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SUMMARY:The Anna Heringer “Essential Beauty” exhibition\, curated by Luis Fernández-Galiano and organised by Fundación ICO\, opens at the Museo ICO on Wednesday 9 February
DESCRIPTION:https://affordablehousingactivation.org/web/app/uploads/2022/03/ANNA-HERINGER-1.mp4\n  \nThe exhibition\, organised by the ICO Foundation and curated by Luis Fernández-Galiano\, can be visited from 9 February to 8 May 2022.    \nAnna Heringer (Rosenheim\, Germany\, 1977)\, a visionary and multi-award-winning architect with work on three continents\, is committed to the use of local materials and techniques to offer a better future. Her work is based on the exploration and use of architecture as a means to support local economies and promote ecological balance.    \nFor her: “Sustainability is synonymous with beauty\, and what defines the aesthetic and sustainable value of a building is that it is in harmony with its design\, structure\, technique and use of materials\, as well as in relation to its location\, the environment\, the user and the socio-cultural context”. The visit proposes a journey through the work and philosophy of Anna Heringer\, who is deeply interested in the sustainable development of our society and the built environment.    \nShe focuses her work on the use of local materials and techniques to create buildings that are characteristic of the place where they are located. These concepts are reflected in the exhibition; in addition\, the presentation of the projects is supported by textiles made by Bangladeshi women who reproduce the floor plans and elevations of their buildings. The exhibition is completed with texts (such as the Laufen Manifesto\, promoted by the architect herself)\, photographs\, drawings and maquettes that trace a route through the principal projects undertaken by Anna Heringer since 2006.    \nIn all her works she applies one of the most important lessons learned in Rudrapur\, the rural village in Bangladesh where she built her first project – the METI Rural School\, Aga Khan Award 2007 – and where\, today\, she continues to work and collaborate in initiatives for local progress: that the most successful development strategy consists of relying on existing and readily available resources and making the most of them\, rather than relying on external systems.    \nThis leads it to involve local communities in the construction of all its projects\, not only as a way of ensuring that they meet the needs for which they were designed\, but also as a means of providing training in traditional construction techniques to enable the future personal and professional development of its members. Not forgetting that this type of involvement develops a sense of belonging in the community that guarantees the proper and lasting conservation of the buildings. This way of working is embodied in his maxim “Form follows love” which\, in contrast to Louis Sullivan’s famous “Form follows function”\, exemplifies the revolutionary nature of his conception of architecture.   \nMoreover\, with projects such as the RoSana Centre guesthouse – winner of a New European Bauhaus Award in 2021 – in Germany\, or the ecotourism project at Cortijo La Donaira in Ronda\, Spain – both developed in collaboration with Martin Rauch – he has demonstrated that building with earth\, a fundamental element in all his architecture\, is perfectly viable in today’s Europe.  
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LOCATION:Museo ICO\, Madrid\, Spain
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR – GREAT GREEN WALL
DESCRIPTION:This was part of a series of webinars that explore opportunities and approaches to design that respond to climate change and the making of culture-sensitive productive rural settlements that take into account the need for affordable shelter\, resilient dwelling and sustainable liveability in twenty-first-century rurality. \nThe event was moderated by Ashraf M. Salama (Egypt)\, professor of Architecture and Director of Research and of the Cluster of Architecture and Urbanism in the Global South\, Department of Architecture\, University of Strathclyde\, Glasgow\, UK. \nIt included the presentations from global experts: \n\nCordelia Olatokunbo Osasona (Nigeria): architect and architectural historian with degrees from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)\, where she was the first woman graduate\, the first woman professor\, and later Vice-Dean of the OAU’s Environmental Design and Management Faculty (EDM). PowerPoint\nDavid A. Garcia  (Spain/Denmark): a practicing architect and educator. Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Art Academy School of Architecture (KADK)\,\n\nHanaa Dahy  (Egypt /Germany): practicing architect\, professor and researcher. Founder of Stuttgart University’s BioMat department\, she also founded ArchIDA (Research Center for Architecture in Stuttgart)\n\nBorong Lin  (China): Professor and Deputy Dean of the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University. PowerPoint\nNikolaos P. Tsinikas (Greece): Professor Emeritus at the School of Architecture\, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) in Greece. PowerPoint\n\nAnna Heringer (Germany): an architect and honorary professor of the UNESCO Chair of Earthen Architecture\, Building Cultures\, and Sustainable Development. PowerPoint | Ted Talk \n\n\nRead the speakers’ bios\nDownload the flyer for the event\nStreaming Link\n\nhttps://youtu.be/AwxFpSQzMKo\n\n \nSynopsis of the Presentations\nCordelia Osasona – The Past in Our Future: Transformed Culture\, Transforming Builtscape \nThe presentation provides a general overview of the treasured socio-cultural issues that have tended to condition how (and what) we build\, including religion\, norms and values\, social stratification and occupation\, followed by an examination of present realities in terms of globalisation: cultural and environmental (global warming). It explores proposals for present-day adjustments and future sustainability (in terms of orientations with respect to space-use\, materials and actual building practice). \nDavid Garcia – Architecture and Extreme Environments \nIn a time when environments are increasingly under threat\, extremes are becoming more the norm than the exception. This lecture argues for a change in mindset\, methodology and approach to architectural design\, based on local specificity\, understanding of culture\, challenges and potentials through collaboration and innovation\, as part of a holistic approach. It tries to argue the importance of education as an integral part of the architectural discipline. It is through education that the potential and sensibilities of future architects are nurtured\, and the discussion broadened in our rapidly transforming world. Education is the seed of change\, and in architecture this change is urgent. \nHanaa Dahby – Bio-based Materials and their potential for African Architectural Transformation \nThe lecture focuses on futuristic sustainable architecture\, achieved through implementing local materials\, especially bio-based ones\, and embedding smart approaches like digital fabrication technologies integration with computational design methods. In addition\, multidisciplinary work\, automation technologies and other factors will showcase how current and future-oriented techniques could have a direct effect on smart sustainable architecture of the future based on available technologies and local materials. In that context\, African local architecture could be re-established based on local identities\, aided by widespread new local technologies\, to further serve the environment and African communities. \nBorong Lin – New Strategies for Sustainable Buildings in Extreme Hot Environments \nIn the extremely hot environment\, some new strategies could be considered in sustainable building design and technological innovation\, including the novel design of shading and ventilation\, research and application of radiant cooling materials\, development of thermal adaptation theory and new technologies\, independent temperature and humidity control strategies\, and solar-driven high-efficiency zero-carbon air conditioning systems. Several domestic sustainable building cases in extreme thermal environment in China are introduced as examples. \nNikolaos P. Tsinikas – Nature & Architecture  \nThe concept of the presentation is a detailed view of nature as a source of inspiration for architectural design and architectural technology. Form follows function is a term used in zoology showing that any living organism must adapt to the environment to survive. The distribution of loads in structural elements\, such as beams\, arches\, domes\, act just like in bones\, trees\, webs. To enhance the strength of architectural structures\, we can consider how assembly connections\, compound structures\, multicore cables and multilayer structures are made in living organisms. Most of the tools and mechanisms that man made can be found in nature. To conclude\, some examples of camouflage\, stealth\, voronoi patterns\, exoskeletons\, bone structures\, living creatures at the bottom of the sea\, architects of nature and microorganisms will be shown. \nAnna Heringer – Architecture is a tool to improve lives. \nAnna Heringer’s vision and motivation for her work is to explore and use architecture as a medium to strengthen cultural and individual confidence\, to support local economies and to foster the ecological balance. For Heringer\, “joyful living” is a creative and active process\, by which she manifests her deep interest in the sustainable of society and the built environment. Sustainability is a synonym for beauty: a building that is harmonious in its design\, structure\, technique and use of materials\, as well as with the location\, the environment\, the user and\, the socio-cultural context. All of which define its sustainable and aesthetic value.
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