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Anna Heringer
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“I deeply believe that the world is not changing with... [single] big decisions. It's the every day small decisions that are really shaping our environment and our society.”
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“[T]he core problem with sustainability... [is] that these natural materials are... linked with vulnerability.., but... the vulnerability of earth is also the biggest advantage... [I]t can go back to the ground without harming the environment.”
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“[W]e are a waste society, but we are trying to build in the most durable way. In fact.., we've never built for eternity. I'm fully OK if my buildings are de-composting one day. ...I'm hoping that I'm really leaving no waste, but knowledge. ...How to build something good out of the local resources. That's my dream.”
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“Once an earth building is standing, you couldn't tell if it's there 1 day or... 100s of years. It has immediately this... archaic feeling, but it also is not dominant. It's just there, in a very calm and present way, and that would... beautifully blend in this historic surrounding.”
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“[I]n terms of local energy sources, it was . ...[W]hen we think of energy sources, we think of sun.., wind.., oil, but we as human beings... are also sources of energy, and we are a growing source. ...We are almost 8 billion people, so we need to use this ...otherwise we create a social problem. We need to create work through architecture.”
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“The children all signed... the doors, and... rightfully.., because they also helped building the school. ...[W]ith earth, it's a wonderful inclusive material. It's not harmful. You don't need sophisticated tools. You can use... your hands, and it's wonderful to touch. It's non-toxic, so it's... one of the beautiful s of earth, that it's so inclusive. We also had people with disabilities working.., men.., women and elderly people.., a fantastic diversity in the team.”
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“These walls are hit by horizontal winds since 2005, and the walls are standing strong. We didn't have to repair the walls. ...You have to ...apply ... certain rules, good boots, meaning a good foundation.., a good , and then the walls are really standing strong.”
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“[W]hen it comes to economic sustainability, it's never... just low cost... [T]he question is, who gets the profit, and who gets the benefit..? [T]hat's much more important, anywhere in the world.”
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“I want to be able in the end.., when I'm... summing up all my budgets at the end of my life.., to be able to tell myself that it ended up with those who really needed it, and not just making the rich industries even more rich.”
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“The last building I did in... Rudrapur... is a center for people with disabilities, and a workshop for fair clothes production... I wanted to show it's good that we have a diversity.., people that break out of the mode, and that is something beautiful.., something to celebrate. So this building is... celebrating this diversity and breaking out of the mold...”
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“The garment sector... in Bangladesh because... drags... the labor force from the villages into... fabrication hubs... The women have to leave their families... and live in these... textile hubs where their life is... depending on external factors, where they lose a lot of independence and... life quality. So I wanted to bring in some work opportunities for the women to be able to stay with their families and... keep the village alive.”
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“I was invited in China for the Bamboo Biennale... [T]he idea was to show and prove that you can build with old materials... in a modern way.”
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Recorded in: Ref: 1) Three Hostels in Baoxi, a village in China @anna-heringer.com 2) YouTube video, International Bamboo Architecture Biennale China (Longquan) @StudioAnnaHeringer channel. 3) 2016 International Bamboo Architecture …
“I'm often asked, "Do you want to send people back to the Stone Age?" Of course not, but it's not a matter of how old a material is. It's a matter of our creative ability to use it today.”
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“[T]hese ...three [youth] hostels ...we built with... an intensive bamboo weaving structure. The idea was to have a core that has all the facilities, and attached to this core and staircase there are... [bamboo woven] cocoons, like tents or Chinese lampshades. ...They did a fantastic job in the bamboo weaving.”
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“Between 2011 and 2013 China has consumed more cement than the United States in the past century. ...This is happening in India and so many countries around the world... [W]e clearly cannot continue like this. We have to look for alternatives such as timber.., earth... [etc.]”
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“[A] competition for building a new altar... was... delicate because, first, it was the 1,000 year old birthday of the cathedral, and the interior is... by so it was... difficult to put something in front of it. ...We decided... not to bring the ready-made object, but to bring the tools, the materials and the community [together]... to build... this alter... [and] to celebrate the community.”
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“Initially the concept was to... [put] in historic elements... from the rich historic times of Worms, but... people started to bring... personal items.., amulets went in, the best wine.., honey of the region, newspaper articles, letters, postcards.., and it became more and more... an object [or reflection] of the community. The children... put in some pink litter...”
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“We had everyone, from the choir.., the council.., the alter boys and girls.., standing in front of the finished object.., we couldn't let go. We constantly wanted to touch it...”
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“You're not just building a building. You also build up a community, and that's the wonderful thing. In the past we came together as a society, built city hall, built the church, built the mosque... [etc.] [T]his kind of pulling on one direction to reach one common aim... is something that fostered... community, and now we delegate the act of building... to experts, and we don't have these community building processes... [T]hat's a huge loss, and we have to enable participation again.”
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“We are not lacking of materiality. We are lacking of good relationships, but this is something the process of construction and architecture can... provide.”
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“The question is "Form follows what?" ""... is outdated. ...[A]rchitecture ...and society is much more complex, and we have to react to this. ...[W]e have a lot of functional.., good-looking buildings, but we need meaningful.., beautiful buildings... [T]he question is, "What is real beauty?" ...[I]t's a formal expression of love, so.., "Form follows Love!”
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“[W]e could have done it with a 3-D plotter... but it's such a joy, and it gives... such a connection... [T]hat is... a point... missing in our society. We are not making things any more, and this joy in really being involved, and feeling... how your physical pressure is shaping the architecture and... spaces. This is a joy I would never give into the hands of a robot or... plotter... Once we had the hands in the mud and... doing these things... the mind got a relief... [T]his... we are losing in our parts of the society. We are giving the nicest parts away... [T]hat's something we have to bring back...”
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“I invited them... [the wives] to join the site as workers... [T]hat's the nice part with the mud because it's... inclusive. You find work for everyone... We had people with disabilities working.., we had children involved.., and... the women... [T]hey traditionally do the plastering... with their hands. I said fine, it looks... more beautiful to me. ...After 2 or 3 days they started working with their... wives... [I]t was such a good team spirit... and... we as architects were also doing the least accepted work, like carrying the mud on their heads... trying to break up hierarchies and... foster this team spirit... [T]he women... were getting the same salary as their husbands and working side by side. That really changed also, on the social level, in the village.”
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“[T]his ramp winds... all around the building... [I]t's the only ramp in that area... they've ever seen. ...[[w:Inclusive design|[I]nclusiveness]] is... a powerful thing in architecture, that you can make... [ideas and concepts] clearly visible. ...[U]nderneath the ramp we have caves ...so you can ...crawl in ...and it's part of the therapy. The children have to move their bodies in a different way... so they train their muscles... [and] coordination skills, and it's... rewarding... The children from the village that have no disabilities... sneak in.., but they know they are the guests of the children with disabilities.., and it's a different zone for connecting with each other.”
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