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Typology of ‘Women’s House’
Figure 2-2: Promote gender equality in Africa ("Balouo Salo - Women's House", 2021) The design of the ‘women’s house’ is to create a sustainable and symbolic building through the passive design and the use of the natural materials, together with an ecological landscape to promote new opportunities in enhancing gender equality and women’s empowerment. Unlike other facility types of buildings within the Baghere village, the women’s house is designed for women, which enable women to organize activities, seminars and meetings, undertake skill training, receive education, as well as to consult physical and mental health from specialists in order to understand and improve their own values and upskill people in rural area in Senegal. Besides, due to the religious character that the village of Baghere orientated ("Balouo Salo - Women's House", 2021), the women’s house seeks to not only conform to local living habits, but also establish a more inclusive and forward-looking public service that enable women to educate, work and live.
2.2 Functions Design The design is focused on the multi-functional use of place with a total area of 124 square meters (Figure 2-3). Rather than just focus on women, providing some platforms such as wall exhibitions and open-space activity areas aimed to connect local males and females that improve the recognition of gender equality (Figure 3&4). According to the functions suggested by Balouo Salo ("Balouo Salo - Women's House", 2021), which are management and organization of activities, communication between institutions and associations, and collective activities for promoting human rights and gender equality, our design is considering combining these functions with our aims of educating womens on knowledge, hygiene and working skills through having enough space that is adaptable and flexible to accommodate the activities.
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