Rewatch the documentary about Maggie-program in Yezidi on the Belgian television!
What is the Maggie shelter? A short video pitch.
What is Maggie Program NPO?
The Maggie program represents a comprehensive approach in providing access to health, education and perspective for displaced and disadvantaged people worldwide, by offering European knowledge of building techniques and innovation.
The aim is to work through small-scale construction projects and bring innovative solutions to hard-to-reach or conflict areas. Originating from their Maggie shelter innovation, the Maggie Program forms the non-profit department of DMOA architects.
After innovating the Maggie Shelter, DMOA architects today supports humanitarian actors through sharing building skills and new insights that lead to innovation. Through specific projects they introduce sustainability, circularity and ecology in a humanitarian building context by building solutions with Maggie shelters.
Why the Maggie shelter ?
The Maggie shelter is an infrastructure that looks like a tent but has the virtues of a fixed building. The design is based on 30 lifesaving criteria. It consists of an easy to assemble aluminium frame, wrapped in a double layer of canvas.
It takes only 2 days and 6 people to set up a Maggie of 100m2. Once sheltered, the walls and the roof can be filled with materials that are locally available, like insulation, sand, organic materials and even stray plastic with the help of the local community . It thus becomes a sustainable, adaptable, circular, insulated and upgradable building with a life-span of over 15 years. Some of its unique characteristics are shown in the drawing underneath.
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Maggie goes to Yezidi - updates from Iraq
Cool to see Panaga Organization for Education taking so much care for the Maggie school ❤️.
Thx @zirakhameed for the update 🙏
#maggiegoesto #yezidi #followup
MAGGIE GOES TO LEUVEN - project summary
Small impression of the pop up school we delivered last week to Sint Norbertus school, Heverlee. 360 m2 of highly insulated, sustainable and circular Maggie Shelters. 6 classrooms and a teacher space for the next 2 years during their renovation. The plug and play innovation made it possible to build with unskilled volunteers in less than 2 weeks, supervised by maggie-program. Each classroom is delivered with a heating (and cooling) pump, LED, power sockets, water and a waste drain.
2 years later the shelters will be shipped to Congo. They will be donated to a local NGO to serve as a school for disadvantaged children for 15 years to come.
Materials specific for our climate (heating pump, insulation, windows), will move to the next project or will be reused in the Belgian building market. No waste left behind.
Special thx to our partners Argex, @exie.2020 @veronaproramen Vermako Vervaeke @saintgobaingroup @andrecelisnv Stabilit, Tim Arnoys, VDL & VDM Electrics, @rexelbelgium @aliplast.aluminium @unilinpanels @juunoo_wall_system @dmoaarchitecten @kurtrondou
Music: https://www.bensound.com
Drone footage: @maxim_lannaux
MGTL - experiment
Yesterday our partner @exie.2020 filled the mini Maggie with straw. It’s a 100% ecological product, non-flammable thx to natural additives, highly insulative and has an interesting acoustic absorption.
Above that, EXIE will recuperate the straw in two years, when we dismantle the school, to reuse it in other projects. A circular approach where insulating becomes a service.
Thx EXIE for the support and partnership in this experiment.
#maggiegoesto #leuven #CircularBuilding #innovation
MGTL - cleaning up 🧹
Now it’s really ready !
Some cleaning up, storing the left overs for the next mission and stickering the Maggies.
We tried already the airconditioning in Maggie 3 thx to our partner Tim Arnoys ! A chilly 18 degrees on this warm day was achieved in 20 minutes. It’s gonna be very comfy in the Maggies these next 2 years 😅☀️.
See you on our next mission. Ghana, Congo and Kenya are in the investigation phase 😱.
#maggiegoesto #leuven
MGTL - the end
After 12 days of hard work we were able to deliver 400m2 of beautiful Maggie classes. Big thanks to all volunteers 🥰 and Tim Vandeloock, geert van der motten and dirk Reinhard (Rexel Belgium Official) who put all the electricity in the maggies in one day.
It was fun to end our journey with a life band 🎶a barrel of beer 🍺 and a bonfire 🔥 !
#maggiegoesto #leuven #teamwork #innovation #CircularBuilding
MGTL - the end
After 12 days of hard work we were able to deliver 400m2 of beautiful Maggie classes. Big thanks to all volunteers 🥰 and Tim Vandeloock, geert van der motten and dirk Reinhard (Rexel Belgium Official) who put all the electricity in the maggies in one day.
It was fun to end our journey with a life band 🎶a barrel of beer 🍺 and a bonfire 🔥 !
#maggiegoesto #leuven #teamwork #innovation #CircularBuilding
MGTL - day 11
Insulation : check ✔️
Argex wall fillings: check ✔️
Delicious Couscous meal offered by a happy volunteer : check ✔️
Heating and cooling : check ✔️
Tomorrow last finishings 🥳
#maggiegoesto #leuven #innovation #CircularBuilding
MGTL - last wall filing with Argex 💪💪
MGTL - day 10
Compartment walls between the different classes with the circular and red dot award winning JuuNoo walls 👌. Very cool innovation. Special thx to @unilinunited for sponsoring the finishing boards of the walls 🙏.
CEO Koen Braekman of Veronapro was so kind to give us a hand with the finishing of their entrance doors 🙏
And off course...insulation, insulation, insulation 😱
We smell the finish line !
#maggiegoesto #leuven #innovation #circularbuilding
MGTL - day 9
Doors and insulation day 💪
Not the most fun part...but a lot of helping hands make the work light.
#Maggiegoesto #leuven #collaboration
MGTL - day 8
Top day for Maxim ! Pumping Argex clay pebbles in the floor and walls. Afterwards everything progressed very smooth thx to our volunteers. Steeldeck plates, flooring, last wall tarpaulins,...
And to end the day a delicious meal and some stand up comedy by Laura and Karolien ❤️🙏.
#maggiegoesto #leuven
MGTL - funny moments
As promised , Maxim the Blond God had the honour to work with the hose today. Pumping 60 m3 of Argex in the Maggie plint and floors today.
In two years we will recuperate the expanded clay pebbles and use them in gardening projects. Ecological and circular experiments = innovation.
Thx Argex for the partnership and support !
#maggiegoesto #leuven #CircularBuilding #innovation
MGTL - day 7
Early finish today since everything is ready to blow the expanded clay pebbels in the floor and walls tomorrow. Hit the sack early 🛏 ready for our second week.
#maggiegoesto #leuven #teamwork
MGTL - day 6
Already starting some finishings ! Skylights, roof edges, inner ceilings and some walls. Had some great pizzas from Otomat and live music from Freek the Snake and beer fresh from the tap of ViaVia Heverlee.
Ready for a hard working sun shiny Sunday.
#maggiegoesto #leuven #teamwork
MGTL - day 5
Paella day by Ward 🥳🙏!
Last roof tarpaulins are in and starting with the walls.
Very grateful that our volunteering and favourite contractors VDL & VDM and Tim Arnoys started with the electricity and heating system today.
#maggiegoesto #leuven #teamwork
MGTL - day 5
Paella day by Ward 🥳🙏!
Last roof tarpaulins are in and starting with the walls.
Very grateful that our volunteering and favourite contractors VDL & VDM and Tim Arnoys started with the electricity and heating system today.
#maggiegoesto #leuven #teamwork
MGTL - day 4
The roofs go in ! 💪. Still 3 days ahead of schedule.
Thx for the delicious pasta pesto !
#maggiegoesto #leuven #teamwork
MGTL - day 3
☔️ a rainy day couldn’t keep us from progressing as planned. A new group of great volunteers joined us 🙏🙏. Great vibes that’s for sure.
#Maggiegoesto #leuven #teamwork
Maggie goes to Leuven - day 2
We are flying 🥳! Thx to our incredibly handy volunteers we’re again a day ahead. All the 4 Maggies are raised in the air and secured.
#maggiegoesto #leuven #teamwork