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Lama Foundation
community building
In 1997, after the disasterous fire in the Lama area, this community building , which had miraculously survived, was completed by Sunwood Design and Construction, from plans by Vishu Magee of Archetype Design.

The large solar roof provides heat which is ducted to the rest of the building, and both active and passive solar features power the self-sufficient structure. A small solar shed keeps the inverters and other equipment warm, with some of the PV panels mounted on the shed roof.

Plumbing/ mechanical by Phoenix Mechanical, concrete by Medina Specialties, concrete counters by Cassim Dunn, plaster by Malcolm Boyd, kitchen table by Kailash, cabinets by Jonathan Scharfman, with lots of other parts of the whole contributed by Lama volunteers.

Sunwood is happy to have been part of
the effort to finish this facility for the Lama Foundation community.