Diébédo Francis Kéré: How to build with clay ... and community
迪页贝杜·弗朗西斯·凯雷: 如何用粘土...和社群盖房子
Diébédo Francis Kéré and his architectural firm design buildings that are good for the environment -- and those who use them. Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
布基纳法索
也没有学校
移居到城市
这就是生命的现实
是多么的荣幸
用石块给地面抛光
一个简单的概念就是
最热的时候有45 度
仍处于其最佳状态
也不会写字的人们
是甘多的图书馆
来浇筑泥巴
正如你们所见
connected to training the people,
年轻男子想赚钱
我赢得了许多奖项
这象征着感情的深厚
这是印象深刻的
to make my community proud
为我感到骄傲
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Diébédo Francis Kéré - Community-minded architectDiébédo Francis Kéré and his architectural firm design buildings that are good for the environment -- and those who use them.
Why you should listen
Diébédo Francis Kéré grew up in Gando, a small village in Burkina Faso. Having gone away to school, first within his country and then at the Technische Universität in Berlin, Germany, he resolved to give back to the community that raised him. He does that through the power of architecture.
Through his firm, Kéré Architecture, Kéré focuses on using local building materials and techniques in a modern way, to redefine and redesign the enviroment. In Burkina Faso, that means working predominantly with clay, and his innovative approach has seen the creation of remarkably beautiful, modern buildings that are entirely appropriate to the setting.
His first building, a primary school in Gando, was completed in 2001 and received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Since then, he has designed other structures for the village; his other work there has also won multiple awards, including the Global Award, the BSI Swiss Architectural Award, the Marcus Prize and the Global Holcim Award Gold 2012.
Kéré also teaches architecture; he has lectured at colleges including the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and Harvard. In 2013, he began teaching at the Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio, Switzerland.
Diébédo Francis Kéré | Speaker | TED.com