#TANZANIA

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Grant's gazelle Nanger granti

Observed by markulilje, CC BY-NC-ND

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Children enjoy a carefree swim in Zanzibar, Tanzania

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Malcolm X photographed by Mohamed Amin in Dar Es Salaam, 1964.

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Flashy Rainbow "meteor shower" Feldspar (sunstone) from, Tanzania. Photo: GoldenHourMinerals

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Turu woman, Tanzania, by Lluis Font

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Several countries commemorated Al Quds Day, an international day to express support for Palestine and oppose the Israeli occupation.

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JANE GOODALL : AN INSIDE LOOK An intimate portrait of Dr. Goodall and her pioneering work The documentary draws from an extensive collection of unseen footage, totaling more than 100 hours, capturing Jane Goodall’s work in Gombe during the 1960s, meticulously filmed by Hugo van Lawick. Thought to have been lost, this invaluable footage resurfaced in 2014, providing a glimpse into Dr. Goodall’s groundbreaking research and the natural world she dedicated her life to studying.

[+] JANE (2017) 🌿

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The oldest tree in the world is 6000 years old in TANZANIA

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Mariam's Library in Tanzania, Zanzibar by Nassor Othman

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Dar es Salaam (Abode of Peace) is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of the Dar es Salaam Region. Dar es Salaam is the largest city in East Africa and the sixth-largest in Africa. Located on the Swahili coast, Dar es Salaam is an important economic center and one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. Dar es Salaam is Tanzania's most prominent city for arts, fashion, media, film, television, and finance. Wikipedia

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A spectacular dravite 'Tourmaline' floater from Tanzania that has the most exciting green color! 🔥💚

Photo: Saphira Minerals

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Haya woman, Tanzania, by happiness-stephen

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"An upcoming community center in Tanzania will be defined by its cutting-edge 3D-printed design. However, rather than being built from layered concrete as you'd usually expect with 3D-printed projects, its walls will be created using locally sourced soil.

The community center is being headed by Hassell, in collaboration with Australian-based charity foundation One Heart, for the Hope Village in Tanzania. It forms part of a wider plan to provide housing, a school, childcare and skills training to vulnerable young girls in Kibaha, eastern Tanzania.

"The Hope Village community hall design seeks to create a beautiful, functional, safe and uplifting environment that provides both hope and education for vulnerable girls," says Mark Loughnan, Principal and Head of Design at Hassell. "The hall is a welcoming space that creates an innovative central activity hub that also connects with its surrounding environment. The design and building process for the hall aims to engage the community and provide ongoing opportunities for local participation and education throughout construction."

Structurally, the community center is quite complex. Its walls (which are not load-bearing) will be built using soil sourced within 25 km (15.5 miles) of the site and a WASP 3D printer. WASP has been researching this stuff for years now and a previous project used a mixture of mud, straw, rice husk and lime. A similar process will be happening here, with a clay based earthen mixture being extruded out of a nozzle in layers to build up the walls. A representative at Hassell told us that the walls will also be reinforced with a thin wire mesh between layers.

Inside, the design brief calls for a large, open floorplan that suits the local climate, with a limited number of columns to ensure its flexibility. To achieve this, Hassell has conceived a central steel beam that serves as the structural spine of the hall. This will support a roof made from locally sourced timber sections. The roof will feature cladding made of readily available corrugated metal sheet panels, helping to keep costs down.

The project also involves the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, IAAC, and ClarkeHopkinsClarke. We've no word yet on when it's expected to be completed, though prototype walls have already been produced.

Pictured: A prototype of the community center's 3D printed walls has already been created.

-via NewAtlas, August 13, 2024