Tyin Tegnestue Architects - Cassia Coop Training Center
TYIN TEGNESTUE ARCHITECTS
Cassia Coop Training Center
| Location:Sungai Penuh, Kerinchi, Sumatra, Indonesia Client: Cassia Co-op Project: Cinnamon production training center Cost: 30.000 Euro Duration: August-November 2011 Built by: TYIN tegnestue together with local workers Sponsored by: LINK Arkitektur Architects: Gjermund Wibe Morten Staubo Therese Jonassen Kasama Yamtree Andreas Gjertsen Yashar Hanstad Students: Rozita Rahman Bronwyn Long Sarah Louati Zofia Pietrowska Zifeng Wei |
| TYIN tegnestue Architects is an architectural office established in 2008. The office has realized a number of projects in poor and underdeveloped areas in Thailand, Burma, Haiti and Uganda.In order to find solutions to real and extremely important problems that arise, an architecture where everything serves a purpose, an architecture that respects what is necessary. By actively involving the local population in the design and construction of their projects, TYIN proves itself capable of providing a framework for mutual exchange of knowledge and skills. All materials used in TYIN projects are collected from areas near the sites or purchased from local producers. TYIN is currently led by architects Andreas G. Gjertsen and Yashar Hanstad and is based in the Norwegian city of Trondheim. TYIN has won several international awards and their projects have been published and exhibited worldwide. For more information, visit their website, www.tyintegnestue.no |
| Work on the Cassia Coop Training Center started in the fall of 2010. It all started with a visit by French businessman Patrick Barthelemy. He came all the way from Sumatra to our office in Trondheim and sat down in front of us, telling us a fascinating story and showing us his suitcase full of cinnamon. We learned, for example, that one particular area in Sumatra produces 85% of the world's cinnamon. But we also found out other, less pleasant things about workers who work very low wages, very long hours a day, with no rights, in unsafe and unhealthy factories. The whole story made a strong impression. After a full year of planning, we arrived in the cinnamon forests of Sumatra, ready to design and build a sustainable cinnamon training center for local farmers and workers.The Cassia Coop training center has become a unique center that has the ambition to be better than the competition, not only in the quality of its construction but also in the ethical principles it promotes. The center aims to set a new standard in running a functioning business; local farmers and workers will receive a decent wage, a decent healthcare program, and access to schools and education. In addition, the Cassia Coop factories will be clean and safe. The idea behind the project is the classic concept of lightweight wooden construction built on a brick and concrete base. The wooden structure gives the impression of venturing into the middle of a forest of cinnamon trees. The Cassia Coop center was built around a pair of towering durian trees and enjoys a gorgeous view of Lake Kerinci in front, while the back overlooks a lush forest of cinnamon trees. A major challenge was to create a naturally ventilated climate under a 600 square meter roof. The knowledge and experience gained from previous projects helped us considerably in this project, where we used techniques such as thermal mass, solar reduction and maximized eaves. |
| Read the full text in Arhitectura 6/2013 |
| Location:Sungai Penuh, Kerinchi, Sumatra, Indonesia Client: Cassia Co-op Project: Training facility for cinnamon production Cost: 30.000 Euro Time: August-November 2011 Built by: YIN tegnestue with local workers Sponsored by: LINK Arkitektur Architects: Gjermund Wibe Morten Staubo Therese Jonassen Kasama Yamtree Andreas Gjertsen Yashar Hanstad Students: Rozita Rahman Bronwyn Long Sarah Louati Zofia Pietrowska Zifeng Wei |
| TYIN tegnestue Architects was established in 2008. The office has completed several projects in poor and underdeveloped areas of Thailand, Burma, Haiti and Uganda.Solutions to real and fundamental challenges call for an architecture where everything serves a purpose - an architecture that follows necessity. By involving the local populace actively in both the design and building of their projects, TYIN are able to establish a framework for mutual exchange of knowledge and skills. All materials used in TYIN´s projects are collected close to the sites or purchased from local merchants. TYIN is currently run by Masters of Architecture Andreas G. Gjertsen and Yashar Hanstad, and has its headquarters in the Norwegian city of Trondheim. TYIN has won several international awards and their projects have been published and exhibited worldwide. For more detailed information please visit www.tyintegnestue.no. |
| The work on Cassia Coop Training Center started during the autumn of 2010. It all began with a visit from a French businessman, Patrick Barthelemy. He had come all the way from Sumatra to our office in Trondheim, and sat before us with a fascinating story and a briefcase full of cinnamon. Part of the story told of how an area of Sumatra supplies 85% of the cinnamon consumed worldwide. Yet another and more sinister part of the story concerned workers without rights, underpaid and working long days in unsafe and unsanitary factories. The story made an impression on us. After a year of planning we found ourselves deep within the cinnamon forests of Sumatra, ready to design and build a sustainable cinnamon school for local farmers and workers.Cassia Coop Training Centre has become a unique center with ambitions of being better than its competitors, not only in qualty, but first and foremost in ethics. The centre wishes to set a new standard in how to run a socially well functioning enterprise; local farmers and workers will receive proper payment, a decent healthcare program and have access to schools and education. In addition, the factories of Cassia Coop will be sanitary and safe. The main idea behind the project is the classic concept of a light wooden construction on a base of heavy brick and concrete. The wooden construction gives a feeling of being within a cinnamon forest. Cassia Coop Training Center is built around a pair of mighty durian trees, with a scenic view of the beautiful Kerinci-lake in the front and with its back towards lush cinnamon forest. A major challenge has been to create a naturally ventilated climate beneath a roof surface of no less than 600 square meters. Knowledge and experience gained in former projects have greatly helped us in achieving this, through the use of thermal mass, reduction of sunrays and maximized eaves. |
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