Francis Kéré
Subtitle: radically simple
By: editors: Andres Lepik, Ayça Beygo
Contributors: Lepik, Andres, editor, writer of foreword; Beygo, Ayça, editor, writer of supplementary textual content; Pinakothek der Moderne (Munich, Germany). Architekturmuseum TU
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9783775742177
Subjects: Architecture; Exhibitions; Modern Architecture
Other titles: Radically simple
Description: "Unlike almost any other architect, Diébédo Francis Kéré (born 1965 in Burkina Faso) stands for the association of constructive, social, and cultural aspects of building. He made a name for himself not only with his designs for Christoph Schlingensief's Opera Village Africa. He has received numerous international awards, primarily for his building projects in his native country of Burkina Faso including the 2004 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. His structures join his formal training at the Technische Universität Berlin with the traditional building methods of Burkina Faso. In doing so, he places local social and historical needs at the center of his design concepts. The innovative thing about this work is: he relies on the inhabitants. They are trained to become professionals and thus the constructors of their own future. This first monograph on his extensive oeuvre provides unique insight into the creative work of this outstanding architect and renders visible the fact that architecture not only revolves around buildings, but always around people as well.  Exhibition: Architekturmuseum TU München in der Pinakothek der Moderne, Germany (starting 11/2016)." --Publisher.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Architekturmuseum TU München, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, November 17, 2016-February 26, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-207).
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Building is a social act; title: Radically simple; title: Burkina Faso, Gando Projects; title: Primary School Complex; title: The story of the architect from Gando; title: Projects in Burkina Faso; title: Projects in Mali, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan; title: A man of the people; title: Worldwide projects; title: Exhibitions and installations; title: The architect as culture broker; title: Appendix.