Transforming EOTC Traditional school to the current existing demand

The role of EOTC traditional school both for the churches and the country contributed timeless work to the generation were the products of EOTC traditional schools, St. Lalibela - In Architecture, St. Yared - In Music and so on are a few of the prominent examples that could be mentioned here. In order to improve the quality of provision of education, preserve the knowledge and transfer it to the next generation, as well as to solve some of the problems observed, it was found necessary to upgrade the school in better and modern way. Thus, the upgrading traditional school space design have lack of comfort and doesn't respond to the activities,context and the teaching system. This study revealed the spatial configuration of EOTC traditional schools and documented their ergonometric data at the same time it will pave the way for further study on other church activities to preserve the document in similar way.

Autorentext

Amanuel Bayu Sheferaw is an Architect and planner, graduate from Addis Ababa University, EiABC. He is a researcher & has spent significant time traveling to document different historic sites in Ethiopia. His interest is to look for the local architecture trend and trace back to find out the current need to build Ethiopian contextual architecture.