In this TED Talk, Aga Khan Award-winning architect Diébédo Francis Kéré explains how to build a community with clay. With his firm Kéré Architecture, the Burkina Faso native has achieved international renown by using local building materials and techniques to engage and improve local expertise. Earlier of this blog has mentioned the LEED system cannot be applied in certain regions such as rural Africa. It is one of Africa's major challenges, the lack of stone with which to build. Techniques that allow Africa to take advantage of the abundance of clay, is nothing short of a miracle. Native structures in West Africa are beautiful, very carefully and skillfully built. However they are not able to withstand the punishing rainy season and often last only a few years. This is a major breakthrough for rural communities in West Africa, provided the techniques can be shared and implemented elsewhere. Like this example certain areas requires specific consideration of local condition and environment to seek for solution of building to be sustainable. This is an inspiration talk to continue to find local solutions to our local challenges and bring innovation and creativity to the forefront of our education system. The materials he uses in his buildings are easy to get , cheap and very accessible which is important to the success of the projects .
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