"Emerging Ghana" A Single Family Abode

Open Source House covered earlier has announced their winning entry, designed by Lisbon-based Blaanc in collaboration with Architect João Caeiro. Treehugger reports:

Emerging Ghana is a plan for an eco-affordable single family house for the emerging middle class of Ghana. The design recently won first place in the international design competition Open Source House, a non-profit organization that aims to provide better, more sustainable housing in low-income countries. Emerging Ghana is modular single-family home design to be built with local materials, local labor, and with all the best sustainable design strategies you can imagine, all for a low cost of about $12,500 USD.

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