Projects

Savu Savu, Fiji

Cakaudrove Women’s Resource Centre Stage‑2

This CWRC Project reversed our role altogether. We had to think of the project, the design, the plan. The project challenged our mindset and elevated us from the backstage to the front.

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SARAH SCHOFFEL

JACK ELLIS

PROJECT: Cakaudrove Women’s Resource Centre Stage‑2
PROJECT TYPE: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LOCATION: Savu Savu, Fiji
PARTNER: AJC ARCHITECTS
FUNDER: SELF FUNDED
CLIENT: SOQOSOQO VAKAMARAMA I TAUKEI NI CAKAUDROVE (SVTC)
Adding new educational, accommodation and administrative facilities to a Women’s Culture and Information Hub in Savusavu.

Phase Two of the Cakaudrove Women’s Resource Centre project adds accommodation, training and office areas to form a village complex arpound the completed Great Hall.

The new Stage 2 buildings will build the capacity of the Centre by providing specialist learning spaces, a teaching kitchen, office space, and short-term accommodation for women who travel from Vanua Levu and beyond.  New outdoor facilities include a native plant nursery, lovo oven and outdoor performance and ceremonial space.

These spaces will support SVTC’s ongoing Capacity Building programs for rural indigenous women in Fiji.

Year: 2022-Present

Status: Concept Planning Under Way

Partners: AJC Architects