The other day I was asked by our parish priest, Father Gillette (who is a native of Ghana) to come up with some house plans for a project that a friend of his is undertaking back home.  Of course this sparked my curiosity right away and I said I’d love to give it a go. 

Here is the design program as I understand it so far:

• The builder has a lot that is approximately 80′x80′
• He wants to put multiple homes on the lot
• The layout is to accommodate 2 families with a shared kitchen/hall area
• The floor is to be concrete
• The walls are to be made of a masonry block of some sort
• The roof is to be a sheet metal of some sort
• There are no zoning or code ordinances to dictate number of house per lot or how the homes are built

Without a lot of time during our initial conversation to really think these requirements through, I have many questions which I hope to get answered when we have Father Gillette over for dinner tonight.  I have a sneaking suspicion that the average Ghanaian has a completely different idea of what their house is supposed to do than the average American does. 

I must say this could be one of the most interesting projects that’s ever come across my desk and I’m excited to learn more. 

Stay tuned,

Brian Kashas

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