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I tried to transform this philosophy into architecture.
Aga Khan Program Lecture (2018)
We need to create work through architecture.
Architecture is a Tool to Improve Lives (2021)
Within only a couple of years China has consumed more cement than the United States in the entire 20th century.
The warmth and wisdom of mud buildings (2017)
If I had designed the school in cement and steel, this money would have been exported and lost for those families.
The warmth and wisdom of mud buildings (2017)
First rule, a good foundation that keeps the wall dry from the ground, and second rule, a good roof that protects from the top. The third rule, erosion control.
The warmth and wisdom of mud buildings (2017)
Life has a good future, especially when the CO2 tax comes...
Gespräch mit den Lehmbauexperten (2017)
I was invited in China for the Bamboo Biennale... [T]he idea was to show and prove that you can build with old materials... in a modern way.
Architecture is a Tool to Improve Lives (2021)
I'm trying to use the creativity, always as a tool to improve lives.
Anna Heringer Interview: Leave No Waste, But Knowledge (2021)
If you have strong roots, then it's much easier to go away and discover new horizons.
Anna Heringer Interview: Leave No Waste, But Knowledge (2021)
I wanted to bring in some work opportunities for the women to be able to stay with their families and... keep the village alive.
Architecture is a Tool to Improve Lives (2021)
I had never seen humidifiers before. ...[I]t's weird to make walls that are completely sealed, that cannot breath.
Aga Khan Program Lecture (2018)
Life has a chance if ...human labor is... valued... but we have to fight for it...
Gespräch mit den Lehmbauexperten (2017)
All the buildings I'm doing are looking different because my architectural language is created out of this vulnerability...
Aga Khan Program Lecture (2018)
For me, in this field of work, which is mainly in Asia or Africa..., emancipation is very important, that one imparts knowledge and empowers people for self-construction, or to improve what they know.
Gespräch mit den Lehmbauexperten (2017)
I work... looking at the local materials.., the local energy sources.., then adding global creativity...
Aga Khan Program Lecture (2018)
So when it comes to economic sustainability of my project, my main question is, "Who gets the profit?"
The warmth and wisdom of mud buildings (2017)
So we decided... We built the altar out of mud.
Aga Khan Program Lecture (2018)
In terms of awareness-building and... education it was like an acupuncture trigger point.
The warmth and wisdom of mud buildings (2017)
The children all signed... the doors. ...[T]hey ...helped building the school.
The warmth and wisdom of mud buildings (2017)
I wanted to show what you can do out of... local, basic materials; that it's not only possible to build small, dark huts, but... also large structures.
Aga Khan Program Lecture (2018)