We invite you to listen to a radio interview Pedreros to Karen, a young architect, formed in Concepción, talking about green building, reconstruction, experience with thatch, and more.
Karen worked for years in a rural housing project for the communities of Laja and Contulmo (managed by the Foundation for Overcoming Poverty and where Francisca Jimenez was regional coordinator).
This project was pioneer in proposing a series of innovations that make homes more appropriate the context in which they were located in rural accent. One such innovation was to propose thatch constructions.
Click here to listen to the interview .
The photos are a piece of an old building in thatch that was exposed after the demolition Lastarria , Stgo. Photo Francisca Jiménez, September 2010.
Karen worked for years in a rural housing project for the communities of Laja and Contulmo (managed by the Foundation for Overcoming Poverty and where Francisca Jimenez was regional coordinator).
This project was pioneer in proposing a series of innovations that make homes more appropriate the context in which they were located in rural accent. One such innovation was to propose thatch constructions.
Click here to listen to the interview .
The photos are a piece of an old building in thatch that was exposed after the demolition Lastarria , Stgo. Photo Francisca Jiménez, September 2010.
