Star Homes offers a prototype for health and wellbeing led living in Tanzania

Star Homes, 110 identical health and wellbeing-focused, climate-resilient dwellings, are dotted across 55 villages in rural Mtwara, the coastal south-eastern region of Tanzania. Their residential design stands as an example of contemporary vernacular architecture, nestled among palm trees and mud-walled, thatched-roof dwellings. At the same time, it functions as the protagonist of a clinical study on novel home design and children’s health.

Every structural component works to maximise the inhabitants’ comfort and reduce malaria, enteric and respiratory tract infections. The two-storey design includes permeable façades of sea green screening mesh and self-closing doors, allowing for passive ventilation and cooling, while cleverly deterring mosquitos from entering. A bench along the edge of the house’s covered porch is a nod to the traditional Swahili homes the region's residents would be familiar with.

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