Usually representing spirits, ancestors or the primordial couple, these figures were placed in shrines and treated with great respect. Through a wide range of style, scale, belief and function the couples depicted share a timeless, serene equality necessary to the continuity of their societies.

Diébédo Francis Kéré: How To Build With Clay... and Community

0 Read More

- 25 March 2015
Videos , Selected Works ,

Diébédo Francis Kéré knew exactly what he wanted to do when he got his degree in architecture... He wanted to go home to Gando in Burkina Faso, to help his neighbors reap the benefit of his education. In this charming talk, Kéré shows off some of the beautiful structures he's helped to build in his small village in the years since then, including an award-winning primary school made from clay by the entire community.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more.

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS

If you want your own avatar and keep track of your discussions with the community, sign up to archiDATUM >>

SELECTED WORKS

- Grand Théatre de Rabat / Zaha Hadid Architects ZHA
- 22 Apr 2015
On October 7, 2014 His Majesty King Mohammed VI, launched the Official start of construction of the Grand Theatre in Rabat with a desire ...
- Edwin Seda's Photographic Images Show Rwanda's New Kigali Architecture School In Dynamic Light
- 25 Apr 2018
New images have been released by Edwin Seda in a recent partnership with the French Architects Patrick Schweitzer et Associés Architectes...
- 21° House at Msasani Village/ Tharani Associates
- 10 Apr 2015
In the design of beach projects the main aim is to maximize on the free flow of the breeze through the building and views to the beach. T...

CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DIRECTORY

- Zliten Al-Asmariya University For Islamic Sciences/ RMJM
- 10 Apr 2015
The Zliten campus is a new branch of Al Asmariya University, located in the oasis town and fishing port of the same name, 120 kilometers ...
- Constantine Exhibition Centre / PTW Architects
- 05 May 2015
Africa is rising, from a slow economic downturn to a possible intimation in coming years and what better way to express that than through...
- Nacala Airport / Fernandes Arquitetos Associados
- 13 Apr 2016
Airport project will bring development and transformation along the major international route in the Country. The city of Nacala, located...