Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum on why the climate crisis is not a north-south problem

Episode 24. AJ Climate Champions with Hattie Hartman. In this episode, Soane Medal (2021) winner Tabassum describes her approach as distilling the essence of vernacular buildings into contemporary architecture

Working on the front line of climate change in the Ganges delta, Tabassum is developing flat pack bamboo homes to bolster marginal communities devastated by seasonal flooding.  ‘How relevant are we as a profession if we just cater our services to one per cent of the people?’, she asks.

Tabassum was recently short-listed in the London School of Economics’ competition for an academic building at 35 Lincoln’s Inn Fields as part of a team led John McAslan + Partners with Tod Williams/Billie Tsien Architects.

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