Spin It to Win It: Deadline Extended for the Global WinDesign Challenge

Enel, a global leader in renewable energy, launched "WinDesign", an international contest where talented professionals and students, in the domain of engineering, architecture and design, are invited to imagine and design new wind turbines. The goal is to develop turbines projects that blend more seamlessly into the landscapes that host them, thereby supporting a wider role for them in the energy transition.

Henning Larsen, in collaboration with Kampala-based Siimi Design Studio, has revealed the design for a new modular campus for El Cambio Academy, a youth football and education institution located in Masaka, Uganda. The project is being developed using rammed earth construction, with bricks produced on site from locally excavated soil. Currently under construction, the first phase includes a boys' dormitory and is expected to be completed by summer 2025. The 1,280-square-meter campus is designed to accommodate 60 children between the ages of 9 and 16, providing facilities for both academic education and athletic training.

The aim of the project was to create an ensemble of houses and facilities intended to accommodate children placed in care. The site is located on the edge of a forest, close to the town's public facilities: school, stadium, community hall, etc. The program called for large houses (with seven bedrooms) capable of housing siblings. One of several aims of the project was to break down the various volumes in order to avoid a massive sensation within the project site.