Design complete · Fundraising for constructionBumbogo, Kigali, Rwanda

Ubumwe
Arena.

A place for Kigali to gather, learn, and move forward—together.

Peace Outreach Initiatives · Fred Kayumba, Landmark Studio

Architectural visualization · Proposed design

The opportunity

A completed design is a beginning. This page gives the project a public home while Peace Outreach Initiatives builds the partnerships required for its next chapter.

From a shared vision
to a place of unity.

Peace Outreach Initiatives envisions Ubumwe Arena as more than a building. It is a future civic home for dialogue, youth programs, leadership forums, faith gatherings, sport, learning, and enterprise in Bumbogo.

After an earlier construction attempt did not reach completion, the next chapter called for a safer, clearer path forward. Fred Kayumba of Landmark Studio developed a coordinated campus proposal shaped by resilience, accessibility, passive comfort, and the many ways community life can share one place.

The design package is complete. The work now is to bring the proposal through licensed in-country review, fundraising, and phased construction with the same care that shaped the vision.

1.068 ha

Proposed campus site

Planned development phases

Core campus uses connected

The design response

Many ways to gather.
One connected campus.

The arena anchors a wider mix of learning, housing, enterprise, and outdoor community space—planned to grow in useful phases.

Daytime rendering of the proposed Ubumwe Arena entrance with a long timber screen and step-free approach — A shaded, accessible public threshold · Proposed design

A campus for

01Multipurpose arena
02Early-childhood development center
03Community housing
04Small-business pavilions
05Learning, dialogue, and gathering spaces

What guides the proposal

Flexible by design

Adaptable halls and support spaces can host leadership forums, conferences, youth programs, faith gatherings, workshops, exhibitions, and community outreach.

Comfort without excess

Daylight, cross-ventilation, shading, and clear circulation are used to make large shared spaces more welcoming and less dependent on mechanical systems.

A legible public place

Accessible routes, visible entrances, and connected outdoor rooms help visitors understand the campus and move through it with dignity.

Rooted materiality

Volcanic stone, off-white stucco, warm screens, durable finishes, and woven acoustic elements give the proposal a distinctly Rwandan material character.

Interior rendering of the proposed naturally lit multipurpose arena hall — A flexible hall for many forms of community life · Proposed design

Rendering of the proposed outdoor community court connecting buildings across the Ubumwe campus — Outdoor rooms connect the campus programs · Proposed design

A phased path forward

Build what matters.
Build it responsibly.

Each phase can unlock a useful piece of the campus while protecting the coherence of the full vision.

01
Foundation + basement
RWF 744,554,782
Establish the structural base and proposed parking level for the arena.
02
Arena
RWF 2,129,364,832
Deliver the flexible gathering hall and its public, program, and support spaces.
03
Community housing
RWF 396,848,076
Add housing that supports the wider life and stewardship of the campus.
04
Early-childhood center
RWF 345,853,269
Create a dedicated place for early learning and child-centered community programming.
05
Commercial village
Future target to be developed
Complete the campus with small-scale spaces for local enterprise and everyday exchange.

Investment figures are preliminary targets from the completed design proposal. Final budgets, drawings, calculations, approvals, and construction documents must be prepared or validated by licensed professionals in Rwanda.

Rendering of the proposed Ubumwe Arena campus, landscape, and surrounding community buildings — One campus designed to grow in phases · Proposed design

Aerial rendering of the proposed Ubumwe Arena building and site in Bumbogo, Kigali — The arena anchors the wider site plan · Proposed design

The next chapter needs partners

Help turn
the plan into
a place.

Fund the licensed review, coordination, and phased construction needed to move from a completed design to a community-serving place.

Tell us how you would like to help—through funding, introductions, technical partnership, or by sharing this project with someone who should see it. Journeyman International will connect serious inquiries with Peace Outreach Initiatives.

Start a conversation

Project resources

Humanitarian partner: Peace Outreach Initiatives
Designer: Fred Kayumba
Design studio: Landmark Studio

NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION, TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY IN-COUNTRY PROFESSIONALS.

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Ubumwe
Arena.

From a shared vision
to a place of unity.