AVN Assessment Mission to Zambia, Sept 2009

This PDF file contains a brief report, with illustrations, of the visit of Thomas Granier and Jean Stasse to Zambia, to evaluate the possibility and implications of establishing an "Earth roofs for Zambia" program.

Report by Antoine Horellou, AVN Development Director, March 2008

This PDF file contains the report of Antoine Horellou’s visit to Burkina Faso in March 2008; it provides an excellent analysis of the challenges faced by the AVN in the field (in French).

Report of the 2nd Congress of VN Builders (English version)

This PDF file contains an English translation of the report on the 2nd Congress of VN builders, held in Boromo, Burkina Faso, Oct 26-30, 2007, by Gaëlle Bois Soulier and Laure Cornet, architects specialising in earth architecture at the School of Architecture, Grenoble.

Architects’ Report Summary

This PDF file contains a summary of the report prepared by Laure Cornet and Gaelle Bois-Soulier, the two architects from the School of Architecture in Grenoble (ENSAG) who spent four months on attachment to AVN in autumn 2007, in France and Burkina Faso, as part of their post-graduate studies in earth architecture (in French).

Report of the first AVN mission to Mali , Sept 2007, by Thomas Granier (in French, with photos)

Evaluation of AVN Activities in Burkina Faso, April 2007, by Mathieu Lefebvre (in French)

Report of Field Visit to Burkina Faso, Feb -March 2007, by Thomas Granier Iin French).

A Week with VN Builder, Zati Tinde This is a moving report by two young Belgian architects, Marie and Daniel de Buck who, at the end of a bicycle trip from Dakar to Ougadougou (!) spend a week with Zati Tinde in Tchériba (in French, with photos)