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SUMMARY:Faraway So Close - Kashef Chowdhury
DTSTART:20190924T093000
DTEND:20191207T173000
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CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:In Bangladesh\, the architect Kashef Chowdhury is looking for 
 solutions to the collapse of urban regions and cultural heritage due to ab
 rupt tropical climate changes. Bangladesh is one of the most densely popul
 ated regions on earth and its river delta landscape is an area prone to fl
 ooding\, cyclones\, and rising sea levels.\nIn this context\, Chowdhury's 
 pragmatic and poetic buildings serve society with radical simplicity\, spa
 ring a masterful treatment of light\, space and materiality. Using earth a
 nd bricks as material\, he manages to balance maximum fonctionnality and r
 obustness with sensuality and grace.\nThrough local action\, Chowdhury's a
 rchitecture adresses urgent and global issues such as population density\,
  climate change\, migration\, and the development of rural potential.\n\nM
 odels\, photographs\, film footage and plans will be exhibited and will en
 able the public to immerse themselves in his construction process.\n\nExhi
 bition opening Monday 23 September at 18:00: Introduction by Niklaus Grabe
 r and lecture by Kashef Chowdhury
LOCATION:SG 1212 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SG%201212
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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