Anna Heringer

[1] Anna Heringer (born 13 October 1977 in Rosenheim) is an acclaimed architect known for her innovative approach to sustainable architecture, particularly in the realm of earthen construction.

There she also founded her main thought about the most successful strategy, always obtained by trusting the already existing, readily available resources and to make the best out of them instead of becoming dependent on external systems.

[5] Anna Heringer's work has been shown at MoMA in New York, la Loge in Brussels, Cité d`architecture and du patrimoine in Paris, the MAM in São Paulo, the Aedes Gallery in Berlin and at the 2010 Venice Biennale.

[7] DESI, a vocational school for electricians, is of interest not only because it is powered by solar energy but as it is the first mud-built structure in Bangladesh to have indoor plumbing.

[6] An extension of the METI project, it called on the services of local students and craftsmen in the hope that the skills they learnt would be reapplied in the region.

While local materials, mainly mud and bamboo, were used, structural stability and viability were improved with a masonry foundation and damp-proofing.

[8] The Training Center for Sustainable Construction in Chwiter, Marrakesh, again draws on local craftsmanship and materials, in this case earth, wood and ceramics.