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METI school – Anna Heringer

2024

The METI School exemplifies sustainable, community-embedded architecture, using local materials—mud and bamboo—to create a vibrant learning environment. Designed by Anna Heringer and built in collaboration with local craftsmen, teachers, and students, the project advances traditional construction techniques through innovative detailing and participatory design.

The two-story structure features earthen walls on the ground floor and a lightweight bamboo upper floor, allowing for natural ventilation, daylight, and spatial variety. Built without industrial machinery, it relies on human labor and knowledge transfer, empowering the community while responding to climate and context.

Awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2007, the METI School is celebrated as a model for architecture as a tool for development.

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  • Anna Heringer,
  • Bangladesh,
  • Rudrapur,
  • and School

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