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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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I read this as, “We don’t need con-air”, but like, how would we transport prisoners and make movies!?!
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  The world isn’t ready for Con-air 2.
  
  I am tho

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