Sustainable architecture in the townships rewarded
Carin Smuts has proven that sustainable architecture doesn’t have to be elitist. The South African architect won the second Global Award for Sustainable Architecture a few days ago in Poissy, France. Smut has been working for almost two decades in South African townships, where she builds low-cost housing and public buildings. She says her work is sustainable —she calls it “micro-sustainable”— because her projects are designed in collaboration with the local populations in order to understand their needs as well as the daily reality of the neighbourhoods.
Source: Le Monde.