updated august 2026
pausha bovornthamajak
pbovornt@andrew.cmu.edu
Timeline
4 weeks,
Summer 2026
Rhinoceros 3D
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe inDesign
Nursery School
Kaira Looro Project Entry
Role
Designer
in collaboration with Paul Doyle, James Lee, Ali Sadi
The nursery school reinterprets the traditional Jola Compluvium vernacular to create a community-centered learning environment organized around a central play courtyard. Built with locally sourced materials such as adobe, earth bags, and thatch, the school encourages students and the community to participate in its construction, decoration, and ongoing maintenance, fostering creativity and a shared sense of ownership.
Location
Software
Southern Senegal
The nursery school explores the traditional Jola Compluvium vernacular as a precedent to create a form that includes a central play area, encircled by a raised walkway offering a segmented threshold into the interior.
Centralized plan referencing the Compluvium vernacular
DESIGN
The school involves the community, and its students, in the process of construction and decoration through local materials such as adobe brick, earth bags, and thatch. The students will be able to express and explore their creativity by painting on the adobe / earth bag walls. The community's involvement with the school is included in the life cycle of the materiality of the walls, where they can be part of the repainting and the maintenance of the walls.
Creative opportunities in Southern Senegal
PURPOSE