Yasmeen Lari
Architecture for the Future
Yasmeen Lari is Pakistan’s first woman architect. She designed iconic modernist buildings before initiating a zero-carbon self-build movement for the…
Location: Architekturzentrum Wien - Exhibition hall 2
Workshop (6–10)
Osterferienspiel
A successful combination of raw materials with low emmisions and socially sustainable building techniques.
© photograph: Archiv Yasmeen Lari
What can we do? For some years now, the architect Yasmeen Lari has been using bamboo and clay as the predominant building materials for her houses. These are materials that do not have to be elaborately produced and delivered from far away. They are sourced locally, and bamboo grows back very quickly. How can you build with these materials? We explore the projects in the exhibition and then build models based on our own ideas.