28 Feb 2010 6 Comments
in Design Indaba, Inspiration Tags: alejandro aravena, housing, social housing
One of the most thought-provoking speakers at Design Indaba 2010: Alejandro Aravena.
Alejandro is a Chilean architect who focuses on that most challenging of problems – social housing for the poor. His talk was rather like the projects he showed us: stark, harsh, and with no attempt to soften unpleasant realities.
The audience did not like everything he said. More
01 Mar 2009 Leave a comment
in Design Indaba, Inspiration, Opinions & reviews Tags: architecture, Design Indaba, green, housing, Luyanda Mpalwha, South Africa
What I enjoy above all at the Design Indaba is its buzz, all that positive energy. This is created simply by people speaking on subjects they are passionate about. And sometimes you hear about projects which really make a positive difference in the world. Architect Luyanda Mpahlwa spoke to us about his participation in the Design Indaba 10 x 10 low cost housing project. This is a attempt to alleviate our housing crisis by encouraging innovation in constructing low cost housing.
In 2008, Design Indaba invited architects to design ten low cost houses on ten sites in partnership with ten international architects, for ten families. More
Masha du Toit 
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