BASEhabitat Projects 2004-2016 by BASEhabitat

basehabitat Projects 2004–2016

“Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development, including adequate shelter for all and sustainable human settlements.” The UN Habitat Agenda, Chapter 1

basehabitat Projects 2004–2016

Kunstuniversität Linz University of Art and Design Linz die architektur

basehabitat Projects 2004–2016

Kunstuniversität Linz University of Art and Design Linz die architektur

basehabitat Network Map

current project enquiries realised projects participating students research

basehabitat Network Map

current project enquiries realised projects participating students research

Roland Gnaiger Introduction

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basehabitat Principles Integration Climate Material Beauty

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basehabitat Projects

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living tebogo home for handicapped children South Africa meti school handmade Bangladesh baya kindergarten South Africa tempu2 system buildings homemade family homes Bangladesh ithuba primary school masterplan South Africa iphiko classrooms South Africa

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ba:can housing Ecuador and Colombia chinko headquarters Central African Republic house by house typologies for educational buildings Democratic Republic Congo mazunte education centre Mexico phoolna development India phoolna teachers’ flats India sunderpur housing India

basehabitat Facts Executive team, Student support, Consultants, Universities, Institutions, Sponsors, Supporters and Friends

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BASEhabitat Main sponsors Imprint

Roland Gnaiger Introduction

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basehabitat Principles Integration Climate Material Beauty

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basehabitat Projects

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36 42 46 48 52 56

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basehabitat Facts Executive team, Student support, Consultants, Universities, Institutions, Sponsors, Supporters and Friends

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basehabitat Teams

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BASEhabitat Main sponsors Imprint

Roland Gnaiger Introduction

The University of Art and Design Linz is the smallest of the Austrian architecture schools. The advantage of this is a high level of individuality, the ability to react, and agility. Topics that are at the centre of social, political, and economic development become topics of our architecture education. The best experts in the areas of solar architecture, environmentally friendly building, modern timber and loam construction, as well as organisation and project management are centred here. BASEhabitat has been cooperating with various NGOs since 2004 to realise construction projects. In recent years numerous pieces of remarkable research and project work have emerged from the students’ enthusiasm and engagement.

Roland Gnaiger Introduction

We do not train our architects to be specialists. Our interest shouldn’t be directed away from conventional architecture and cultural concerns. We simply want to reconcile the differences between basic needs and aesthetics; ecology and economics; wealth and poverty; utility and poetry. Nowadays we can build houses where the indoor climate can be controlled without using any external power, houses that use the local resources instead of destroying them, houses that improve the environment and provide people with new challenges and employment. This can be done without restrictions, sacrifices, or additional responsibility. It just needs more intelligence, teamwork, passion, joy and beauty. In this matter there is no difference between the “rich North” and the “poor South” of the world. BASEhabitat is a testing place for this.

We have responded to the surging demand for practical knowledge and sustainable concepts for the future by expanding our education and vocational training offers in the form of various workshops. The BASEhabitat Summer School has been taking place every two years since 2010. This two-week workshop with around 100 participants from over thirty different countries and the best experts in bamboo and loam construction serves as a lively meeting place to exchange knowledge, practical expertise, and experience. BASEhabitat has been a member of the UNESCO Chair of Earthen Architecture since 2014. The time since founding BASEhabitat in 2004 has been fruitful to say the least. The worldwide reactions to our projects and the number of important international prizes and awards have significantly exceeded our expectations.

We don’t just want to share our success though; we also want to share the experience we had and mistakes that were made: ignorance, lack of experience and occasionally too much eagerness to experiment set us back several times. Building with local materials requires dedication, years of experience, and both theoretical and practical knowledge. As of 2016 the BASEhabitat team also has a professional construction manager on the team who can continually oversee the building sites. The years ahead of us are going to be exciting as we try to do justice to the increasing demand and the growing interest both locally and internationally. An important step in this direction is establishing a postgraduate BASEhabitat master’s degree at the University of Art and Design Linz. From 2017 onwards, students from all around the globe will be able to proﬁt from our networks and our expertise. Roland Gnaiger Architect and Professor Head of the Department of Architecture University of Art and Design Linz Founder of BASEhabitat 16

basehabitat Principles

Integration

BASEhabitat projects always take place in sensitive social environments that require special attention. You need the local people to accept and understand the project in order to be successful. We intend to provide houses as prototypes that can be copied. This also requires careful integration into the community in advance. We achieve this by involving as many people as possible in the building process: these are ﬁrst and foremost the people who will live in the buildings and who should help to co-design the buildings according to their needs; the local craftspeople who provide valuable skills and can pass on the knowledge that they gain; the men and women from the neighbourhood whom we employ for a short time; and also the businesses and traders from the area who supply us. We want to get everyone involved in the project to exchange information around our common objective in a fun way full of creative energy.

“And everybody learnt a lot from each other. I learnt how to build strong walls, how to use the measurement tools and the foreigner learnt that the best mixing machines are water buﬀaloes.” Suresh, loam worker, Bangladesh

Integration

Climate

Passive house technology and the use of solar energy are core elements of the curriculum at our university. In regions with limited access to public infrastructure, where the means of providing adequate heating or cooling are lacking, this knowhow is particularly useful. We think that knowing how to exploit alternative energy sources—an achievement of highly industrialised countries such as Austria—is a particularly valuable export for communities in which the problems of climate change and shortage of resources are generally ignored in the pursuit of greater prosperity and a higher standard of living. Therefore, we have worked with specialists to create concepts for the passive use of solar energy for all the BASEhabitat projects. The eﬀectiveness of these concepts has also been tested using computer simulations. We can achieve a comfortable indoor climate that needs neither air conditioning in summer nor heating in winter by using intelligent roof constructions and thermally insulating wall materials, as well as by carefully considering how we position windows and shade.

“Quality is free. It’s not a gift, but it’s free.” Philip B. Crosby

Climate

“Quality is free. It’s not a gift, but it’s free.” Philip B. Crosby

Material

The rediscovery and use of indigenous potential is a prerequisite for sustainable development. We therefore make sure that local materials, and to a large extent unprocessed materials, are used in all BASEhabitat projects. Building using locally available materials elevates them to a new level. Using building materials from the immediate surroundings gives the people involved greater independence while also strengthening the local economy. In addition, traditional building forms and techniques are used when building with these materials that activates and increases the existing latent knowledge. Together with experts and skilled workers on the ground, BASEhabitat seeks out methods of construction that suit local materials and techniques, and also meet our high demands regarding comfort and aesthetics.

“An earth house should not be seen as a cheap housing, but more as ‘air conditioning’: domestic comfort as the incentive, sustainability as the concept.” Martin Rauch, Expert in building with earth, Austria

Material

Beauty

People don’t talk about beauty. At least not if you want to arouse suspicion in the ﬁeld of development politics. You can address social commitment, self-help and education, economy, ecology and sustainability: but not beauty. Beauty seems to be “blasphemous” in the face of hardship, poverty and need. The ludicrous formula looks like this: beauty is vanity, beauty is luxury and waste, and beauty equals decadence and decline. Does this mean that there must always be ugliness where poverty and need prevail? As if beauty has not always existed throughout the world, even in the simplest barns and stables and in the most modest huts and houses. Absence of beauty is poverty! Beauty is a right as fundamental as food. Architecture is not a luxury. Beauty doesn’t cost anything except intelligence and spirit, care and (aﬀectionate) attention. Culture and beauty don’t cost anything. Culture and beauty can enter into a relationship with simplicity and modest use of resources, as well as with plenty and abundance.

Beauty

Building without art lacks spirit. It is destructive, cynical, and often brutal. Concern with beauty distinguishes BASEhabitat from many other development projects. Beauty is that aspect that gives our projects dignity and helps to anchor the work among diﬀerent people and in the diﬀerent cultural areas.

“Beauty is a right as fundamental as food; architecture is not a luxury. Beauty costs nothing, apart from intelligence and spirit, care and (aﬀectionate) attention.” Prof. Roland Gnaiger Head of the Department of Architecture Linz, Austria

basehabitat Projects

2004–2005

living tebogo home for handicapped children Heating with the sun, cooling with the construction South Africa

Orange Farm is a township in the southwest of Johannesburg. The social situation is characterised by poverty, AIDS and unemployment. The appearance of the development is dominated largely by buildings or shacks made mostly of sheet metal, corrugated iron or parts of cars. In summer it can become unbearably hot in these shacks (up to 45°C), while during winter nights it can be noticeably cold (to 2°C). We were commissioned by the Tebogo Home for Handicapped Children. The Austrian NGO SARCH set up this contact for us. The home for almost 50 children had become too small. In a group of 25 students we planned and built a dining building with a new kitchen, and a therapy building with sanitary facilities. A generously dimensioned pergola, a garden hall, connects the buildings with each other.

2004–2005

living tebogo home for handicapped children Heating with the sun, cooling with the construction South Africa

The buildings we erected in Tebogo have a pleasant indoor climate throughout the year—without the use of energy. In this way we were able to reduce the ﬂuctuation in temperature to only 9°C. Local workers, above all women, were integrated in the project. The building materials were acquired directly from the township: concrete blocks, earth, clay, straw, timber, grass mats—to strengthen the local economy and to make later repetition easier. One of the main aims was to make buildings that suited the needs of the children. They received a home that conveyed a sense of security and joy in living.

2005–2006

meti school handmade Building together with a village community Bangladesh

Rudrapur lies in the north of the most densely populated country on the earth. Poverty and the lack of an infrastructure drive many people from the countryside into the cities. The local NGO Dipshikha attempts to follow new paths with its development programme: the intention is to give the rural population perspectives and to help people learn about the value of the village in all its complexity. Part of this is a special school concept that instils in the children’s self-conﬁdence and independence with the aim of strengthening their sense of identity. Anna Heringer developed this starting point in her project “school handmade”. After making a preparatory analysis of the village and the development with three further Linz students in 2002, Heringer, who has known the country for years, devoted her diploma thesis to a school building for Rudrapur that was carried out in 2005.

2005–2006

meti school handmade Building together with a village community Bangladesh

The intention was to link the inhabitants of the village, school pupils and teachers with the project. Traditional building techniques were adopted and developed further. Clay and bamboo are existing, inexpensive local materials that have excellent qualities for coping with the sub-tropical climate. Local workers were involved in the construction work. The project achieved a widespread eﬀect and acceptance within the village, making it possible to hand on the improved technology that we had developed in conjunction with experts in earth building and bamboo construction.

2005–2006

baya kindergarten Earth forms the basis for a high-quality building South Africa

A kindergarten in a rundown tin shack for 140 children was the second building project near Johannesburg. In the Teddybear Nursery School children from the ages of zero to six are cared for, some of whom have been made orphans as a result of AIDS. With such young users inadequate thermal protection is a serious issue. This project, too, was designed and carried out in the framework of two diploma theses. The architecture student Ursula Nikodem-Edlinger and design student Danijela Tolanov incorporated the experience from earlier projects and erected a building that is sustainable and socially acceptable at all levels. In BAYA a material was used that can be extracted locally, provides excellent qualities for creating a comfortable internal climate and is available to everyone for nothing: earth. This time we built what are known as rammed earth walls, in which earth is condensed in a formwork to create solid, stable walls. Together with roofs ventilated from below a thermal balance is achieved between day and night, and the extremes of temperature in both summer and winter can be reduced. In this case, too, the surroundings of the centre were integrated in the construction process. In addition to numerous workers from the immediate neighbourhood the children’s parents were also involved in implementing the design.

2005–2006

baya kindergarten Earth forms the basis for a high-quality building South Africa

2003

tempu2 system buildings Housing solutions for areas hit by catastrophes

In areas affected by war or in the aftermath of natural catastrophes shelter that can be quickly and easily transported and erected is often urgently needed. Generally this kind of temporary accommodation offers inadequate protection against the external climate. Martin Zeiko’s diploma project is intended to meet the need for climatically optimised but economical buildings suitable for this kind of situation but also for leisure complexes or inexpensive housing. The modular system that he developed in conjunction with an industrial company uses woodbased materials and facilitates the speedy erection of structures that can range in size from small single-family houses to larger structures such as administration or storage buildings. If produced locally the system could conceivably be used to provide large areas of housing as a replacement for run-down accommodation in slum areas in megacities. This research project is an offer made to organisations that operate internationally in the field of catastrophe relief.

2003

tempu2 system buildings Housing solutions for areas hit by catastrophes

2007–2008

homemade family homes Model houses for rural low-income families Bangladesh

The majority of the 150 million inhabitants of Bangladesh live in the country, generally in poor houses made of earth and bamboo. Even though these traditional building materials are extremely sustainable, people are now demanding “modern” houses built of fired bricks, concrete and corrugated iron. This has to do, on the one hand, with urban models, on the other with a building tradition that is technically outdated and has not been further developed for centuries. Recently, with the help of 14 architecture students from Bangladesh and Austria as well as local workers, three model houses have been erected in Rudrapur that combine local building methods with the growing need for space and new demands in terms of comfort. As is standard in original rural Bangladeshi architecture, the bathroom and kitchen are housed in separate parts of the building. By means of two-storey construction (unusual in the countryside in Bangladesh) the new houses double the floor area without increasing the amount of land used. The area of ground saved can be used to provide a small garden for the house. The upper floor also introduces a new experience: a view and greater privacy.

2007–2008

homemade family homes Model houses for rural low-income families Bangladesh

Thermal storage mass in the roof, coconut ﬁbre insulation, glazed windows and the provision of cross-ventilation guarantee a pleasant indoor climate throughout the entire year.

2009–2010

ithuba primary school masterplan Primary school as a village South Africa

The township Magagula Heights lies around 30 km to the south of Johannesburg and is one of the smallest and poorest of the townships in the surroundings of the metropolis. Somewhat outside this township the Austrian NGO SARCH built up the Ithuba Skills College, a centre for the further education of young people designed and built by various European architecture faculties. This educational campus is augmented by the erection of a primary school for 6 to 13-year-old children. SARCH commissioned a master plan for this school, which was created in 2010 in the framework of a semester project at the University of Art and Design Linz. The aim was school buildings positioned so that they makes optimum use of solar energy, with individual building parts that generate outdoor spacesof high quality, and an organism with an urban quality. A school like a village, with a main square, side streets and paths, with public and private outdoor spaces, sunny and sheltered from the rain.

2009–2010

ithuba primary school masterplan Primary school as a village South Africa

The guidelines were intended to ensure these urban qualities but also had to remain open and ﬂexible so as to allow further developments and individual designs in the separate construction phases.

In spring and summer 2010 the authors of this master plan concluded the ﬁrst two construction phases (primary school classrooms). Over the following years, international architecture schools designed and built further buildings based on the ITHUBA Primary School master plan. The school grounds are home to a colourful collection of diﬀerent types of architecture.

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Administration

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A B C D 3+4

Site plan public school ITHUBA skills college soccer ground ITHUBA primary school construction ﬁelds class units realised by the University of Art and Design Linz, Austria adminstration buildings and hall extension ﬁelds

The guidelines were intended to ensure these urban qualities but also had to remain open and ﬂexible so as to allow further developments and individual designs in the separate construction phases.

Hall

Administration

4 7 8

A B C D 3+4

2009–2010

iphiko classrooms Further development of construction techniques South Africa

IPHIKO means “wing”. It is the ﬁrst construction phase of the ITHUBA Primary School and consists of two primary school classes, a kitchen, a workshop, toilets and a sheltered garden courtyard for the youngest of the schoolchildren. Large roofed outdoor areas oﬀer shelter against the heavy rainfall and intensive sunshine in this region and can be used for outdoor lessons and during school breaks. Designed and built by students of the University of Art and Design Linz, a main concern in this building was to use construction methods appropriate to the climate, i.e. to build spaces whose climate can be regulated without the need for outside energy (heating and cooling). The outside walls consist of a 30-cm-thick straw and earth mix that is rammed and condensed between formwork walls and, after it has dried out, rendered. On account of negative experiences with regard to quality and origin of wood in South Africa the roof in IPHIKO is carried by slender steel trusses that make economic use of the material. The trusses, which were welded by the students themselves, allow the roofs to project widely so that they protect the straw and earth elements from rainfall and give the complex a light, hovering appearance – like an IPHIKO or wing.

2009–2010

iphiko classrooms Further development of construction techniques South Africa

South Africa is one of the main exporters of iron beams and proﬁles; straw and loam are readily available in the local area. This construction method can be easily transferred to smaller buildings and housing. Since IPHIKO was ﬁnished, buildCOLLECTIVE and additional universities worked on the completion of the primary school together with students and graduate of the Ithuba Skills College and students from HTL Mödling. All the building structures are in line with the basic ideas from the master plan, which again highlights the strength of the original master plan.

2013–2014

ba:can housing Research and design work in bamboo construction Ecuador and Colombia

The research and design work for ba:can—Bamboo Construction on the Ecuadorian Coast—was made up of two phases. The ﬁrst phase was three months of basic research in Colombia and Ecuador, including measuring sixteen bamboo houses on the Ecuadorian coast. The second phase involved reworking the information documented during the trip and incorporating this information into two detailed architectural designs. “Casas Urbanas” deals with showcasing the increasing density of the coastal town San Vincente, and “Pueblos Calleros” looks for an answer to the problem of safe living spaces in ribbon-built villages along the large arterial highways.

2013–2014

ba:can housing Research and design work in bamboo construction Ecuador and Colombia

“It’s raining; that is the only reason we are allowed to stay here and sketch. Cameras everywhere. Photos are not allowed. The security forces fear attacks. I hope it continues to rain. We continue to sketch. It’s getting dark. The rain continues to fall.” Diary entry, Sophie Schrattenecker

2014–2015

chinko headquarters Master plan for a training and administration centre Central African Republic

The Central African Republic is a crisis-ridden, economically poor country but it has a fabulous wealth of untouched natural areas. One of these is the Chinko|Mbari basin in the east of the country. The Chinko Project (CP) NGO made it their aim to protect this valuable ecosystem from illegal logging, organised poaching and the spread of rebel groups, while at the same time creating jobs and training opportunities for local people. At the start of 2014, the NGO commissioned the BASEhabitat project studio to create a design for the central infrastructure (headquarters). On-site implementation was to be facilitated by providing a flexible master plan, a construction handbook, and the main important details. During an intensive design phase, architectural visions were created for the Chinko national nature park. These were then used as an integral part of several applications for support. The recognition as a nature park followed in late 2014, and along with the cooperation with the African Parks Network, also the necessary financial resources to start the project. The implementation of the headquarters on the ground started short before Christmas in the very same year. However, it quickly became apparent that planning and implementation can be two completely different things.

2014–2015

chinko headquarters Master plan for a training and administration centre Central African Republic

“The conditions on the ground were diﬃcult for us to comprehend. It’s like a computer game. There are people walking around with weapons, there are Chinese road builders dealing ivory, etc. It is very abstract and within this environment we were supposed to plan high quality, thoughtthrough details from afar using Google Earth photos, coordinates and satellite telephone transmissions. That’s not realistic. You can do that to make money or to set things in motion. But it can’t be any more than that if you aren’t on the ground there.” Design team 68

2012–2013

house by house typologies for educational buildings Support education through intelligent buildings Democratic Republic Congo

The diploma thesis project “House by House” arose from a cooperation programme involving CARITAS AUSTRIA, CRAterre and BASEhabitat. The architecture students travelled to an area in the southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 350 km from Lubumbashi, the provincial capital of Katanga. The central topic was access to education in this remote region. At the start there was a workshop in the provincial capital of Lubumbashi, during which two classroom units were built for a school. Then the students travelled to the project area for the research stage. The area contains 30 villages in a radius of 100 km and has been run by Salesians for 70 years. During the design process, two prototypical school projects and a design for a girls’ boarding school were created.

2012–2013

house by house typologies for educational buildings Support education through intelligent buildings Democratic Republic Congo

“We are travelling to the furthest tip of the Congolese territory: four architecture students; a Congolese builder behind the wheel; his constant companion— a true Congolese all-rounder, his trademark being that he was both a former medical student and a car mechanic; one of the workshop participants who is using this as a trip back to his native village; and a French engineer. Beforehand, others spoke of ‘the edge of the world’—a paradise... although lacking many things. There are schools in some of the villages; churches in all of them. The size of the settlements is a mystery—as are many things in this large country.” Design team

2010–2012

mazunte education centre Focus on regional development Mexico

People in Mazunte, a village in the coastal region of the federal state of Oaxaca, live mostly from fishing, simple businesses, and manual trades and crafts. The area demonstrates great potential for tourism due to its location on the Pacific coast, and its vibrant and original countryside. However, it is missing accommodation facilities, and public culture and education establishments. The “NIXTLI IN YOLOTL” association approached Urs Kaps with the desire to implement a self-sustainable social, educational and culture project in Mazunte. The planned competence centre is supposed to enable extensive educational, social and cultural work, connect social and corporate interests and furthermore, sustainably finance itself through an economically viable seminar and eco branch of tourism. The design was initially based around the topography. The three functions develop along the contour lines. The main entrance is at the foot, above the most public face of the building. This is where the educational and cultural spaces are situated. Above that are the bedrooms for the tourism project, and at the highest point—with a separate entrance—is the private residential building. Comfortable interior and exterior rooms develop from the meandering floor plan configuration, the sensible terracing, and the open building style.

2010–2012

mazunte education centre Focus on regional development Mexico

“During the design and development process, great value was placed on laying out the building to achieve the biggest material, social as well as spiritual long-term proﬁt.” Urs Kaps

2012

phoolna development Sketching the future in a masterplan India

During the 2012 summer semester, as part of the cooperation between BASEhabitat | the University of Art and Design Linz and the NGO Little Flower | Austria, a master plan was created for a small village in the Indian state of Bihar. Based on this, plans for the new build and adaptation of several central buildings were also created. The main aims were to push the independent economic development of the village, to improve education, and to improve the precarious housing situation of the local inhabitants. The new buildings for the building yard, the dairy farm and the weaving mill were clustered together at the entrance of the village into a small industrial area. They offer space for the economic development of the village and, together with the existing hospital, they form a buffer zone to the fast-growing neighbouring city. The flats for the villagers relate to the existing rows of buildings and allow for the existing flats to be made larger and for additional extensions to be added in a simple system that can be easily copied. The village can therefore continue this. The teachers’ flats along with the community hall are at the centre of the village and are intended to be attractive accommodation for good teachers from outside the village.

2012

phoolna development Sketching the future in a masterplan India

The step-by-step implementation of the master plan started in 2012 in cooperation with workers from the village. The teachers’ flats were chosen as the first project since the opportunity for improved education and training for the children and young people of the village is of key importance. The first building was also supposed to push the use of sustainable building materials such as loam and bamboo. An actual tangible building built with their own hands would show the village the qualities of these materials and make it easy to understand.

Villagers find it difficult to find work outside of the village due to stigmatisation. Prospects are not bright for the healthy either. Old structures are increasingly relaxing and the younger generation is using their creativity and motivation to find new opportunities. Slowly but surely, new paths are opening up to get the village—which is currently supported exclusively by donations and foreign support—back on their own feet.

“We want to stand on our own feet, even if we have no feet.” Brother Christadas, late director and founder of Little Flower BIOGASTANK / Biogastank BF 15,90 m2

BIOGASTANK / Biogastank BF 15,90 m2

“We want to stand on our own feet, even if we have no feet.” Brother Christadas, late director and founder of Little Flower BIOGASTANK / Biogastank BF 15,90 m2

BIOGASTANK / Biogastank BF 15,90 m2

2012–2015

phoolna teachers’ flats Constructing for improvement in education India

Around 300 children live in Sunderpur, a village for people suffering from leprosy in the north of the state of Bihar, India. They all go to school in the village and hope for a better future. However, the conditions are difficult; it is not possible to find good teachers who want to live and teach in this poor, remote village. In autumn 2012, BASEhabitat started building new teachers’ accommodation as part of a cooperation programme between the Little Flower Austria NGO and the University of Art and Design Linz. The aim was to attract good teaching staff. The complex at the centre of the village comprises six apartments over two floors and a community hall. Self-made loam blocks and bamboo are the main construction materials. The village itself can produce these building materials cheaply. The moisture and temperature regulating properties of the loam are very important in the hot and humid climate.

“I think it is a great privilege to experience all the stages of a construction project while still studying. The experience I gained is irreplaceable.” Iris Nöbauer, student, Austria

2012–2015

phoolna teachers’ flats Constructing for improvement in education India

“I think it is a great privilege to experience all the stages of a construction project while still studying. The experience I gained is irreplaceable.” Iris Nöbauer, student, Austria

Fifteen unskilled workers from the village and 30 students from the University of Art and Design Linz built the apartments in several stages. Together, they were able to overcome all the obstacles in their way, such as Hindi and almost no English on the building site, a handful of machines all battling against rust and power cuts, and crooked bamboo culms. The ﬁrst teachers were already able to move in during the summer of 2015. This project was not only covered by the local press; it was also chosen as one of the best projects in the area of cooperative housing as part of the ﬁrst Terra Award 2016.

2015–2016

sunderpur housing Improvement of habitation in Sunderpur India

The Sunderpur Housing Project realises a further part of the Phoolna Development master plan. After setting up the teachers’ flats and the community hall, the next part of the ongoing site work started in February 2016. During the research phase in October 2015, BASEhabitat and the village residents decided to develop a model solution for creating new living spaces together. Most of the dwellings in Sunderpur are in bad condition. In addition, the sanitary infrastructure of the extremely small living spaces has serious shortcomings. Different types of flats were developed to improve the layout, building structure, site development and sanitary infrastructure. The proposed mix creates room for up to nine families in a doublespaced build: each contains 3 two-floor units with different heights.

“The mid to long term commitment of BASEhabitat in the village of Sunderpur is the kind of social sustainability we are looking at in the ﬁeld of humanitarian architecture.” Wolfgang Fiel, BASEhabitat, Austria

2015–2016

sunderpur housing Improvement of habitation in Sunderpur India

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The two floors can be used as small individual flats or they can be joined together to become one large unit. The ground floor of each also has a small inner courtyard whose fencing ensures a high level of privacy and security. The building is connected to the southwestern edge of the existing settlement structure and is connected from the north via the courtyard of the existing home for the elderly. The buildings are constructed using adobe building methods and are protected from overheating and driving rain by two wide overhanging roofs. All flats have their own water connection, a wet room, and a toilet. A system to treat grey and black water separately was developed in collaboration with the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna. In addition, the Department of Architectural Sciences and Structural Design at Vienna University of Technology conducted a seismological survey for the designs.

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basehabitat Facts

Executive team · Prof. Roland Gnaiger · Ulrike Schwantner · Corinna König · Katharina Doblinger · Wolfgang Fiel · Dominik Abbrederis Student support · Andrea Hilmbauer · Iris Nöbauer · Hannah Kordes · Sebastian Vilanek · Anika Welebny · Jomo Zeil

A Amaco BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna BM Universität der Bundeswehr München C CRAterre E Emeritus | retired F Freelancer | self-employed L University of Art and Design Linz TM Technical University Munich LTE Lehm Ton Erde TU Technical University Vienna UIA International Union of Architects

Consultants · Sigi Atteneder, lector, L · Andrés Bäppler Ramirez, bamboo construction, F · Marcus Brückner, architect, F · Lucile Couvreur, loam construction expert, A · Wojciech Czaja, lector, L · Hannes Derntl, architect, L · Markus Dobmeier, architect, TM · Albert Dubler, UIA · Dominique Gauzin-Müller, sustainability, F · Peter Fattinger, TU · Prof. Norbert Gebbeken, seismology, BM · Thomas Hagelstein, loam construction expert, F · Anna Heringer, lector, L · Emmanuel Heringer, bamboo, F · Yule von Hertell, loam construction expert, F · Wolfgang Kögelberger, building physics, L · Franz Koppelstätter, architect, L · Birgit Kornmüller, architect, F · Helmut Krapmeier, solar architecture, L · Prof. Peter Kuglstätter culture and history, L · Franz Landl, construction, F · Günter Langergraber, water supply and sanitation, BOKU · Kai Längle, loam construction expert, F · Joaquín Longhi Díaz, translation, F · Max Luger, engineering, L · Marielle Manahl communication, F

· Fatima Martin, bamboo construction, F · Franz Maul, engineering, L · Hildegund Mötzl, lector, L · Stefan Neumann, loam construction expert, F · Gian Franco Noriega, loam construction expert, A · Oskar Pankratz, building physics, L · Sourabh Phadke, loam construction expert, F · Clemens Quirin, LTE · Martin Rauch, LTE · Andrea Rieger-Jandl, ethnology, TU · Elias Rubin, site supervision, L · Richard Steger, design and site supervision, L · Elvira Stein, graﬁc design, L · Kamyar Tavoussi, earthquake protection, TU · Markus Thurnher, architect, F · Elena Torres Machí, translation, L · Greta Tresserra, bamboo construction, F · Dorian Vauzelle, loam construction expert, A · Karl-Heinz Wagner, structural engineer, L · Tom Woolley, loam construction expert, F · Michael Zinner, architect, L

Universities · BRAC University Dhaka, Bangladesh · BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna · CRAterre – ENSAG École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Grenoble, France · Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Copenhagen – School of Architecture, Denmark · Technical University Munich, Germany · Universidad Carmen Pampa, Bolivia · Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador · UMSA Universidad Mayor de San Andres, Bolivia · Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Manizales, Colombia · Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Colombia · Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany · TU Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Institutions · ABARI – bamboo and earth initiative, Nepal · ABZ Salzkammergut, Austria · African Parks, South Africa · Austria ADA – Austrian Development Agency, Austria · AZW Architekturzentrum Wien, Austria · Bureau Salésien de Projets Lubumbashi, DR Congo · Caritas – foreign aid, Austria · Centro Nacional para el Estudio del Bambu-Guadua, Colombia · Chinko, Central African Republik · CRAterre, France · DAM Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Germany · Dipshika, Bangladesh · Education Africa, South Africa · Elena Kuzinets Private Foundation, Linz, Austria · Fundraisingverband Austria · Genisis – Institute for Social Business and Impact Strategies, Germany · HBRI Housing and Building Research Institute Dhaka, Bangladesh · ICOMOS ISCEAH International Council on Monuments and Sites, International Scientiﬁc Committee on Earthen Architectural Heritage · INIXTLI IN YOLOTL, Juan Jose Ochoa Garcia, Birgit Kaps, Mexiko · IAB Institute of Architects Bangladesh · kollektiv.LEHM.erleben, Austria · La Noble Guadúa, Olón, Ecuador · Little Flower, Austria

· Little Flower Leprosy Welfare Association, India · Municipality of Altmünster, Austria · Museo Arqueológico Balseros del Mar del Sur, Salango, Ecuador · NGO Eva Yungas, Bolivia · NKA Foundation, USA · OEAD Austria · Partnerschaft Shanti-Bangladesh e.V., Germany · SARCH social and sustainable architecture, Austria · UIA International Union of Architects, France · UNESCO Chair earthen architecture Sponsors · ADA Austrian Development Agency, Austria · Brickworks EDER, Austria · City of Linz, Austria · City of Salzburg, Austria · Claytec, Austria · DOKA, Austria · Durst Bau, Austria · Elena Kuzinets Private Foundation, Linz, Austria · Government of Upper Austria · Hasberger Seitz & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH · Lions Club Steyr–St. Ulrich, Austria · OMICRON electronics, Austria · Pancivis Foundation Liechtenstein · Panalpina, Austria · Schachinger Logistik, Austria · Karl Zünd Foundation, Switzerland · Ulreich Bauträger, Austria · Weissenseer, Building Intelligent Skins, Austria

Supporters and Friends · Prof. Dr. Friedrich Achleitner, Austria · Cristy Lozada Aspiazu, Ecuador · Blaise Batatabo, Austria · Democratic Republic of Kongo · Wonge Bergmann, Germany · Kabita Bhattarai, Nepal · Valeria Bustos, Ecuador · Miguel Camino, Ecuador · Christoph Chorherr, Austria · Gip Cooper, Ecuador · Daria Dachs, Austria · Doris Derflinger, Austria · Volker Dienst, Austria · Jutta Gnaiger-Rathmanner, Austria · Benjamin Gonzáles Echeverry, Ecuador · Lothar Grassinger, Germay · Franz-Josef Eder, Austria · Hannes Eder, Austria · Thomas Eder, Austria · Karl Eisenhardt, Austria · Dietmar Elmecker, Austria · Alexandra Grill, Austria · Wilder Gómez-Zambrano, Ecuador · Peter Goop, Liechtenstein · Roland Gruber, Austria · Darwin Guerrero, Ecuador · Wilhelm Hess, Germany · Raffael Hickisch, Austria · Max Hiegelsberger, Austria · Petra Himmelbauer, Austria · Kurt Hörbst, Austria · B.K.S. Inan, Bangladesh · Britta Jagsich, Austria · Mu Jun, China · Gabriele Kaiser, Austria · Rector Prof. Dr. Reinhard Kannonier, Austria · Otto Kapfinger, Austria

· Prof. Hermann Kaufmann, Germany · Diébédo Francis Kéré, Germany · Klebott | Lindinger Architekten, Austria · Gerald Koller, Austria · Andres Lepik, Germany · Gema Chávez Loor, Ecuador · Elia Loor-Chancay, Ecuador · Klaus Luger, Austria · Christoph Lüthi, Switzerland · Daniela Pamminger, Austria · Jean Marck Pittet, Ecuador · Waltraud Martius, Austria · Dir. Barbara Mayr, Austria · Gerhard Meingast, Austria · Nicolás Franco Moncho, Ecuador · Reinhardt Nickl, Austria · Daniel Pacheco, Germany · Raumtaktik, Germany · Antonio Blandón Rodriguez, Ecuador · Eike Roswag, Germany · Motilal Sah, India · Fürstin Marianne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Austria · Max Schachinger, Austria · Clemens Theobert Schedler, Austria · Johann Secklehner, Austria · Helmut Seitz, Austria · Walter Silber, Austria · Hans Staudinger, Austria · Heini Staudinger, Austria · Jorge Moran Ubidia, Ecuador · Robinson Vega, Ecuador · Claudia Vilanek, Austria · Marcelo Villegas, Ecuador · Dr. Christine Windsteiger, Austria · Peter Zeil, Germany · Dr. Christof Ziegert, Germany

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living tebogo home for handicapped children Township Orange Farm, Johannesburg, South Africa Concept and design 25 students of the University of Art and Design Linz Planning phase 10|2004–01|2005 Design supervision Roland Gnaiger, Lotte Schreiber Realisation on site 01|2005–02|2005 Construction management Sigi Atteneder, Richard Steger, Anna Heringer Design consulting Oskar Pankratz (solar simulation), Erich Heiligenbrunner (pedagogics), Martin Rauch (earthbuilding ) Cooperation with SARCH Vienna, Education Africa Catalogue and exhibitions AFO Linz and Az W Vienna: Richard Steger Awards International Energy Globe Award, Brussels

homemade family homes Rudrapur and Vishnupur, Bangladesh Concept and design Anna Heringer, students of the BRAC University Dhaka, Bangladesh and of the University of Art and Design Linz, Austria Planning phase 2007 Design supervision Anna Heringer, Khondaker Hasibul Kabir Design consulting Stefan Neumann (Structural engineer), Oskar Pankratz (building physics), Martin Rauch (earth building) Project coordination Anna Heringer Cooperation with DIPSHIKA Dhaka, Partnerschaft Shanti-Bangladesh e.V. Realisation on site 09|2007–04|2008 Construction management Stefan Neumann, Montu Ram Saw, Azit Ray, Khondaker Hasibul Kabir Awards AR Award for Emerging Architecture, World Architecture Community Award

meti school handmade Rudrapur, Bangladesh Concept and Design Anna Heringer Technical planning Eike Roswag Planning phase 2005 Diploma supervisor Roland Gnaiger Design consulting Uwe Seiler, Dr. Christoph Ziegert and Rudolf Sackmauer (structural engineering) Oskar Pankratz (building physics), Martin Rauch and Dr. Christoph Ziegert (earthbuilding), Emmanuel Heringer and Uwe Seiler (bamboo building) Cooperation with DIPSHIKA Dhaka, Partnerschaft Shanti-Bangladesh e.V., Technical University Berlin Realisation on site 2006 Construction management Anna Heringer, Eike Roswag Awards (selection) Aga Khan Award, AR Award for Emerging Architecture, Archiprix – Hunter Douglas Award (world best graduation project), European Colour Award, Kenneth Brown Asia Paciﬁc Design Award

ithuba primary school masterplan Township Magagula Heights, Johannesburg, South Africa Concept and design Jürgen Almhofer-Amerig, Janina Biskamp, Johannes Derntl, Rafael Hintersteiner, Urs Kaps, Corinna König, Katharina Peball, Gerald Pilz, Patricia Porsch, Johannes Wolfsteiner Planning phase 10|2009–02|2010 Design supervision Roland Gnaiger, Richard Steger

baya kindergarden Township Orange Farm, Johannesburg, South Africa Concept and design Ursula Nikodem-Edlinger Planning phase 02|2006–08|2006 Diploma supervision Roland Gnaiger Design consulting Ulrich Gerharer and ZT Gmeiner Haferl (structural engineer), Oskar Pankratz (building physics), Martin Rauch (earthbuilding) Fittings Danijela Tolanov Cooperation with SARCH Vienna, Education Africa Realisation on site 08|2006–10| 2006 Construction management Gregor Radinger tempu 2 system buildings Concept and design Martin Zeiko Planning phase 2003 Diploma supervision Roland Gnaiger Design consulting Michael Stache Cooperation with Caritas Austria, Austrian Red Cross, WIEHAG GmbH (timber constructions)

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iphiko classroom 1 Township Magagula Heights, Johannesburg, South Africa Concept and design Jürgen Almhofer-Amerig, Janina Biskamp, Johannes Derntl, Rafael Hintersteiner, Urs Kaps, Corinna König, Katharina Peball, Gerald Pilz, Patricia Porsch, Johannes Wolfsteiner Planning phase 10|2009–02|2010 Design supervision Roland Gnaiger, Richard Steger Design consulting Barbara Bacher (landscape design), Oskar Pankratz (building physics), Elias Rubin Project coordination Clemens Quirin Cooperation with S2arch – social sustainable architecture, Austria Financial support Land Oberösterreich, S2arch – social sustainable architecture, Weissenseer – Building Intelligent Skins, Ulreich Bauträger GmbH, Durst Bau Realisation on site 02–03|2010 Construction management Elias Rubin Local team Goodman, Innocent, Pet, Thamsanqa, Thabo, Themba Participants Hind Ahmed, Carolina Aguayo Arellano, Janina Biskamp, Johannes Derntl, Katharina Doblinger, Ann-Kathrin Freude, Felix Ganzer, Julius Jell, Urs Kaps, Corinna König, Viktoria Lehner, Silvia Mair, Belinda Meinhart, Gerald Pilz, Patricia Porsch, Philipp Scheihing, Katrin Spindler, Sebastian Vilanek

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iphiko classroom2 Township Magagula Heights, Johannesburg, South Africa Concept and design Corinna König, Patricia Porsch Planning phase 05–07|2010 Design supervision Roland Gnaiger Cooperation with S2arch – social sustainable architecture Financial support S2arch – social sustainable architecture, Hasberger Seitz & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Hagebau Schubert Melk, Ardex Loosdorf, Stift Melk, Familie Zöchbauer Realisation on site 08–11|2010 Construction management Corinna König, Patricia Porsch Construction support Elias Rubin, Roland König (masonry), Florian Zöchbauer (metalwork), Jürgen Sedlmayr (carpentry) Organisational support Elisabeth Erber Local team Bongane, Emanuel, Ernest, Goodman,Innocent, Lucky, Nathi, Pet, Raymond, Sanele,S’celo, Siﬁso N., Siﬁso, Talent, Thabo, Thamsanqa,Themba, Tsepo, Tumelo, Vincent, Qwest Participants Jan Rieß, Aeneas Bernhard, Alexander Naumer, Irene Sedlmayer Thanks to Marlene Wagner, Natalie Moyschewitz, Marlies Hierzer, University of Ljubljana, Phumlani and to our cooks Prudence and Jane! ba:can housing Ecuador and Colombia Research participants Andrea Hilmbauer, Julia Özelt, Helena Schrattenecker, Sophie Schrattenecker, Jessica Tschurnig Research phase 03| 2013–06|2013 Concept and design Andrea Hilmbauer, Sophie Schrattenecker, Jessica Tschurnig Planning phase 10|2013–01|2014 Design supervision Roland Gnaiger, Birgit Kornmüller, Michael Zinner Cooperation with Univ.-Prof. Arch. Jorge Moran Ubidia, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil Partner universities and organisations Casa Maria Amor, Cuenca (ECU), Centro Nacional para el Estudio del Bambu-Guadua, (COL), Hacienda Guayabal (COL), Hacienda Tripoli, Guayas (ECU), Hogar de Cristo, Guayaquil (ECU), Hosteria Itapoa, Puerto Lopez (ECU), La Noble Guadúa, Olón (ECU), Museo Arqueológico Balseros del Mar del Sur, Salango (ECU), Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil (ECU), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Manizales (COL), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin (COL) Thanks to Antonio Blandón Rodriguez, Benjamin Gonzáles Echeverry, Cristy Lozada Aspiazu, Darwin Guerrero, Elia Loor-Chancay, Gema Chávez Loor, Gip Cooper, Jean Marck Pittet, Jorge Moran Ubidia, Marcelo Villegas, Miguel Camino, Nicolás Franco Moncho, Robinson Vega, Valeria Bustos, Wilder Gómez-Zambrano, Ximena, Padre Helmut Nagorziansky y “los trés ángeles” Irene, Sandra y Rocio

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chinko headquarters Central African Republic Concept and design Michael Brunmayr, Sophie Schrattenecker, Nicole Rodlsberger, Jomo Zeil Planning phase 03|2014 Design consulting Roland Gnaiger Project coordination Jomo Zeil, Raﬀael Hickisch (Chinko Project) Client Chinko Project Cooperation with African Parks Realisation on site 12|2014–03|2015 Construction management Franz Landl house by house typologies for educational buildings Kipushia, Democratic Republic Congo Research participants Cornelia Bräuer, Elke Schmedler, Marcus Brückner, Corinna König Research phase 07–08|2012 Concept and design Cornelia Bräuer, Elke Schmedler, Marcus Brückner Planning phase 09|2012–03|2013 Diploma supervision Roland Gnaiger Project coordination Clemens Quirin Project support Blaise Batatabo, Karl Eisenhardt (Caritas), Corinna König, Clemens Quirin Cooperation with CARITAS AUSTRIA – foreign aid, CRAterre – Unesco-chair for earthen architecture, Bureau Salésien de Projets, Lubumbashi Financial support CARITAS AUSTRIA – foreign aid Local support Aurelie and Eric Jeannerod (Salesians), Matthieu Griﬃn (Salesians), Benoit Nyota (construction company), Alexander Douline (CRAterreENSAG), Mauricio Gaduglia (architect, Angola), Padres der Mission Chem Chem (Salesians), Anaclet Ngoyi Wa Ngoyi (teacher at Chem Chem), Pater Jean Szkopiecki (Salesians, Mission Kipushia) mazunte education centre Oaxaca, Mexico Concept and design Urs Kaps Planning phase 2010–2012 Diploma supervision Roland Gnaiger Cooperation with INIXTLI IN YOLOTL (Juan Jose Ochoa Garcia, Birgit Kaps)

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phoolna development Bihar, India Research participants Marcus Brückner, Felix Ganzer, Corinna König, Iris Nöbauer, Sebastian Vilanek, Jomo Zeil Research phase 02|2012 Concept and design Felix Ganzer, Iris Nöbauer, Sebastian Vilanek, Jomo Zeil Planning phase 03|2012–09|2012 Design supervision Roland Gnaiger, Clemens Quirin, Michael Zinner Design consulting Wolfgang Kögelberger Cooperation with Little Flower Austria phoolna teachers’ flats Bihar, India Concept and design Sebastian Vilanek Planning team Felix Ganzer, Iris Nöbauer, Sebastian Vilanek, Jomo Zeil Design supervision Roland Gnaiger Design consulting Wolfgang Kögelberger, Michael BrunmayrClient Little Flower Austria Cooperation with Little Flower Austria, Claudia Vilanek, Waltraud Martius Financial support Little Flower Austria, Land Oberösterreich, Stadt Salzburg, Pancivis Foundation Lichtenstein Realisation on site 09|2012–08|2015 Construction management Sebastian Vilanek, Iris Nöbauer Construction support Sourabh Phadke, Franz Landl, Fatima Martin Local support Kabita Bhattarai, Motilal Sah Collaborators ABARI – bamboo and earth initiative Local team Abdul Alam, Aftab Alam, Bhaju Alam, Biltu Alam, Kuran Devan, Laxman Chaudry, Nand Kishor, Adesh Kumar, Binesh Kumar, Kamal Kumar, Laxman Kumar, Laxmi Kumar, Naresh Kumar, Raj Kumar, Santosh Kumar, Vijay Kumar, Jiqurullah Mahamad, Noor Mahamad, Amith Miya, Asmahamad Miya, Hanif Miya, Imamudin Miya, Kasim Miya, Jeetendra Patel, Surrendra Sah Participants Janina Biskamp, Sandeep Biswas, Nicolas Brendle, Michael Maximilian Brunmayr, Costanza Coletti, Maria Dau, Johannes Derntl, Tanvi Dhond, Karina Eder, John Ellison, Sophie Ellison, Barbara Friesenecker, Felix Ganzer, Jasmin Gatterer, Corinna Hiemer, Magdalena Hopfner, Christina Höritzauer, Stefanie Hueber, Jayashri Iyer, Julius Jell, Su-Mara Kainz, Yuti Kainz, Kunal Khetan, Judtih Kinzl, Katrin Kirschner, Cornelia Kriechbaumer, Amol Mankeekar, Flavia Matei, Sebastian Mayer, Justin Murphy, Ram Prasad, Nicole Rodlsberger, Vyshakh Sasidharan, Eva Schmollmüller, Veronika Schwarzecker, Lukas Vilanek, Lena Waldenberger, Maximilian Weidacher, Jomo Tobias Zeil, Martin Zierer Thanks to Wilhelm Hess, Daria Dachs, Peter Erlebach

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sunderpur housing Bihar, India Research, Concept and design Hinda Bouabdallah, Cornelia Kriechbaumer, Lucia Mackova, Diego Martinez, Flavia Matei (research only), Eva Schmolmüller, Max Weidacher Research phase 11|2015 Planning phase 11|2015–01|2016 Design supervision Roland Gnaiger, Wolfgang Fiel Design consulting Günter Langergraber, Sophie Haselhofer and Maria Wächter (BOKU Sanitary engineering), Kamyar Tavoussi (TU Wien seismology), Claudia Vilanek (Little Flower Austria) Project coordination Ulrike Schwantner, Wolfgang Fiel Client Little Flower Leprosy Welfare Association Financial support Pancivis Foundation Liechtenstein, Jutta Gnaiger-Rathmanner, Karl Zünd Foundation Participants Eva Schmolmüller, Cornelia Kriechbaumer, Diego Martinez, Hinda Bouabdallah, Mathilde Leibfried, Lucia Mackova, Max Weidacher, Flavia Matei, Ana Melnicenco, Yoann Cormerais, Eva Neumayerova, Hana Davidkova

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BASEhabitat is a project studio within the Department of Architecture at the University of Art and Design Linz. Professor Roland Gnaiger founded BASEhabitat together with students in 2004. It has since implemented numerous projects in the ﬁeld of humanitarian architecture worldwide. Approaches based around suﬃciency and the maxim of “helping people to help themselves” are based on the following: social and cultural integration, environmentally friendly construction, the use of local resources, and the aesthetic demands of the architectural design as requirements for sustainable and self-determined development. In addition to construction projects on the ground, workshops are regularly held on working with loam and bamboo as construction materials. There is also a summer school that takes place every two years with active, international participation. BASEhabitat has been a member of the UNESCO Chair Earthen Architecture since 2014. To live up to the increasing worldwide interest in BASEhabitat’s work and the need for projects in the area of humanitarian architecture, the University of Art and Design Linz has decided to establish a postgraduate BASEhabitat master’s degree.

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