Ce monde à inventer !

Diébédo Francis Kéré knew exactly what he wanted to do when he got his degree in architecture. He wanted to go home to Gando in Burkina Faso, to help his neighbors reap the benefit of his education. In this charming talk, Kéré shows off some of the beautiful structures he's helped to build in his small village in the years since then, including an award-winning primary school made from clay by the entire community…

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> Facebook Kere Architecture : http://on.fb.me/1aU8rit

> Kere Architecture HomePage : http://bit.ly/1aU8jPQ

Elsa Maudet : "La maison Iseami est totalement auto-suffisante: elle utilise l’eau potable d’une concession située dans la forêt, avec laquelle elle produit également son électricité. Le toit et les murs sont principalement faits de panneaux solaires et des réservoirs permettent l’approvisionnement en eau chaude. La quantité d’acier utilisée pour que la maison résiste aux séismes a été considérablement réduite par rapport aux standards…

Building a skyscraper ? Forget about steel and concrete, says architect Michael Green, and build it out of wood. As he details in this intriguing talk, it's not only possible to build safe wooden structures up to 30 stories tall -and, he hopes, higher-, it's necessary. Michael Green wants to solve architecture’s biggest challenge -meeting worldwide housing demand without increasing carbon emissions- by building with carbon-sequestering wood…

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> Michael Green/Sala : http://bit.ly/13zav2m

> Michael Green/Blog : http://bit.ly/13z9rLY

Architect Alastair Parvin presents a simple but provocative idea : what if, instead of architects creating buildings for those who can afford to commission them, regular citizens could design and build their own houses ? The concept is at the heart of Wikihouse : an open source construction kit that means just about anyone can build a house, anywhere. Alastair Parvin believes in making architecture accessible to 100 percent of the population…

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> Architecture00 HomePage : http://bit.ly/Z4jbcw
> WikiHouse : http://bit.ly/12A8DRn