Issue 201 of AV Monographs is devoted to Francis Kéré, the Burkina Faso architect who moved to Germany and has become an emblem of social and sustainable construction.
From his office in Berlin, Kéré returns time and again to his native Gando to help transform his community, creatively reinterpreting the limited resources and working with the local population. The magazine covers his career with a selection of twenty works and projects – from the School in Gando, for which he received the Aga Khan Award in 2001, to the Volksbühne Satellite Theater in Berlin - and five installations - from the Sensing Spaces Pavilion in 2013 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London to the Serpentine Gallery in the same city, built in the summer of 2017.
20 projects:
Gando Primary School, 1999-2001, Gando (Burkina Faso)
Gando Teachers’ Housing, 2002-2004, Gando (Burkina Faso)
Gando Primary School Extension, 2003-2008, Gando (Burkina Faso)
Dano Secondary School, 2006-2007, Dano (Burkina Faso)
National Park of Mali Complex, 2009-2010, Bamako (Mali)
Center for Earth Architecture, 2010, Mopti (Mali)
Opera Village, 2010-, Laongo (Burkina Faso)
Center for Health and Social Advancement, 2010-2014, Laongo (Burkina Faso)
Gando Library, 2010-, Gando (Burkina Faso)
Songtaaba Women’s Center, 2011-, Gando (Burkina Faso)
Atelier Gando, 2013-, Gando (Burkina Faso)
Gando Secondary School, 2011-, Gando (Burkina Faso)
Léo Surgical Center and Health Center, 2012-2017, Léo (Burkina Faso)
Noomdo Orphanage, 2013-2016, Koudougou (Burkina Faso)
Lycée Schorge Secondary School, 2014-2016, Koudougou (Burkina Faso)
Obama Legacy Campus, 2014-, Kogelo (Kenya)
Benga Riverside Residential Community, 2015-, Tete (Mozambique)
Meroe Royal Baths Protective Shelter, 2015-, Meroe (Sudan)
Burkina Faso National Assembly, 2015-, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
Volksbühne Satellite Theater, 2016-, Berlin (Germany)
5 inatallations:
Sensing Spaces Pavilion, 2013-2014, London (United Kingdom)
Louisiana Canopy, 2014-2015, Humlebæk (Denmark)
Camper Pop-up Shop, 2014-2015, Weil am Rhein (Germany)
Colorscape, 2015-2016, Philadelphia (United States)
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, 2016-2017, London (United Kingdom)
Issue 201 of AV Monographs is devoted to Francis Kéré, the Burkina Faso architect who moved to Germany and has become an emblem of social and sustainable construction.
From his office in Berlin, Kéré returns time and again to his native Gando to help transform his community, creatively reinterpreting the limited resources and working with the local population. The magazine covers his career with a selection of twenty works and projects – from the School in Gando, for which he received the Aga Khan Award in 2001, to the Volksbühne Satellite Theater in Berlin - and five installations - from the Sensing Spaces Pavilion in 2013 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London to the Serpentine Gallery in the same city, built in the summer of 2017.
20 projects:
Gando Primary School, 1999-2001, Gando (Burkina Faso)
Gando Teachers’ Housing, 2002-2004, Gando (Burkina Faso)
Gando Primary School Extension, 2003-2008, Gando (Burkina Faso)
Dano Secondary School, 2006-2007, Dano (Burkina Faso)
National Park of Mali Complex, 2009-2010, Bamako (Mali)
Center for Earth Architecture, 2010, Mopti (Mali)
Opera Village, 2010-, Laongo (Burkina Faso)
Center for Health and Social Advancement, 2010-2014, Laongo (Burkina Faso)
Gando Library, 2010-, Gando (Burkina Faso)
Songtaaba Women’s Center, 2011-, Gando (Burkina Faso)
Atelier Gando, 2013-, Gando (Burkina Faso)
Gando Secondary School, 2011-, Gando (Burkina Faso)
Léo Surgical Center and Health Center, 2012-2017, Léo (Burkina Faso)
Noomdo Orphanage, 2013-2016, Koudougou (Burkina Faso)
Lycée Schorge Secondary School, 2014-2016, Koudougou (Burkina Faso)
Obama Legacy Campus, 2014-, Kogelo (Kenya)
Benga Riverside Residential Community, 2015-, Tete (Mozambique)
Meroe Royal Baths Protective Shelter, 2015-, Meroe (Sudan)
Burkina Faso National Assembly, 2015-, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
Volksbühne Satellite Theater, 2016-, Berlin (Germany)
5 inatallations:
Sensing Spaces Pavilion, 2013-2014, London (United Kingdom)
Louisiana Canopy, 2014-2015, Humlebæk (Denmark)
Camper Pop-up Shop, 2014-2015, Weil am Rhein (Germany)
Colorscape, 2015-2016, Philadelphia (United States)
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, 2016-2017, London (United Kingdom)
