Setra and Arvet donate meeting hall to UN settlement in Kenya
Today saw the official opening of a much-needed meeting hall, donated by Setra and Arvet. The hall is built of cross-laminated timber and is located at the UN settlement in Kalobeyei, Kenya. The project has been managed by Arvet, a company that promotes timber construction, and which in this case has been working alongside the organisation UN-Habitat.In Africa, most buildings are constructed in concrete, so the roughly 50-sqm timber pavilion designed by Petra Gipp Studio will be somewhat of a departure. “The UN has realised that right from the outset they need to consider sustainable