventilated spaces. The structure becomes very efficient in terms of material vs. covered square meterage, and becomes itself a visual icon.
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遮阳网、轻钢、局部砌体和瓦楞纸铁构成了建筑的建筑语言。当地的砖石被用来在教室的外部制造垂直的百叶窗，作为遮阳装置和屋顶的结构支撑。屋顶有一个轻微的下降，把水排入水槽的排水沟。
Shade netting, lightweight steel, local masonry and corrugated iron form the architectural language of the building. Local masonry is used to create vertical louvers on the exterior of the classrooms to act as shading devices and structural support for the roof. The roofs have a slight fall to drain water into the gutters which feed the water tanks.
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此外，大楼还包括使用翻新后的集装箱，因为这些集装箱在结构上是合理的，具有双重功能。首先作为一个可运输的元素，其次，作为一个新的结构的壳和锚。
Furthermore the building includes the use of refurbished shipping containers as these are structurally sound elements that have duality of function. Firstly as a transportable element, and secondly, as a shell and anchor for a new structure.
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货柜的一面会被移走，本地制造的砖块和铺面会加入结构内。通过利用当地制造的材料，它为人们提供了一种主人翁感，并将容器软化为一种外来的上下文元素。建筑物的整体感觉是轻盈而持久的，外立面可调，在空间布局和气候舒适性方面为用户提供了自由。
One side of the container is removed, Locally manufactured bricks and pavers will be incorporated into the structure. By utilizing locally manufactured materials, it provides the people with a sense of ownership and softens the container as a foreign contextual element. The over-all feel of the building is light yet permanent and with the outer facade adjustable, provides the user with freedom in terms of spatial layout and climatic comfort.
增加更多的集装箱使无限的可能性。建筑物的功能不仅限于学校，而且可以作为社区建筑或市场的双重功能。这些学校将作为社区内的信标，通过学习提供希望，通过建造基础设施提供住所，并通过收获的雨水提供营养，以维持生计农业倡议。
The addition of more containers makes the possibilities endless. The function of the building is not limited to a school, but can double as a community building or marketplace. These schools will act as beacons within the community, providing hope through learning, shelter through built infrastructure and nourishment through harvested rainwater to sustain subsistence farming initiatives.
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每个教室都有开放的隔膜，卢浮宫的墙壁上覆盖着遮阳网。这些侧百叶窗既可以是垂直的，也可以是水平的。当处于垂直位置时，空间变得更加私密和隐蔽，但仍然允许交叉通风。水平位置提供了更多的阴影区域，并延伸到建筑边界以外的空间，并允许更多的自然光进入空间。
Each classroom has open-able partition Louvre walls covered with shade-netting. These side louvers can either be in a vertical or horizontal position. When in a vertical position, the space becomes more private and sheltered but still allows for cross-ventilation. The horizontal positions provide more shaded area and extends the space beyond the buildings boundaries and allows more natural light into the spaces.
Axonometric Section
轴测剖面
一个数字投影仪存储在容器中，并在夜间需要时安装。庭院/集合空间随后成为电影或足球比赛的座位/观看空间。投影仪和笔记本电脑是由白天储存的太阳能供电的。
A digital projector is stored in the container and mounted when needed at night. The courtyard/ assembly space then becomes the seating/ viewing space for movies or soccer games. The projector and laptop are powered by solar energy stored during the day.
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这所学校是在南非的建筑工作室中预建的.整个学校结构被装在4600个集装箱里，送到马拉维的现场。这主要是为了控制质量、材料的可得性和马拉维昂贵的材料成本。这所学校在8周内就被通过了。
The school was pre-manufactured in the Architecture for a Change workshop in South-Africa. The whole school structure was packed into 4 6m containers and delivered to site in Malawi. This was mostly done for qaulity controil, availibility of materials and due to expensive material cost in Malawi. The school was then assbled in 8 weeks.
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现场建筑师(JohnSaaiman)在现场培训了一支具有宝贵技能的当地团队，并在施工过程中雇用了当地社区。当地使用的砖块多年来一直在现场铺设，因为当地社区希望有人资助一所学校。
The site architect (John Saaiman) trained a local team on site with valuable skills and employed the local community during the construction process. The local bricks that was used have been laying on site for many year as the local community made them in hope that someone would fund a school.
主要结构为轻钢框架和混凝土底座.这所学校完全如鱼得水，收集雨水。
The main structure consist of light-weight steel framing and concrete footings. The school is completely of the grid and harvests rainwater.
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Architects Architecture for a Change
Location Chimpamba, Malawi
Category Sustainability
Project Year 2014