Christian Benimana: The next generation of African architects and designers
كريستيان بينيمانا: الجيل القادم من المهندسين المعماريين والمصممين الأفارقة
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that I have ever taken.
I had ever been on an airplane
that I had left my country,
ever since I was a child.
at the time in my country.
to study in China,
جامعية للدراسة في الصين،
a major building boom.
into a skyscraper city.
to convey a new image of development.
لنقل صورة جديدة للتنمية.
were going up literally everywhere.
كانت ترتفع حرفيا في كل مكان.
of migrant workers,
of thousands of people
to the pollution
similar to what I saw in China.
مثلما رأيت في الصين.
its own population and economic growth.
وسكانها ونموهم الاقتصادي.
infrastructure and buildings
والبنية التحتية والمباني
the entire continent of Africa,
سيتضاعف عدد سكان أفريقيا،
slightly less than the current population
أي أقل بقليل من عدد السكان الحاليين
to accommodate this many people
لاستيعاب هذا العدد الكبير من الناس
in the history of humankind.
700,000,000 more housing units,
المزيد من الوحدات السكنية،
في المنظور بالنسبة لك.
of unsustainable building and construction
والبناء غير المستدام
Kunlé Adeyemi for instance,
كونلي أديمي على سبيل المثال،
of coastal megacities.
من المدن الساحلية الكبرى.
live in makeshift structures on stilts
يعيشون في هياكل مؤقتة على ركائز
infrastructure or services.
of rising sea levels and climate change.
منسوب مياه البحر وتغيّر المناخ.
are examples of great ingenuity
هي أمثلة على براعة كبيرة
a prototype school
منسوب مياه البحر.
that can be adapted to clinics,
والتي يمكن تكييفها إلى عيادات،
this community needs.
التي يحتاجها هذا المجتمع,
lives safely on the waters of Lagos.
يعيش بأمان على مياه لاجوس.
where he comes from,
that use traditional building techniques.
التي تستخدم تقنيات البناء التقليدية.
working in the communities
in the villages of this country,
for the brick manufacturing,
to pound the clay floors.
projects that function better,
المشاريع التي تعمل بشكل أفضل،
and adequate ventilation.
for this particular context
at MASS Design Group.
في مجموعة ماس ديزاين.
in several countries in Africa,
and sustainable model
الأكثر إنصافا واستدامة
remote landscapes
and fertile valleys.
maternal mortality rates in the world.
معدلات الوفيات أثناء الحمل في العالم.
either gives birth at home,
to the nearest clinic.
طويلة حقا إلى أقرب عيادة.
dies during childbirth.
الأمهات يمتن أثناء الولادة.
Maternity Waiting Village.
الأمومة، انتظار، أهل القرية.
six weeks before their due dates.
قبل ستة أسابيع من تاريخ استحقاقها.
and family planning.
and their families.
Maternity Waiting Village
typologies of Malawi villages
materials and techniques.
were made from the same soil of this site.
مصنوعة من نفس التربة من هذا الموقع.
of this building,
الكربون من هذا المبنى،
for these expectant mothers.
لهؤلاء الأمهات الحوامل.
that architecture and design
to address complex problems.
لمعالجة المشاكل المعقدة.
a model of effective solutions
of African architects and designers
المعماريين والمصممين الأفارقة
on African architecture, in Kigali,
الإفريقية، في كيغالي،
of the leading African designers
working across the continent.
العاملين في جميع أنحاء القارة.
went to school abroad
ذهب إلى المدرسة في الخارج
solutions unique to us,
فريدة من نوعها بالنسبة لنا،
Kigali into Beijing,
of the next generation
والمصممين الأفارقة.
from across the continent.
design-build fellowship program.
to tackle big challenges
building solutions and processes,
the health impact of better buildings
have been researching
that they designed and built.
to understand the challenges
made of local volcanic stone
من الحجر البركاني المحلي
into a space of play and active learning.
في فضاء من اللعب والتعلم النشط.
the environmental conditions
that maximizes daylight
will begin this year.
الابتدائية هذا العام.
are going to work hand-in-hand
في مركز التصميم الافريقي جنبا إلى جنب
their African Design Centre fellowship,
زمالة مركز التصميم الافريقي،
of building into his country,
الطريقة الجديدة من البناء في بلده،
a private practice in Johannesburg.
خاصة في جوهانسبرغ.
for women to become engineers.
for women in engineering fields,
للنساء في المجالات الهندسية،
this movement across Africa,
using local materials from his country.
باستخدام مواد محلية من بلده.
to become an architect.
ليصبح مهندس معماري.
interrupted his architectural education.
من الأحيان توقف تعليمه المعماري.
to join the African Design Centre,
للانضمام إلى مركز التصميم الافريقي،
in the background of his interview call.
في خلفية مكالمة مقابلته.
to bridge communities back together.
لربط المجتمعات معا.
by this fellow's belief
can make a difference
cannot be ignored.
إفريقيا لا يمكن تجاهله.
places on earth.
to make it a reality.
for the task ahead,
الموهبة للمهمة المقبلة،
of African creative leaders,
and streamline that journey.
بما فيه الكفاية
that are truly African
التي هي حقا إفريقية
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Christian Benimana - ArchitectChristian Benimana wants to develop the talent and potential of the next generation of African designers with socially-focused design principles.
Why you should listen
Christian Benimana is co-founder of the African Design Centre, a field-based apprenticeship that is set to be the BAUHAUS of Africa with the mission to empower the leaders who will design a more equitable, just, and sustainable world.
Benimana is currently leading the implementation of the African Design Centre. He dreamed of becoming an architect, but there were no design schools in his home country of Rwanda, so he applied and was accepted to Tongji University in Shanghai, China. Not letting his inability to speak Mandarin stand in his way, he spent a year gaining fluency before pursuing his degree in architecture. Upon returning to Rwanda, he joined MASS Design Group as a Design Fellow in 2010 and today directs the firm's Rwanda Programs and the ADC. He has taught at the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology and chairs the Education Boards of the Rwandan Institute of Architects and the East African Institute of Architects. His goal is to develop the talent and potential of the next generation of African designers with socially-focused design principles. He announced the plans for the African Design Centre at the UN Solutions Summit in New York in 2015.
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