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Francis Kere is building a civilization! That's what we humans are here for; to build a bright present and future for our communities. Our project, Green Markh, was launched in April 2014 and we are in our 10th year of work. We are mainly planting trees and green spots, but we fathom other endeavors such as new methods of heat insulation, architecture, or any other way that is natural and safe to human health and well being. We definitely believe we can avail of Kere's method of cooling, and we shall try it. And we pray we can visit Gando Village and meet Franics and his teams hopefully as volunteers and donors, amen!

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UVASofA acaba de dar un gran movimiento para subir de categoría y reconocimiento internacional con este reconocimiento al Arquitecto Kerè.

The constraints used to guide user interaction are well informed. Really good! Congratulations. I kick the tires for a little while

Francis Kere is a great person. I just like listening to his ideas and refreshing my mind on what we need to do to bring meaning to our communities in Africa.

Key insights: 📚 Their writings on behavior ology investigate the behaviors of behaving organisms and the variables that determine the situated ecosystem of the built environment. 🏙 The behavior of buildings can be observed over time, transforming and adapting to their environment just like human behavior. 🏠 The design of the space allows for visual connections between different areas, creating a sense of openness and connectivity. 🏞 The traditional fisherman's village landscape in the 1960s had a close network of forest, water, and construction using timber from the mountain. 🏡 The interview with village people was not about the building, but about lifestyles, the relationship with nature, and their religious beliefs. 🌊 The impact of natural disasters on the relocation and rebuilding of traditional villages raises questions about the preservation of cultural heritage in the face of modernization. 🌇 The integration of human behavior and the environment in public spaces can create unique and meaningful experiences for people. 🌸 The synthesis of cherry blossoms and daily behavior creates a unique architectural intelligence in Japan. 🌊 Lowering the barrier to water access can activate the skills and imaginations of people, creating a better public space. TLDR: Architects should prioritize better accessibility to local resources and consider the behavior of people in their designs to create more inclusive and sustainable communities. 00:00 🏛 Yoshiharu Tsukamoto discusses creating better accessibility to local resources in architecture, emphasizing the importance of cross-cultural thinking and the connection between intellectual traditions. 09:32 🏙 Tokyo's dense urban fabric and short lifespan of houses lead to individual families taking on the responsibility of city construction, with a focus on the interaction between nature, human behavior, and the behavior of buildings over time. 18:58 🏡 High inheritance tax in Japan leads to property subdivision, impacting house design and the need for more outdoor space, with a focus on mixed behavior and efficiency in design. 27:20 🏡 Architect discusses interconnected house design, utilizing well water for energy, and creating visual connections; also addresses the impact of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake on fisherman's villages and proposes a new facility for village reactivation. 37:59 🏡 Fishermen in Japan are hesitant to live in small houses made from local resources, leading to a disconnect between traditional village landscapes and modern suburban environments, prompting architect Yoshiharu Tsukamoto to advocate for better accessibility to local resources through a hybrid approach. 44:14 🏙 Architects should consider the behavior of people to create better accessibility to local resources and develop projects like micro public spaces, as discussed in the book "Commonalities" and through examples of behavior in cities like Copenhagen and Barcelona. 50:27 🏞 The architect discusses overcoming mental barriers and restrictions to encourage swimming in a once-polluted canal, repurposing debris for cooking, and managing local resources effectively. 58:20 🏞 Local resources and social welfare programs were combined to create job opportunities for disabled people, utilizing barrier-free devices and local materials in architecture design to promote inclusivity and community engagement.

Examples of Biophilic Cities: 🌍 The Biophilic Cities Network has grown from 10 partner cities to 22 cities, with a community of several thousand individual members and hundreds of organizations, highlighting the importance and impact of biophilic design on planetary health and human flourishing. 🏙 A biophilic city goes beyond individual buildings and aims to incorporate biophilic design principles throughout the entire urban environment. 🐦 Singapore has embraced the idea of being a city and a garden, shifting from being a garden city to highlighting the importance of immersing nature in urban environments. 🌿 Singapore's landscape replacement policy requires buildings to replace the nature lost with an equal or greater amount of nature in the vertical realm, resulting in the creation of sky gardens and green roofs. 🏙 The neighbourhood scale is significant for implementing biophilic ideas and creating a more interconnected urban nature. 🌊 Pittsburgh is embracing the concept of being a biophilic city through initiatives such as increasing tree canopy cover, creating connections to water, and installing new bird habitats. 🏙 San Francisco's parklets program, such as street parks, showcases creative ways to incorporate nature into the city by utilizing leftover spaces and allowing neighbourhoods to take ownership and design these areas. 🌧 Portland's installation of over 2,000 green streets demonstrates the successful integration of nature into urban neighbourhoods, addressing stormwater issues while enhancing the beauty of the city. Benefits of Biophilic Design: 🌍 Designing cities with a focus on biophilia can contribute to the overall health and happiness of individuals by providing opportunities for outdoor experiences and fresh air. 🏢 Designing cities with nature in mind is crucial for our well-being, as evidence shows that being surrounded by nature can have a positive impact on our mental and physical health. 🌿 Our positive responses to the natural world are rooted in our evolutionary history and innate genetic tendency towards biophilia. 🏙 Biophilic cities aim to foster and nurture our innate tendencies to connect with the natural world, and evidence is emerging to support the positive impact of these initiatives. 🌳 The Japanese concept of forest bathing, supported by decades of evidence, shows that walking through a forest can lower stress hormone levels and boost the immune system. 🌿 Nature has a positive effect on us, improving cognitive performance, mood, generosity, cooperation, and creativity. Biophilic Design Principles: 🏙 The concept of biophilic cities explores creative ways in which cities can incorporate nature at the center of their design. 🌿 Our visual system has evolved to easily process the shapes and forms found in nature, resulting in an effortless and positive experience when observing natural phenomena like clouds, oceans, and birds. 🏢 Stephen Kellert played a significant role in mainstreaming the concept of biophilic design, which focuses on integrating environmental features, colours, water, air, living things, and natural shapes and forms into building design. Equity and Biophilic Cities: 💡 The importance of consulting patients and families in the design process of healthcare facilities, such as the Credit Valley Hospital, is to create spaces that promote hope and a sense of aliveness. 🌳 A biophilic city aims to address the inequitable distribution of nature across urban areas, particularly in neighbourhoods of colour and less affluent communities.

I couldn’t help but notice that with the subway bacteria study the kimchi was buried after a lot of bacteria that cause illness and I don’t think it was intentional but it did feel racist. I know it’s an old paper but the order felt weird, it felt like it implied that kimchi was related to diarrhea and food poisoning.. not that we can do anything shoot it now but it felt notable.

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Fantastic presentation!!!!

Hi, Good People, We are Africans with our typical Mudbrick walls House and Classes that Brought up, We are Proud to be who we are, I am an Architect by Birth not by training but advanced it to Higher levels and We are proud Like the passion of Architect Fancis kere, Myself I follow what Thomas Jefferson did to His Designed House in Monte Cello and I have learned alot from His Design, We thank you TFF for this Award to the son our soil

Do you have a book or manual you provide to educate more Africians?

Congratulations! You are an inspiration and a very compassionate spirit

Francis a true Humanitarian Visionary Artist with People at the core, in looking at a problem trying to figure out how to do something "Better" to improve the lives of all concerned with minimal impact or disruption to the environmental surroundings using age old traditional knowledge, techniques and natural materials. He's a Revolutionist of the Coolest kind, what Miles Davis was to Jazz, Francis is to Structure👍🏼🌳🤔🤩💯🙏🏼

An African who is helping his people while still being friendly with the west. He studied architecture in Germany and is using that knowledge for development. Others are there doing nothing but criticize the West about everything bad in Africa. They don't do anything and expect China to build houses and roads for them. Imagine all Africans having vision as this brother, we will be able to develop Africa without need for outsiders. Thank you brother, I am inspired by your work. My village too is abundant with clay, but some are going for expensive concrete blocks because of ignorance. I wish your knowledge can spread to other regions abundant with clay. You are an inspiration.

An amazing and gifted African, Congratulations on your award. I wish Wode Maya could find you, so that he can amplify your work and advice to the rest of Africa and Africans in general. You are indeed a treasure in our midst.

A very inspiring guy ! Thank you Mr KERE .Un architecte de genie ! We are proud of you 😍🤩

Such a wonderful, generous, powerful, brilliant, profound, honorable, creative, visionary, problem-solving, transformative, revolutionary being. An artist, humanitarian, revolutionary, leader, a builder of lives, communities, even countries. So grateful to know of this amazing man. Thank you so much for creating this video so that all who see it can be as deeply inspired as I am. May we all attempt to emulate his passion and genius for transforming love into beautiful and pragmatic instruments for the thriving of all. His magnificent buildings are love in material form.

phenomenal man. we can all truly learn a lot from him

He sounds like a very good man, doing worthwhile and meaningful work. It’s too bad that every region of the world has not developed architecture from local needs and traditions. I live in China, which is dominated by very ugly buildings designed by international starchitechs.

Thomas Jefferson the enslaver and child rapist? Or is this a different Thomas Jefferson. What next the Hitler Award for communication. If not, why not.

Another white woman with institutional power pretending to be something she’s not and claiming authority over people she has NO relationship with.

Another BETSY with "high cheekbones like all the Indians."

This Harvard professor issued a detailed mia culpa apology for falsely claiming to be a native American and using her lies to obtain economic benefits similar to those claimed by Senator Elizabeth Warren.

LMAO, this aged well.

I got this book and I literally read it in the book store had to buy. I'm a marketer and this book is for sure going to be a timeless classic 😩❤ #obsessed

Step aside Zaha Hadid. Frank Gehry et Al.

Does anyone has the pdf of this book?

Thank you for sharing. Thank you for utilizing every opportunity to grow and be able to make great positive impact in your country and around the world. This is amazing and so educating. I desire to have opportunities for effective preparation, grow well and make positive impacts in my country and around the world.

I really admire you Chief Kere and I always learn great Architecture from you since I discovered you in 2020, pandemic period. Thank you for utilizing every opportunity well. But were new trees planted to replace the vast trees cut down to achieve your Pavillion at Montana?

Thanks , interesting phenomenologically speaking.

This is fantastic, thanks for posting

I am surprised by all the dislikes

Great builder and engineer.

Very interesting. Very relevant.

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This holds my attention very well...

Genius man thank you

my God , Bless This guy.

I like it but I don't think we Africans need their awards, especially under such men as Cecil Rhodes, Thomas Jefferson, Leopold, and so...these men did our ancestors dirty

I like this. "I am allowed to say stupid things"

According to Nat Geo, indigenous people contribute to around 5% of the world population but protect 80% of the global diversity. But the stats speak so much about how significant the works of Snowchange Cooperative is.

Trash 🗑 🚮 marxists B.S.!!

Important viewpoint on Nature human relationships and ironies and absurdities of Native restoration ecology.

Genius

Thank you so much for this video. I take care of the East Pavilion Gardens at UVA, and I found the information very helpful with preparing for a talk for a local garden club.

Thank you

Very useful insights, kudos with this presentation. Ms Bush, we will meet, just ask Clifford Brown about the Detroit Muscle project in preparation! Best, James de Booij (Domain5, the Netherlands)

Brilliant - Thank you for making this available!

Really enjoyed this conversation. Thank you.