This is also the prototype of the K é R é foundation.
Photograph: Ke ́ Re ́ Architecture Author: dalchodha, Ellie stathaki02 Gando primary school 2001 the young man in the picture is not posing or having a street party, but conducting a stability test of clay arch structure.
People in the village expect K é R é to bring back advanced western construction materials and technology to their hometown.
His works and the process behind them have proved the significance of architecture as education – imparting knowledge and skills through the implementation of the project, and always considering the local climate and economic conditions in the design process.
Architect Francis K é R é was born in 1965 in Burkina Faso, one of the least educated and poorest countries in the world.
K é R é was widely praised for a series of campus projects built in his native Burkina Faso a decade ago, and his design will also meet the needs of local communities according to the specific characteristics of different regions.
His graduation project is to design a primary school building for his hometown.
By persuading students to save money on cigarettes and coffee for a long time, they had raised $50000 by the time of graduation.
They exist without affectation, but they emit a subtle influence.
At the end of the holiday, he would visit house to house before he needed to leave home for school.
The building is inseparable from the land on which it is based, and is also closely related to the users in it.
Therefore, the project also won the best public building award of wallpper * International Design Award in 2022.
In the evaluation speech of this Pritzker Architecture Award, it is written as follows: “What role does architecture play when resources are extremely scarce? In the process of breaking through difficulties, what is the correct way of architectural practice? Should we be willing to be conservative and bear the risk of succumbing to adverse environment? Or is moderate conservatism the only practical way to achieve results? Should we be ambitious to stimulate change? And will such ambition make architecture divorced from reality and become the product of wishful thinking ？ With all his works, K é R é shows the world that local materials can create unlimited power.
Inside the building, there are classrooms, activity teaching areas, storage and technical facilities.
With many educational architectural projects and sustainable social design ideas, he let the world know about African architecture.
The house that K é R é wants to build most is the school building.
The project also won the best public building award of wallpper * International Design Award in 2022.
Benefiting from an international carpenter training program, he gradually moved to a professional Architecture College and became a professional architect.
People can’t figure out why the first primary school building, which is highly expected by the whole village, should be built of clay..
So K é R é returned to the tribe with funds and drawings.
His latest project, the “Lion” start-up Park in Kenya, is inspired by the local termite mound and will integrate the local nature and technology.
K é R é, the son of chief Gando, was once the only child here who had the opportunity to receive primary education.
Various balconies with shade vines and wide steps provide choices for outdoor teaching.
Gando primary school was rated as one of the “25 most important buildings in the world after World War II” by the New York Times.
In line with the local history, culture and environmental texture, it also skillfully injects sustainability and modernity.
According to the data released by the world bank, the hinterland of Western Sahara is among the 25 poorest countries in the world.
While studying for a degree at the Technical University of Berlin, he has already started to raise money for the construction of his hometown.
He is determined to bring “education”, the most precious resource, back to his hometown.
” 01slakeeducationcampus Kenya’s Lion start-up Park 2021 Kenya’s Lion start-up Park and local giant termite mounds Francis K é R é designed this sustainable education park on the Bank of Turkana Lake in Kenya, inspired by the local common giant termite mounds.
Each woman took out a coin and gave it to him as educational sponsorship and good wishes.
His architecture is built for the community and coexists with the community, which directly reflects all aspects of the community – from construction, material selection, planning to the characteristics of the community have been integrated into the architecture.
Architect di é B é do Francis K é R é won the Pritzker Architecture Award in 2022, the first time the award was awarded to African architects.
When he was young, he studied outside the village for a long time.
How to build the first school in the village? Who will cover it? For the continent of Africa, it is the result of the collective participation of the whole village, old and young.
Their place is called Gando, a tribe in Burkina Faso.
Straw curtains on the windows adopt the local traditional “mkeka” style, which can be adjusted according to the position of the sun, while mosquito nets can keep all kinds of insects out while maintaining air flow.
The infrastructure here is backward, the health conditions are poor, and the education level of teenagers is very low.
The whole campus consists of five main buildings, mainly made of stones mined from local quarries; The circular layout encloses an open space in the center for students’ activities.
All the labor force involved in the construction are from the local area, and the building materials are also from the local area.
He left his hometown to study in Berlin, Germany, and received an advanced degree in architecture from the Berlin Institute of technology.
Until the late 1980s, K é R é went further to study – Berlin before the reunification of the two Germany.
