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Thread Cultural Centre - Sinthian, Senegal

An ecologically sensitive meeting place demonstrates how art and architecture can be part of rural life. Thread is a socio-cultural centre that houses two artists’ dwellings and studio space for local and international artists. Nicolas Weber, of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, had been supporting the efforts of a Senegalese doctor, Magueye Ba, in running a medical centre and elementary school programme serving an isolated network of rural villages in the Tambacounda region.

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Tags: Thread, Cultural, Centre, Sinthian, , Senegal, Sinthian, 16_2487_od_a_k_award_2016_sinthian_thread_cultural_centre_0253_p14.mp4 an ecologically sensitive meeting place demonstrates how art and architecture can be part of rural life. thread is a socio-cultural centre that houses two artists’ dwellings and studio space for local and international artists. nicolas weber, of the josef and anni albers foundation, had been supporting the efforts of a senegalese doctor, magueye ba, in running a medical centre and elementary school programme serving an isolated network of rural villages in the tambacounda region.