Diébédo Francis Kéré, 2023 Laureates of Architecture 【Official Video】

Описание: By combining local materials and skills with innovative design and smart engineering solutions, while maintaining a focus on working with local communities, Diébédo Francis Kéré has transformed architecture not only in Burkina Faso, but also across Africa and beyond. Kéré had to leave home when he was only 7 in order to be able to attend school. Studying in dark, hot, unventilated classrooms instilled in him the desire to make better buildings and his career as architect. He studied in Germany and established the Kéré Foundation to raise money for his ambition to design and build a school for his birthplace. In all his projects in Africa, Kéré has focused on providing simple, achievable plans for buildings that utilize the skills and energies of the local community – employing traditional building materials and marrying them with modern design. Kéré’s designs weave together elements of traditional African design, with modern architecture, as revealed in the colors of Coachella’s ”Sarbalé Ke” (2019), the wooden patterns of ”Xylem” (2019) at Tippet’s Rise, USA, and his constant referencing of trees – of their central role in providing shade and a social center (Serpentine Pavilion 2017).