“The Masoro Health Center was my first project and the way it was designed, we took into consideration #community #engagement through all the stages of #design and construction. It was a community #participatory approach." Introducing Patrice – GAC architect and project manager.

#Collaboration at the Hope for Life site yesterday, as concrete was poured for the roof. #architecture #construction #design

Glorious light at the GAC designed + constructed Learning + Sports Center, Masoro, #Rwanda - images courtesy of Isoôko Community Development who are working with local leaders to ensure the library, sports facilities + #space are enjoyed by the whole #community.

GAC Civil Engineer, the very excellent Assoumpta on site at Hope for Life, #rwanda working with the team to ensure that everything is exactly where it needs to be. GAC, prioritising the welfare of every team member, and making good #design accessible to all.

GAC works with communities to make the end user the primary client. Whether pre school kids or a rural #community, we want to insert their voice + vision into the #design process. Introducing Jamie, GAC Principal, Co-Founder + #Architect. Favorite food: Big fish. And cookies.

Updates from Hope for Life, #rwanda where the formwork has been removed and it's possible to see these light-filled spaces begin to take shape. GAC seeks to make excellent #design, accessible to all, and tailored to the #community that will use it.

GAC A+Awards - mailchi.mp/752d267b8896/m…

Vote for Kweza's brewery architects, General Architecture Collaborative for today's Architizer deadline! Vote for the Masoro Health Center in Rwanda in the Architecture + Health and the Architecture + For Good categories. architizerawards.com/a/page/vote-now

Congratulations to Associate Professor Yutaka Sho's firm, General Architecture Collaborative, and Assistant Teaching Professor Aurelie Frolet and Assistant Professor David Shanks' firm, ASDF, both winners of a 2021 Best of Practice Award from The Architect's Newspaper. archpaper.com/2021/06/2021-b…

GAC is passionate about #community, providing #training and work #opportunities for local people, irrespective of their educational background. On 1 site, GAC has 14 paid students, 7 of which are learning to become professional masons. Pictured here is Emmanuel fixing rebars.

Associate Professor Yutaka Sho, combines community engagement with design innovation through her work in Rwanda with General Architecture Collaborative, the firm she founded to provide sustainable spaces, access to quality health care, education, reliable energy and more. bit.ly/2W10wVL

Site inspection of the progress at Hope for Life #Rwanda - GAC works with a fantastic international team of #architects + architecture students, interns, #engineers, project managers, and #construction workers - all committed to making good #design accessible to all.

“Equity is a practice that you do, and you do again, and you learn from, and you keep doing it.” I’m proud to see this superb writing in ARCHITECT Magazine Thanks William Richards General Architecture Collaborative AIA architectmagazine.com/aia-architect/…

A nice article about equity in ARCHITECT Magazine featuring Associate Professor Yutaka Sho's non-profit architecture firm, General Architecture Collaborative. architectmagazine.com/aia-architect/…

Exciting progress at Togetherness, #Rwanda, where two new classrooms are being constructed. This is made possible by strategic #partnership with the talented General Architecture Collaborative, local architects who turn beautiful designs into community-tailored, environmentally sustainable spaces.

GAC, of which Yutaka Sho is a founder and partner, recently received accolades for the Learning and Sports Center, a rural community center in Masoro Village in Rwanda. The center combines spaces for play and learning for all, especially youth and women. bit.ly/3aKquns

Leighton Beaman of Cornell Human Centered Design wins awards for human-centered approach to architecture that builds community in Rwanda: bit.ly/3AFPgyl #aplusawards #achitizerawards2022 #architecture

We congratulate General Architecture Collaborative on the completion of this magnificent brick community center, for learning and sports located in Masoro. We are also proud to have contributed to its success through ‘Modern Bricks’ trainings. Read about the project here avontuura.com/the-learning-s…