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“Anna Heringer. The essential

beauty” at Museo ICO Madrid
The ICO Museum presents the sustainable architecture of Anna Heringer,
conceived to offer a better future. “Anna Heringer. The essential beauty” is the first
retrospective dedicated to the German architect in Spain.

Shelter at the Longquan Bamboo Biennale, Baoxi (China), 2016 © Jenny Ji

The exhibition can be visited from February 9 to May 8 and includes guided tours
and workshops to bring architecture closer to the little ones.

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“Anna Heringer. The essential beauty”

February 9 – May 8, 2022
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Zorrilla, 3, 28014 Madrid
Spain

Anna Heringer (Rosenheim, Germany, 1977), visionary and award-winning

architect, with work on three continents, is committed to the use of local
materials and techniques to offer a better future. Her work is based on the
exploration and use of architecture as a means to support local economies and
foster ecological balance. For her: “Sustainability is synonymous with beauty, and
what defines the aesthetic and sustainable value of a building is that it is in
harmony with its design, structure, technique and use of materials, as well as in
relation to its location, with the environment, with the user and with the
sociocultural context”.

Anandaloy: Centre for PwD + tailoring workshop_Studio Anna Heringer © KURT HOERBST 2020
 Embroidery Anandaloy Floor Plan ©Günter König

The visit proposes a journey through the work and philosophy of Anna Heringer,
deeply interested in the sustainable development of our society and the built
environment. She focuses her work on the use of local materials and techniques
to create buildings characteristic of the place where they are located. These
concepts are reflected in the exhibition; In addition, the presentation of the
projects is based on the textiles made by Bangladeshi women that reproduce the
plans and elevations of their buildings.

Embroidery Anandaloy Elevation ©Günter König

 Embroidery Anandaloy First Plan ©Günter König

The exhibition is completed with texts (such as the Laufen Manifesto, promoted
by the architect herself), photographs, drawings and models that trace a journey
through the main projects carried out by Anna Heringer since 2006.
Rest zones, Omicrom Electronics, Klaus (Austria), 2015 © Stefano Mori
In all his works he applies one of the most important lessons learned in Rudrapur,
the rural village in Bangladesh where he built his first project – the METI Rural
School, Aga Khan Award 2007 – and where, today, he continues to work and
collaborate on initiatives to local progress: that the most successful development
strategy is to rely on and make the most of existing and readily available
resources, rather than relying on external systems.

Rest zones, Omicrom Electronics, Klaus (Austria), 2015 © Stefano Mori

This leads it to involve local communities in the construction of all its projects, not
only as a way of guaranteeing that they respond to the needs for which they were
raised, but also as a means of providing training in traditional construction
techniques that allow future personal and professional development of its
members. Without forgetting that this type of involvement develops in the
community a sense of belonging that guarantees an adequate and lasting
conservation of the buildings.
 Shelter at the Longquan Bamboo Biennale, Baoxi (China), 2016 © Jenny Ji

METI school, Rudrapur (Bangladesh), 2006 © B.K.S. Inan

This way of working is embodied in her maxim “Form follows love” which, in
contrast to Louis Sullivan’s famous “Form follows function”, exemplifies how
revolutionary her conception of architecture was. On the other hand, with
projects such as the RoSana center inn —awarded a New European Bauhaus
Award in 2021—, in Germany, or the ecotourism project at Cortijo La Donaira in
Ronda, in Spain —both developed in collaboration with Martin Rauch— , has
shown that construction with earth, a fundamental element in all its architecture,
is perfectly viable in today’s Europe.
 “Anna Heringer. The essential beauty” exhibition view

“Anna Heringer. The essential beauty” exhibition view

Solidarity shop
The exhibition includes a space where different products woven by women from
Rudrapur (Bangladesh) can be purchased thanks to the support offered by “Dipdii
Textiles”, a collective initiative of Anna Heringer, Veronika Lena Lang and
DIPSHIKHA -society for education, training and Non-formal research for village
development in Bangladesh. The full profits from the sale of these products will
be allocated to “Dipdii Textiles” for the continuation of its activity.

Birth Space, Frauenmuseum Hittisau, Vorarlberg (Austria), 2016 © Laurenz Feinig

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