Located in Khayelitsha, an informal settlement outside of Cape Town, South Africa, the Indlovu Centre seeks to promote community development through ecologically mindful practices. Our group worked with the community to design and build a communal laundry facility to help alleviate the labour-intensive task of washing. In keeping with the ideas of permaculture and sustainability central to the planned development of an Eco-Village in all of Monwabisi Park, rainwater harvesting and an irrigation system were integrated for a final design capable of operating with no input of municipal water and no emitted waste.

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Creator

• Mills, Augustina Irene
• Alex, Lauren Nicole
• Cusack, Jessy Lee
• Sosa Boyd, Alejandro E.

Subject

• Water
• Sustainability
• Environment
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121507-102207

Keyword

• Community development
• Sustainable development--Environmental aspects
• Water resources development
• Sustainability

Award

• President's IQP Award

Advisor

• Jiusto, Scott
• Weininger, Stephen J.

Year

• 2007

Center

• Cape Town, South Africa Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Indlovu Centre

Date created

• 2007-12-15

Location

• Cape Town

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-01-18