deal with evictions, settlement upgrading, cooperative housing and urban struggles against exclusion. MISEREOR is the German Catholic Bishop’s Organisation for Development poverty in Africa, Asia and Latin America. MISEREOR’s support is available to any human being in need – regardless of their religion, ethnicity or gender. MISEREOR believes in supporting initiatives driven by the poor and the disadvantaged. On the ground, projects are run by local organisations. This ensures that the project work is geared to the needs and way of life of the people involved.
“Young architects and their different roles in local projects supported by development agencies.“
Vidal graduated with honours in Architecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He is an alumnus of the Bauhaus Universität Weimar, where he studied Architecture for a year. In 2010 he participated in the Mexiko Projekt in Zaachila, Oaxaca in collaboration with the TU Berlin. He is president, founder and coordinator of the civil association „Architectural Design Workshop for the Development of Vulnerable Population“. Currently he is project coordinator and advisor of the „Multi-Service Center 43“ in Ocotlan de Morelos, Oaxaca, undertaken by students of the UNAM in conjunction with the „Architectural Design Workshop for the Development of Vulnerable Population“.
Alejandro Vidal UNAM, Mexico
This classroom, designed and built in the community of Xilitla, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is an example of participatory architecture in which the user is involved in the design of the architectural object. Due to the fact that vernacular architecture in this town has lost importance due to the block and steel sheet construction boom, the Xilitla Rural Architecture Workshop not only set itself to build two classrooms and toilets for a primary school, but to build an example of modern architecture based on the principles of vernacular and sustainable architecture. The project was carried out by students from the Max Cetto Workshop UNAM and members of the community, particularly children.
“A Classroom for Equality, Workshop of Practical Architecture“, Mexico
Alexandra Linden GIZ, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Germany Ursula Hartig CoCoon, TU Berlin, Germany
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