ABSTRACT
Centro Lak’a Uta forms part of the AHSA project, and is an educational centre based on this housing type. The project coincided with a revolution among local miners, who suddenly found themselves without work. In addition to Centro Lak’a Uta there are around 500 of these types of houses in the Sica Sica area. Many have been self-built, using the construction manuals created by this project. Centro Lak’a Uta is located on the edge of Lahuachaca, a small town in the Bolivian Altiplano, on the main road between Bolivia’s capital, La Paz, and the mining city of Oruro. A black wall, sealed behind plexiglass, collects the sun’s warmth during the hot days, and then delivers it into the house during the evening. The tradition of separate buildings for separate functions has been maintained.
