Germany funded school building based on mud technology

Arne Tönißen and his team - proud of their achievement Enlarge image Arne Tönißen and his team - proud of their achievement (© ZRS)

In 2011, the German Embassy funded the extension of the Tipu Sultan Merkez School building in the remote village of Char Maulvi, Ajniawala, District Sheikhupura. The building has been designed by the German architecture firm Ziegert Roswag Sailer (ZRS), Berlin, using locally-sourced cob/mud (clay, sand, water and straw) for the lower floor combined with a second floor made of earth-filled bamboo walls. The extension provides seven new classrooms for the school which focusses on education for underprivileged girls in rural Punjab.

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Mud Technology

Arne Tönißen permanently training his team

The project has won the first prize for Asia Pacific of the prestigious award sponsored by the Switzerland-based "Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Constructions" endowed with US$ 100,000. The award was handed over to the architects at a ceremony in Singapore in November 2011.