NKA Foundation is offering internships in African architecture residencies. The internship is open to students and recent graduates of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, international development and sustainable design practices from around the world. The intern can stay for the duration of one month.

The architecture internship is a hands-on, fulls-on site-specific experience in a location outside of the Western culture. Work side-by-side with local artisans to generate an alternative using sustainable materials from the environment while furthering your knowledge of the intersections between architecture and rural communities. Experience how a design problem, budget and site-specific dynamics such as materials, indigenous technologies and community can provoke resourceful thinking and hybridization. In the process, the student will learn to design what is buildable to make a well-rounded graduate.

Field of Internship: Internships are awarded in the field of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, international development, and sustainable design practices.

Course Level: Internship

Internship Provider: NKA Foundation

The internship can be taken in Ghana and Tanzania

Eligibility: Open to students and recent graduates of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, international development and sustainable design practices from around the world.

Internship Open for International Students: Students from all around the world can apply for this internship.

Is this a paid internship? No, this is an unpaid internship.

Number of awards offered: Not Known

Internship Duration: Foundation accept interns year-round for summer, fall, winter and spring workshops, an intern can stay for 3 to 6 months.

Notification: Not Known

How to Apply: For an application form, interns should contact info-at-nkafoundation.org /www.nkafoundation.org.

Internship Application Deadline: Contact Employer

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