My name is Simon, third year student Architecture.
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Contribution to Development
What does your project contribute to development?
Multipurpose Centre
The Multipurpose Centre is located in Chazanga. This informal… -
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Culture Dimensions
Culture dimensions
Power distance or hierarchy – Egalitarianism
During our internship with PPHPZ we experienced the hierarchy within the… -
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Business and Revenue Model
Business and revenue model
The most important requirements for the Multipurpose Centre were its self-sustainability. In the past few years… -
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Minor Curriculum
For the minor, we also had education at the TU Delft, focussed on subjects linked to your project. For these courses, we made a business… -
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Epilogue
The time we have spent in Zambia is a memorable time for us. We are very pleased to have had the opportunity to actually visit a developing… -
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Simons Self-Reflection
During this minor, I have noticed that I've developed myself a lot. I will now explain the whole process in this self-reflection of my… -
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Ottes Self-Reflection
In this self-reflection I will look back at the minor and the time spend in Zambia. During our stay I have seen, learned, experienced so… -
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Self-Reflection
Our self reflection of the project, made personally. -
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Problems encountered and solutions found
One thing that immediately became clear to us was the sequential way of working. We also experienced this in all the little extra… -
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Facts
About the spot check
In total we interviewed 17 people. We tried to keep these surveyed people as random as possible by asking different… -
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Project: Other Relevant Information
Besides these two main projects we also did a lot of different things. In the first two weeks we visited different sites to learn about the… -
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Project: Eco Wash
We also tried also to find a solution for the water problem in Chazanga. This is one of the biggest problems Zambia has to deal with. -
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Project: Multipurpose Centre
During our internship we focused on two main projects to development the informal settlement Chazanga. First we designed a Multipurpose… -
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The Project: The Issue
Zambia has to deal with a huge population growth and a major migration to cities in the last few years. One of the consequences is a… -
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Introduction
We proudly present you the report of our project in Lusaka, Zambia. This project is part of the minor International Entrepreneurship and… -
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Project Report
In the Project Report we explain all the work we have done in Zambia.
The Content you will find below:
- Introduction
- The project: the… -
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Update 7: Back home + presentation
After a long journey from Lusaka to Amsterdam, we arrived Holland safely. We were happy to see our family again. On friday, we gave our presentation about our project in Zambia, with the other participants of the minor International Development & Entrepreneurship. It was very interesting to listen to all the other stories and see what they have done. If you are interested in our presentation, you… -
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Update 6: Finished the Eco Wash
Today, on 25 of januari, was our last day in Lusaka. This was also the day that we finished the Eco Wash. We are very happy that we finished it and that it is working well. We opened the Eco Wash with the people of the organization, they were very happy and surprised with the result. -
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Update 5: Billboard
Today we placed the Billboard for the Multipurpose Centre on the plot in Chazanga. This is to inform the people of Chazanga that the Multipurpose Centre will be build and to advertise that there is the opportunity to start your own shop. We immediately got the attention of the residents, they came to help and asked questions. We are now very busy with building the prototype of the Eco Wash. We… -
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Update 4: Building the Eco Wash
We are now busy with building the Eco Wash. After we bought all the building materials, we started with the foundation 2 days ago. After we finished pouring the concrete, we faced a setback. There was a waterpipe under the foundation, so we were not allowed to finish the building on this spot. We started over on another spot, so we had some delay. Not a big problem, if everything will be working… -
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Update 3: the Eco Wash
After we finished the design of the Multipurpose Centre, we wanted to inform the residents of Chazanga about the plan to build the Multipurpose Centre in their 'informal settlement'. That's why we have made a billboard. Today we will put the billboard at the plot. This billboard serves the purpose of advertisement, for those who are interested in to hiring the space for shops. However, our S4S… -
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Update 2: the Design
First, we finished the research to the needs and demands of the users of the MultiPurpose Centre in Chazanga. We went to the plot to interview these users. Thereafter, we made the first sketches of the design. Last week, we made a final design. The Multipurpose Centre contains a: supermarket, education, small shops and recreation. De next days we will finish the design by working together with an… -
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Zambia: the Eco Wash and the Multipurpose Centre in Lusaka
In Zambia there is a lot of poverty. Almost 64% of the population lives below the poverty line determined by the United Nations Development…