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Open House Architecture organized a visit to Lesotho to document a select group of schools designed between 1982-1987 by Professor Iain Low. Iain Low took us around and shared with us some valuable insights of how to design and build with limited means. We share some images of the event which was held on Saturday 31 August 2013.   Download the pocket guide HERE . It includes, locations, background info and drawings. Professor Iain Low Qoaling Lesotho Evangelical Church Qoaling Lesotho Evangelical Church Qoaling Lesotho Evangelical Church   Matsieng Primary School, Matsieng Matsieng Primary School, Matsieng Khubetsoana Khubetsoana

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OH ARCHITECTURE presents OH15 – Iain Low Lesotho Work. Over a period of 5 years, from 1982-1987, Professor Iain Low, architect and academic, implemented an integrated program to upgrade education and schools: the Training for Self Reliance Project [TSRP], that he designed and co-ordinated. Funded with an IDA loan from the World Bank for least developed countries, he worked on the 3rd and 4th phases of a project to design interventions at about 200 - 300 schools throughout Lesotho, thereby contributing enormously to the shortfall of education facilities in the country.  A system was evolved that would not only meet the demands of this massive service delivery project, but would also ensure local economic development and the continued growth and implementation of the project long after the designers of the system have moved on. On a visit to the projects with Iain Low in early January of 2013, we found that the system has indeed endured and continues to be successfully implemen...