Burkina Institute of Technology BIT Koudougou – Francis Kéré
Following their successful collaboration on the Lycée Schorge Secondary School, Kéré Architecture was commissioned by the Stern Stewart Institute to design the Burkina Institute of Technology, a new facility enabling continued education for high school graduates.
The campus is organized around a repetitive modular system, with clay-cast classrooms and support spaces arranged orthogonally around a central courtyard. The staggered configuration enhances natural ventilation, creating a shaded, breezy social space at the heart of the institute.
Constructed using in-situ poured local clay, the buildings employ large formwork for efficient on-site casting—a technique previously developed on the Naaba Belem Goumma School. While classrooms require mechanical cooling for IT use, the thermal mass of the clay walls plays a vital role in regulating indoor temperatures, offering a sustainable response to the region’s hot climate.
