Diébédo Francis Kéré
Sweet baby jesu it's finally happening. Starting February 3rd, Columbia Univeristy in NYC will begin a series of lectures entitled "What is Green Architecture?" in an effort to "brings architects and engineers to New York in order to give audiences the exclusive privilege to travel the globe via projects of the future, from Harvard’s transformative Allston Science Complex to the first carbon-neutral city, currently taking shape in the United Arab Emirates."
The lectures begin on Tuesday, February 3rd, at 6:30 p.m., in Avery Hall (114, lower level) at The Graduate School of Architecture, Columbia University (on the main campus, located between 116th and 120th Streets and Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues), with Diébédo Francis Kéré's lecture “Step by Step: Building Schools in Africa”. Hailing from Gando, a small village in the Western African country of Burkina Faso, Kéré is motivated to create sustainable, green architecture to protect his village as Burkina Faso is one of the top ten poorest countries with an illiteracy rate of 80%. In his own words, "the projects are based on the principles of designing for climatic comfort with low-cost construction, making the most of local materials and the potential of the local community, and adapting technology from the industrialized world in a simple way.”
The events are free and seating is first come first serve. To learn more about Diébédo Francis Kéré and the "What is Green Architecture?" lecture series you can read more here.
