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    Francis Kéré is an architect from Burkina Faso known for designing sustainable buildings using local materials. Some of his projects include a primary school, library, and teachers' housing in Gando, Burkina Faso built from earth, brick, and local timber. Kéré's designs aim to provide more for less by maximizing natural ventilation, daylighting, and passive cooling techniques appropriate to the climate and context. His works highlight the potential of vernacular architecture to thoughtfully address the needs of communities.

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    Francis Kéré is an architect from Burkina Faso known for designing sustainable buildings using local materials. Some of his projects include a primary school, library, and teachers' housing in Gando, Burkina Faso built from earth, brick, and local timber. Kéré's designs aim to provide more for less by maximizing natural ventilation, daylighting, and passive cooling techniques appropriate to the climate and context. His works highlight the potential of vernacular architecture to thoughtfully address the needs of communities.

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    Architect: Kere

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    Derek James Kleynhans
    Francis Kéré is an architect from Burkina Faso known for designing sustainable buildings using local materials. Some of his projects include a primary school, library, and teachers' housing in Gando, Burkina Faso built from earth, brick, and local timber. Kéré's designs aim to provide more for less by maximizing natural ventilation, daylighting, and passive cooling techniques appropriate to the climate and context. His works highlight the potential of vernacular architecture to thoughtfully address the needs of communities.

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    http://www.kere-architecture.

    com/
    http://www.kere-architecture.com/projects/school-library-gando/
    http://architectuul.com/architect/francis-kere
    http://www.kere-architecture.com/projects/primary-school-gando/
    1

    GANDO

    1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burkina_Faso_in_Africa_(-mini_map_-rivers).svg
    2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Burkina_Faso 3. https://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/smallscalebigchange/projects/primary_school.html
    https://www.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de/International-financing/KfW-Development-Bank/Local-presence/Subsahara-Africa/Burkina-Faso/
    http://www.archdaily.com/office/kere-architecture
    http://www.kere-architecture.com/projects/opera-village/
    https://alchetron.com/Gando,-Burkina-Faso-2579978-W
    https://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/smallscalebigchange/projects/primary_school.html
    Less is more

    “ More for less


    “

    http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/serpentine-pavilion-2017-designed-francis-k%C3%A9r%C3%A9
    http://www.kere-architecture.com/projects/teachers-housing-gando/
    http://www.kere-architecture.com/projects/teachers-housing-gando/
    http://www.kere-architecture.com/projects/school-library-gando/
    http://www.kere-architecture.com/projects/opera-village/
    http://www.kere-architecture.com/projects/opera-village/
    http://www.kere-architecture.com/projects/csps/
    “ […] But you don’t need to go
    to Burkina Faso. As architects
    we are privileged. We only
    “
    need to look around – perhaps
    we are needed here too.

    http://www.kere-architecture.com/projects/
    1. https://www.ted.com/talks/diebedo_francis_kere_how_to_build_with_clay_and_community 2. http://www.archdaily.com/tag/diebedo-francis-kere
    “ “
    Francis […] Kéré’s […] architecture forms a cultural bridge between Africa
    and Germany – not as an export, but as a project of mutual exchange.”

    http://www.kere-architecture.com/news/

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