As they say, requirement is the mother of creation. Now that Globalisation is below with us, Africans will want to up their match in design methodology to fulfill the present-day desire. Challenges this kind of as inhabitants explosion, urbanisation, limited offer of elements, value of labour etcetera need to be resolved.
Through the early periods, labour was not a key hindrance considering the fact that individuals could use slaves to establish buildings this sort of as Fort Jesus. At the moment, in the procedure of creating structures, the price tag of labour has to be incorporated so as to permit the venture to be feasible.
STANDARDISATION
Africans ought to embrace new strategies of design utilized somewhere else in the globe. The Setting up Code in Kenya ought to be open to empower other criteria this sort of as American standards which are extremely formulated when it will come to the use of Pre-Engineered Metal properties. Its also large time another person arrived up with the African Common no make any difference how significantly-fetched this may perhaps sound. When research is completed on African development methods these kinds of as Adobe,timber structures, a regular can originate which will support the relaxation of the entire world in creating their choices.
ADOBE WALLING
Residence developed solutions to building that have been employed right here in Kenya for hundreds of years can be revived to simplicity shortage of housing.
Adobe has been applied in Kenya for generations.Investigate really should be carried out to commercialise the use of Adobe in design. Now, the Indian and Chinese are exporting cement-fibre boards for use as wall panels. If the Adobe engineering is researched further, am confident another person enterprising more than enough will soon arrive up with a version equivalent to the cement-fibre boards and relieve the expense of design.
Entire world-leading International multinationals in cement such as La Farge also begun from the initially step so its by no means also late.
CERAMICS
China and India are building good small business exporting ceramic tiles to Kenya. Ceramic tiles are fundamentally built from clay soil which we have in lots below in Kenya.
Our ancestors have been earning clay pots for quite a few hundreds of years now applying Clay. Manufacturing of ceramic tiles is equivalent to the conventional process of baking clay pots. As a result, if an enterprising Kenyan can appear up with a system of business production of ceramics, we will not need to import this “Asian Soil” to Kenya.
THATCH ROOF
The most highly-priced roofing merchandise in the marketplace is the stone-coated steel tile-thatch roof-profile. This is marketed in Kenya by organizations this kind of as South African Harvey Roofing Goods, Australian Decra Place and Design, and Dura Roofing Tiles.
These roofing tile imitates thatch roof which we have been working with for hundreds of years in this article in Kenya. This is for the reason that thatch roof has the very best aesthetic appear and insulation. This is also a further avenue that Africans can operate on to make improvements to on the offer of construction supplies.
TEXTURED PAINT
The most highly-priced paint in the current market at the moment is the Rough textured paint such as ‘Crown Ruff n Tuff’. Once more this paint is pricey mainly because it tries to seize the very good appears to be like of Adobe mud wall and also the excellent insulation attributes of the Adobe mud partitions.
The Adobe mud partitions have been in use in Africa for Centuries. If we can perform on improving upon this and manufacturing it for the Global market, then we will help save a lot of overseas trade and build employment.
Some factories in South Africa are production plastic imitations of thatch which is exported to the relaxation of the earth. If we can put in some research, we can surely come up with a remedy that is superior than the current imitations.
HARDWOOD Doors & Home furnishings
The most high priced doorways in the market place at the instant are hand-curved hardwood doorways. In Kenya, we have the magnificent Swahili doors. Once again, it these are manufactured for export to the world-wide market place, then this will end result in generation of employment and revenues right here in Africa.
In Kenya, we have really imaginative stick and wood home furnishings that is classic. This can be created commercially for export. A very good instance is the Bamboo home furnishings offered at Ramboo, Mombasa Road, produced in South Africa and exported to Kenya.
Floor TILES
Imported slate-stone counter tops and floor tiles are very high priced. In Kenya we have Mazeras stone ground finishes which if effectively lower and polished, can be a main export for the Place. Thus, its significant to notice that Africa has the potential to provide the entire world with distinctive design product. All we require to do is to assume exterior the box and source the earth with exclusive development merchandise at a lower price.
This is a sleeping huge ready to be awoken in this sector. Allows hope that the new constitution will awaken this giant.
Architect Frank Gichuhi
A4ARCHITECT
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