Inspired by Ana Maria Guttierez’s experience as an architect who promotes building as a social experience, I have decided in this episode to explore other ways of designing our living spaces. More participatory and social approaches, illustrated by the example of architect Christopher Alexander.

Through his guide, “A Pattern Language”, he developed one of the first tools enabling everyone to engage with issues of urban planning and the design of their built environment.

Does this imply a new role for the architect? Perhaps one more in tune with the creation of a sustainable environment?

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Ana María Gutiérrez is a Colombian architect internationally recognised for her work with communities across rural areas, notably through her foundation, Organizmo, which she co-founded in 2008 in Colombia.

It is a centre for research and education in ecological construction (earth and bamboo architecture) that focuses on developing sustainable and traditional building techniques.

Ana María Gutiérrez is also a woman committed to promoting the cultures of Colombia’s indigenous peoples. In our interview , she talks about a form of architecture that is based not only on ancestral building techniques but also on what it reveals about spiritualities and social ties that are just waiting to be strengthened.

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The podcast Architecture Is Not Western is back for Season 2!

I’m an architect and the founder of this podcast, which started from a simple observation: our idea of architecture is still largely shaped by a very homogeneous image of Western modernism.

But architecture has never been only Western. You will discover it through architectures of Global south and those who make it possible.

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