In Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world, few children enjoy a normal school education. In December 2005, a new school was opened in Rudrapur, a village with only 1,500 inhabitants in the north-west of the country. The teaching, comparable to the Montessori system, provides all-round education with individual support for pupils. The school building, with a floor area of roughly
325 m², was realized in a collaboration between the Modern Educational Training Institute (METI), the non-government organization Dipshikka and two German aid organizations. In its own way, the architectural concept is also quite exceptional. The German architects Anna Heringer and Eike Roswag saw their task in the “communication and ongoing development of knowledge and skills” – akin to the underlying concept of METI teaching. Containing six classrooms, the school was built mainly with the traditional materials earth and bamboo. It nevertheless differs from the neighbouring buildings, above all in its foundations and the construction of a bamboo load-bearing structure.
325 m², was realized in a collaboration between the Modern Educational Training Institute (METI), the non-government organization Dipshikka and two German aid organizations. In its own way, the architectural concept is also quite exceptional. The German architects Anna Heringer and Eike Roswag saw their task in the “communication and ongoing development of knowledge and skills” – akin to the underlying concept of METI teaching. Containing six classrooms, the school was built mainly with the traditional materials earth and bamboo. It nevertheless differs from the neighbouring buildings, above all in its foundations and the construction of a bamboo load-bearing structure.