Bouaké Workshop Project, A self-construction initiative to regenerate the vacated sites of Bouaké city centre.

The present thesis contemplates the urge for change in the construction industries of the so-called Global South countries. The goal is to qualify architecture as a means of social ascent. By enabling the approach of low technology to be used as an educational tool, it aims to result in a project capable of positively impacting the social, economic, and sustainable areas. ??The focus is the vacant sites of Bouaké city centre emerging by the Central Market Project for the city of Bouake in Ivory Coast. The report’s analysis and studies conclude that the market’s project will generate empty spaces due to financial cuts. ??The contexts create the opportunity to use self-construction as the project principle. Therefore, the research explores vernacular strategies, “appropriate technologies,” and bio-based materials life cycle for an ecologically compatible civilization. It creates the ground floor for the intervention. ??The project proposes a Workshop Program that focuses on two selected neglected areas. According to the most appropriate context, the report defines the project strategy to achieve a fair social project. The project will be realised in two progressive phases according to the area’s urgency and the budget. ??It receives the name Workshop because it is developed for a selected group of users to learn technical skills related to the construction field during the building realization. The Workshop lessons will be carried out together with its construction. The design is a bottom-up process and would give flexibility in the production, assembly and use of the building.