View Full Version : ADDIS ABABA | ORDA HQ | 20 F | Proposed


yosef
July 26th, 2011, 10:50 PM
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Ultimate Place Consultants



Floors: 20

Name: Organization for Rehabilitation and Development in Amhara HQ

Location: Addis Ababa

Use: Office


Description on their website:

ORDA is an Ethiopian-operated, Non-Government Organization (non-profit) that focuses primarily on water development programs as a key step in the strategy to end chronic poverty and food shortages in the Amhara region of Ethiopia.

Since our founding, ORDA has devised strategies and programs that benefit nearly three million people. During this time, we’ve acquired valuable experience, professional excellence and a proven record of success in sustainable community-based development.

Ethiopians helping Ethiopians is important to our success because, like anyone else, the people of Ethiopia are more likely to accept advice from and collaborate with those who share and understand their culture. And when programs face challenges that are rooted in deeply ingrained cultural practices—which they so often do in developing countries—no one is better positioned to find a viable solution than the people who grew up in the same culture.
ORDA is Not About Handouts

We all know that type of help lasts only as long as the supply. Rather, we’re about partnering and collaborating. We’re about providing people with the knowledge and resources they need to achieve their own success.

Most of all, we’re about helping the people of Amhara develop passion, dignity and pride. Because when people have that, there is nothing they can’t accomplish.

ORDA (http://www.ordainternational.org/pages/about.html)

^^there is a small pic of their current office in Bahir Dar at that site

abesha
July 26th, 2011, 10:54 PM
I don't like the colors :ohno:

Somehow I doubt we'll be getting the fountain, parking and green space lol. I hope I'm proven wrong though. I like the height.

Good find Yosef!

Simfan34
July 27th, 2011, 12:52 AM
Overarticulation! Two kinds of glossy glass!

Yoniii
July 27th, 2011, 07:39 AM
Incredibly ugly.

Skyliner123
July 27th, 2011, 08:51 AM
Yoseph,

Whom ever told you this building has 20 floors lied to you! I counted only 12.

Yoniii,

I agree that the building design is rather unempresive. Its not the kind of building I'd want to be rehabilitated in (whatever ORDA does).:)

teklu
July 27th, 2011, 08:52 AM
the structure and the geomtery ain't bad. simple and attractive. but I don't understand why they need this much briegthness in their color choice?

The two colors they choose for the glass are definately not goining together.

though I guess with a little touch could be a better design!