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‘We don’t need air con’: how Burkina Faso builds schools that stay cool in 40C heat

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‘We don’t need air con’: how Burkina Faso builds schools that stay cool in 40C heat

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Architects use local materials and merge traditional techniques with modern technology to make schools and orphanages cool, welcoming places

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They have something similar in Iran too: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210810-the-ancient-persian-way-to-keep-cool

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