TIME: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM ET
The lecture will discuss the use of bamboo in projects developed in rural areas in Ecuador and how these have improved the quality of life of the inhabitants, in addition to making visible the possibility of using this material with low environmental impact and how industrialization of bamboo can help housing solutions in developing countries.
Enrique Mora Alvarado is an Ecuadorian architect with a master in architecture from the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, where he is currently a professor of architecture projects and is a founder member of the Social Housing Laboratory in Guayaquil. He also has a master degree in advanced architectural design from the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia.
His research interests and his work as investigator has been focused on informal settlements, incremental housing in his hometown, and participatory design processes. He has led his architecture practice since 2009, and his work has won several international awards. He has been a guest speaker and teacher at several national and international workshops and his work has been published in different architecture magazines.
A discussion will be curated by Reza Nik, assistant professor in the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto. He is also the founding director of the architectural studio SHEEEP and co-steward of the Architecture Lobby in Tkaronto.
The lecture is presented by the Global Studio, a project within Athabasca University’s RAIC Centre for Architecture.
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