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Anna Heringer

  • Site : www.anna-heringer.com
  • Adresse : Rottmayrstrasse 24 83410 Laufen
Pour Anna Heringer, l'architecture est un outil pour améliorer les vies. En tant qu´architecte et professeure honoraire de la Chaire UNESCO “Architectures de terre, cultures constructives et développement durable” son travail se centre dans l'emploi de matériaux de construction naturels. Elle est activement impliquée dans la coopération au développement au Bangladesh depuis 1997. Son travail de diplôme, l'école METI de Rudrapur a été réalisé en 2005 et a remporté le Prix Aga Khan d'Architecture en 2007. Au fil des ans, le Studio Anna Heringer a réalisé des nombreux projets en Asie, Afrique et Europe. Anna est maître de conférences dans le monde entier, incluant TED Talk et elle a été professeure invitée dans plusieurs universités telles qu'Harvard, ETH Zurich et TU Munich. Elle a reçu de nombreux honneurs : le Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, le AR Emerging Architecture Award, le Loeb Fellowship à Harvard GSD et le RIBA International Fellowship. Son travail a été largement publié et exposé au MoMA de New York, au V&A Museum de Londres et à la Biennale de Venise, entre autres. "La vision et la motivation derrière mon travail sont l'exploration et usage de l'architecture comme moyen d'affirmation individuelle et culturelle pour soutenir l'économie locale et encourager une balance écologique. Une vie joyeuse est un processus créatif et actif et je suis profondément intéressé par le développement durable de notre société et de notre environnement bâti. Pour moi, la durabilité est synonyme de beauté : un bâtiment qui est harmonieux dans sa conception, sa structure, sa technique et l'utilisation des matériaux, ainsi qu'avec l'emplacement, l'environnement, l'utilisateur, le contexte socioculturel. C'est pour moi ce qui définit sa valeur durable et esthétique."

Anandaloy

The Anandaloy Building hosts a center for people with disabilities combined with a workshop for Dipdii Textiles, the tailoring project for women from Rudrapur initiated by Anna Heringer and Veronika Lang with the NGO Dipshikha. Unlike the other projects that were under German supervision, the site was managed by the local contractor, Montu Ram Shaw and the team of the mud and bamboo workers from the village, including some persons with disabilities.

As for Studio Anna Heringer know-how transfer is key, this project is a great proof that the knowledge is now really rooted

Often people with disabilities are seen as a kind of punishment and challenge from God or bad Karma from a former life. Because of this they are rather hidden, than included. Besides this poverty forces every grown up member in the family to work and mostly people with disabilities are left on their own during the day. Places for therapy are rare in the country and not existing at all in that rural area of Rudrapur.

In the beginning the building was planned as a therapy center only, but we were able to extend the building into another story, hosting a workshop for the female tailors in the village. The concept was not only to provide therapeutic treatment for the people with disabilities, but also provide them an opportunity to learn and work in that building and engage in the community there. Everybody wants to be needed.
As a visible sign of this inclusion a big ramp winds up the first floor. It is the only ramp in that larger area. Already during the construction it has been topic of discussions amongst the many local visitors that are coming to see the site. What is the reason for that ramp? Why is it important to guarantee access to everyone, no matter if healthy or not? How can the lives of people with disabilities be improved? How can inclusion be incorporated?

The building`s architecture explores the plastic abilities of mud in order to create a stronger identity. Mud is regarded as poor material and inferior to brick for example. To show the beauty and capacity of mud, it is needed to bring out the best of it and not just to treat it as a cheaper version to brick. With that particular mud technique, called cob, no formwork is needed and curves are just as easy to be done than straight walls. Unlike the other buildings in that area that are erected in a rectangular layout, the Anandaloy Building breaks out of the mold. It dances in curves, the ramp winds playfully around its inner structure. On a symbolic level the building signals: it is great that we human beings are all different. With it`s joyful curves it radiates the message: diversity is wonderful!





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