On 11 November, Arcam welcomes Professor Anne Feenstra, Dutch architect, educator and laureate of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture. Since 2004, he has been exploring a form of Slow Architecture across Afghanistan, India and Nepal, rooted in local communities, ecological sensitivity and the use of nature-based and upcycled materials.
This event is in English.
The talk will share the ongoing journey, since 2004, of a Dutch architect, who lives, teaches and practices ecologically sensitive and community-based contemporary mountain architecture from Afghanistan, India and Nepal. Working closely with communities and understanding the need to be frugal, Prof. Feenstra and his two teams practice ‘Slow Architecture’. Embracing the ever-present challenges of earthquakes, floods, storms, land-slides and extreme temperatures, his teams have been able to create tangible evidence in what is sometimes referred to as the Third Pole.