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Anna Heringer. Essential beauty

Edited by Arquitectura Viva and the Fundación ICO, the catalogue of the exhibition ‘Anna Heringer. Essential Beauty’ covers the main works and projects by the German architect, from  her buildings in Bangladesh – the METI and DESI schools or the Anandaloy Building –, in China – the bamboo shelters and the Ceramics Museum in Majiayao – and in Africa – an educational campus in Ghana or a kindergarten in Zimbabwe –, to the projects developed in Europe – the birth space in Austria, an Ayurveda center in Germany or an ecotourism project in Spain, in which she has incorporated traditional materials and techniques from those countries, such as rammed earth. Under the motto ‘Architecture is a tool to improve lives,’ Heringer has also impulsed initiatives like the Dipdii Textiles workshop for women in Bangladesh or the Laufen Manifesto for a more humane design culture.

The cloth hardcover catalogue is a bilingual (Spanish-English) edition of 208 pages. Aside from texts of the Fundación ICO/Museo ICO and the curator Luis Fernández-Galiano, it also includes an article by Angelika Fitz, director of the Architekturzentrum Wien, and a conversation between the architect and the critic Peter Buchanan.

Fundación ICO / Museo ICO  
Obras sostenibles  Sustainable Projects 

Luis Fernández-Galiano  
La belleza del erizo  The Beauty of the Hedgehog 

Angelika Fitz
Una arquitectura de los cuidados  Caring for People, for the Planet and for Beauty 

Peter Buchanan/Anna Heringer
Ética material, un diálogo  Material Ethics, a Dialogue 

Obras y proyectos Works and Projects 

Escuela METI, Rudrapur (Bangladesh), 2005-2006  
METI School, Rudrapur (Bangladesh), 2005-2006

Escuela de Formación Profesional DESI, Rudrapur (Bangladesh), 2007-2008
DESI Electrical Training Center, Rudrapur (Bangladesh), 2007-2008

Viviendas HOMEmade, Rudrapur/Vishnupur (Bangladesh), 2007-2008  
HOMEmade Family Houses, Rudrapur/Vishnupur (Bangladesh), 2007-2008 

Edificio Anandaloy, Rudrapur (Bangladesh), 2017-2020  
Anandaloy Building, Rudrapur (Bangladesh), 2017-2020

Campamentos para refugiados rohingyá, Kutupalong (Bangladesh), 2019-  
Rohingya Refugee Camp, Kutupalong (Bangladesh), 2019-

Tres albergues de bambú, Baoxi (China), 2013-2016  
Three Bamboo Hostels, Baoxi (China), 2013-2016

Museo de Cerámica Majiayao y plan director, Lintao (China), 2014-  
Majiayao Ceramics Museum and Masterplan, Lintao (China), 2014-

Centro de Formación para la Sostenibilidad, Marrakech (Marruecos), 2010  
Training Center for Sustainability, Marrakech (Morocco), 2010

Campus de Formación Tatale, Tatale (Ghana), 2020-  
Tatale Educational Campus, Tatale (Ghana), 2020-

Guardería para permacultura PORET, Chaseyama (Zimbabue), 2013-2014  
Kindergarten for Permaculture PORET, Chaseyama (Zimbabwe), 2013-2014

Vivienda experimental Capriccio, Edersee (Alemania), 2017-  
Capriccio Experimental House, Edersee (Germany), 2017-

Alojamiento ayurveda RoSana, Rosenheim (Alemania), 2021  
RoSana Ayurveda Guesthouse, Rosenheim (Germany), 2021

Campus sostenible St. Michael, Traunstein (Alemania), 2019-  
Campus for Sustainability St. Michael, Traunstein (Germany), 2019-

Altar para la Catedral de San Pedro, Worms (Alemania), 2018  
Altar for St Peter’s Cathedral, Worms (Germany), 2018

Monolito y zepelín para Omicron Electronics, Vorarlberg (Austria), 2015  
Omicron Monolith and Zeppelin, Vorarlberg (Austria), 2015

Espacio para el nacimiento y los sentidos, Vorarlberg (Austria), 2020  
Space for Birth and Senses, Vorarlberg (Austria), 2020

Cortijo de Ecoturismo La Donaira, Montecorto (España), 2020  
Eco-tourism Cortijo La Donaira, Montecorto (Spain), 2020

Dipdii Textiles, Rudrapur (Bangladesh), 2012-  
Dipdii Textiles, Rudrapur (Bangladesh), 2012-  

Manifiesto de Laufen
Laufen Manifesto