Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory, Nansana Residential School building design, Uganda architecture pictures
Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory in Nansana, Uganda
post updated 23 May 2026
Design: Terrain Architects
Location: Nansana, Uganda, Africa
Photography © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Jjumba Martin
29 Apr 2019
Residential School African Building design by Terrain Architects
Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory
Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory is a residential school accommodates 50 orphans from different countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The students learn to live together with people from different cultures and are prepared to enter universities abroad.
Photography © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Jjumba Martin
Six buildings that house classrooms, a canteen, separate dormitories for girls and boys, offices, and staff quarters surround a planted courtyard, the social centre of the community.
Photography © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Jjumba Martin
Linear modules of brick walls are spaced in bays of three or four metres; smaller spaces are delineated within some of the bays. Concrete frames permit large openings and support steel posts that hold the wood-truss roofing that is covered with metal sheeting.
Photography © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Jjumba Martin
The architects took special care to work with (and train) the carpenters and masons in order to attain the high quality of workmanship, including, for example, working with masons in the making of bricks.
Drawing © Terrain Architects
Ashinaga Uganda Dormitory Uganda – Building Information
Architect: Terrain Architects, Tokyo, Japan
Client: Ashinaga Uganda, Kampala, Uganda
Completed: 2015
Built Area: 2140 sqm
Photography © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Jjumba Martin
Photography © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Jjumba Martin (photographer)
Drawing © Terrain Architects
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Location: Nansana, Uganda, Africa
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