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Xavier Vilalta: Architecture at home in its community
About this film
When TED Fellow Xavier Vilalta was commissioned to create a multistory shopping mall in Addis Ababa, he panicked. Other centers represented everything he hated about contemporary architecture: wasteful, glass towers requiring tons of energy whose design had absolutely nothing to do with Africa. In this charming talk, Vilalta shows how he champions an alternative approach: to harness nature, reference design tradition and create beautiful, modern, iconic buildings fit for a community.
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TED.com
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TedTalks;TED;Talks;Africa;TED Fellows;architecture;design;TEDGlobal 2013;2013
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