Kwangu Kwako Two Bedroom Apartment

Kwangu Kwako: Affordable housing Two Bedroom Apartment

The Kwangu Kwako Two Bedroom Apartment is the largest residential unit in the standard range, providing two separate bedrooms, a living area, kitchen, and bathroom. It is aimed at families and at developers building mid-range affordable housing where two-bedroom units command the strongest rental demand in Nairobi’s peri-urban and satellite towns. The precast panel system scales efficiently to this size because the panels are modular: the same factory-made components used in the single room and studio are combined in greater numbers and configurations, with no change in construction method, quality control, or wall thickness.

Key Features:

• Two bedroom apartment with two bedrooms, living room, kitchen, and bathroom, delivered turnkey
• Same 50mm reinforced precast concrete panel system as all other Kwangu Kwako units
• Modular panel system means larger floor plans do not require different construction methods or specialist labour
• Factory-made panels, laboratory-tested, smooth finish for direct painting
• NCA registered construction system
• Strongest rental demand profile in Kenya’s affordable housing market

Sustainability Features:

• Precast concrete panels at 907 MJ/m2 embodied energy: 47% lower than common brick, 60% lower than machine-cut stone
• Part of an IFC EDGE Advanced certified building system (65% less embodied carbon in materials)
• At the two-bedroom scale, total material savings versus conventional masonry become substantial: a typical two-bedroom unit has significantly more linear metres of wall than a studio, and every metre saves material at the 50mm vs 200mm+ differential
• Factory prefabrication reduces construction waste
• Locally manufactured in Nairobi