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Yet he was inspired by the limited Natural Resources that most people around him had taken for granted. Leading him on a journey that will make him one of the worlds most renowned architects, the mud bricks, strong roots and wooden structures correct, grew up with help them develop his exceptional ability to design and create a snacks. Francis korea was a 1st person from a village of condo to attend school, where he understood not only the importance of education, but the impacts of physical space on students. At the age of 20 career, went to germany, unable cation of carpentry, scholarship, learning to make roof and furniture while attending secondary school. He was eventually awarded a scholarship at a university in berlin, graduating in 2004 with an advanced degree in architecture that came up. The architect understood how privileged he was, and was eager to share his experiences with his Community Back home. His 1st project gondo primary school, was hand crafted with local materials by the whole community, just like in the old days. But career talent expanded beyond schools and local communities. His famous designs have popped up for me, was due to puerto novo and beyond the african continent to denmark, germany, italy, switzerland, united kingdom, and the united states. This year re became the 1st african and the 1st black person to win the most prestigious award in architecture. The prince could prize. Its given to those whose work demonstrates a combination of talent, vision and commitment, along with a significant contribution to humanity. Pisca prize winner architect frances career talks to al jazeera was a Award Winning architect frontier. Carrie, thank you for talking to al jazeera, congratulations on your ward. You join and elite club visionaries. Did you ever imagine youd be in this position . Could you for the congrats . No, not at all. Never in my dream favor. You know, dream to see must health in these group of very high quality professionals. No, no, i never dream about it. Never. So i feel like, wow, do you come from a family of designers . I mean, where does your flat Architectural Design come from . No, i have no Family Member connected to architecture. Neither does i know. Im coming from sanity, lets say a farming family ah, in africa in burkina faso, esa kits a have been going through architecture, lets say basically scott classroom that was so dark on hot. So i grew up in there. Oh that one day. If i have a chance to do designing, i will make things better for people. Diazs, where really the force of my imagination is coming from it. You touched on your early schooling, just give us an idea of what your schooling was like, because you were the eldest son. I believe all of the local you might say village chief or community. And that had in itself some sort of status. But in turn, over the years hes managed to influence many young people from your community, but what was school life really like the how difficult was it . How when i was a child, there was no clean drinking water. Um and a village there was no electricity. And there was no school. So for this reason, my father, i wanted me to learn how to write under an, an, an unread. In that way he sent me away from the village. So esa kits a had to lead to leave my village, my parents, my community to be able to learn how to ride on rate. And so this is my child would and then are being forced to leave. So early i was leaving in their low component of a relative um and then i was attending school and d school. It was dark, very hot inside. And we were about one over 100 kids sitting next to each other. Can you imagine like sitting in a bench or a chair, and if you just move like days, names are coming out to nate that are, you know, there to fix the share together will will also make a hole in your bob. And so this is how i grew up on that. Think in my self, i grew the ed year and the ambition that one day, if i have a chance, i should make better places for kids to stay and, and learn how to read on. Right. And not to sit in the classroom like i experience as a kit that those early years of being in the school room. Those issues of light and ventilation, obviously lingered with you for a very long time. So when was the, you might say the light bulb moment when you realized, ah, being an architect is something that would benefit me and could help my community. When did you realize that im and i realize that being an architect can help my community a little bit later when our graphs are scholarship to come to germany and to be food at turned train esa carpenter because i at the school ive got another scholarship in book, you know, fossil to be trained as a carpenter. And so at the sheil wood was a i saw the impact of light and then i saw in the darkness when we were sitting and there was just a glimpse light. And then we are surrounding sitting on does light to listen to a story off the ground matter by den or being a quarter point a later i want to know how to lay a breaks so that i can create comfortable classrooms myself. And so this is the story of how as tucked to become architect. And then as an architect, i recall all of these memory of my child would, how light will entering a dark place and just change how this place will be on also ventilation. I was sitting in places where there were so hot, you know, more than you will be able to, to learn to concentrate, to be focus. So i want to change all of these. Indeed, i really love how light impact people live in the room. And that also i would cite architecture in the designs that youth accomplish, certainly on the continent have been practical, useful, an incredibly important in communities that dont have the money to actually build. You might say, the type of establishment that we would assume are schools in western culture. How important has it been to make sure that using local supplies and local manpower empowers the community to be proud of what they have produced through your design. First of all, to make it short, i am convinced that able to one deserve comfort every one, not just doors that can afford, and i, in my community, couldnt effort. So not to why i needed to grow ideas. How i can create architecture that respond to the climate conditions, the social economic conditions, and then also thinking about material. So i came across getting the community be part of it. And so. Ready these being, it have to save resources, or lets say it helped me to do more with less create the bigger space, a very complex fracture, very high quality structure for my people. Introducing less resources by the team. That indeed is to create a sort of identity paper was part of the process and i feel proud about what happened. So if you could see these as like a again changing method, then i did it. It was so important to do it because i was totally convinced that i was privileged. I was privileged because i could attend education and i could go to germany and become architect. And for me, what do you do with this privilege . I want to use it for the tourist, for the benefit of my community. And now i am that i am there where i am today. And it a to bring in the community on board is very important across the continent. But working in africa cannot be easy because you have different locations. There is civil war, theres political instability, Climate Change issues, a variety of armed groups and some place says, how carefully do you have to assess the project youre working on . And you might say the agreement with Regional National authorities to actually produce the types of buildings that would benefit the community. Is it a difficult process to negotiate that with various political ah, bodies . Indeed, the thing is, you know, we cannot say that our word is safe to day and to, i think, even with everything that we know about it, it is important to keep creating. Everyone should contribute to create the better word a me as architecture, coming from brooklyn, of fossil in a very rich from a revered, a remote village, with all of the problems that we know, scar, city, instability. I want to contribute because this my community, it is my country. If i say its travel is not working, that is notting. Who will do it . Honestly for me, no one, let be clear. So, beside the conflict africa is going true. We need to have young people from these countrymen who would take studiously all their salingers and transform it to something that benefit the communities. This is the only way i think we will create, assist a neighbor um, just a neighbor conditions of leaving into continent these as i am totally convinced about it. And me as architect, it was for me clear. I have to use the i the label material, but also in the very smart way to quit spaces that are inspiring to, for my community, for the country. And that is what i could do. This is how we should just consider working into continent, but not to be afraid about all of these tragedies is if you did with it, that how you will grow and you make the difference. And that what i have done without knowing that i was doing something that will have a big impact. And of course you managed to solve that problem of making the School Environment in the School Experience a very enriching one. For many children on the african continent. You see africa as an opportunity to progress the issue and the beauty of architecture. Why do you think that the west itself sometimes sees africa as more of a problem than actually seeing it as actually an opportunity . Turner totally and honestly, africa is a big b opportunity. That is a lot that we can do there. And its, yeah, its a pity that the western were see, its in the conflict and rather than in, in some and something that can contribute to, to the world, to the wealth of the word africa. Its young. Let me say these way. And in a cedar continent, so the way that talent is equally distributed around the world, what is missing often is opportunities. And if to give these young people opportunities, then you will see that africa is up a basin of talent that can contribute to the growth of the world wet. And rather than to see it as a problem. As c, s a big opportunity, not people are so open to new things, people are so positive, optimistic look at the youth, how full of energy there are. If we consider these s being something that is positive, then africa count, trend contribute to create better architecture for our people, but also inspiring architecture for the rest of the world. In terms of, of some of your projects. I just like to focus in on juan, which is actually in a, it was in the u. K, the serpentine pavilion in the u. K. Its one of my studying bits of architecture ive seen and has a, has a really interesting, i think, story behind it for our viewers. I mean, not all your design is about the educational experience. Its about the communication experience as well. Absolutely. No, im the serpent pans. Pavilion still ring among my project is sir, at, by the way, its going to be a library. Ah, and then a museum in kuala rumble. It is a now its permanently installed there. No, with this project, what i want to tell to my work, and especially the serpent pavilion is to so de read narrative on africa. It is a place where you can learn a lot from nature, but also how people can go to daily life, which scarcity, and just accept it. And so at. And one thing that is important for me is like a tree. And so in london, i just want to create inside this beautiful park, hyde park, a kind of huge cannot be a tree, but not just mimicking latree, but creating a design idea how you can collect water tree needs water. London is very rich, but why i dont show to the people in london that even a wealthy, a rich country should save energy, should save resources by. Ready creating a pavilion that has the capacity to collect water. So my approach sometime is playfully batch, then he has a narrative. If you sure people, ways how architecture can, can do more beside the functional issues. Then re adding a higher value to architecture. And that what im trying to do always, yeah, what is the reaction to your designs from your fellow Architect Community where they are able to see the practicality of Something Like a school that you you built in 2017 helped to bill la lacy score as secondary school and became a fast so, you know, an amazing structure which was simple to construct but yes, has attracted children from far and wide to come and study. There yet is it is another school project, but again, built by the community for the community. I have to say again, i mean i was lucky to be able to do this project. I dont know how i would argue to think about it. But you know, if you like me coming from dc bag crown, that is more than just a privilege. And you create in your own Community School with din the community and with the community. And you see the reaction, the positive reaction of your people. You know, sometimes the men from daniel with, respectfully demand from gand that is demand from a gamble. Its mean, wow, hed be something that is extra ordinary and so i am just so happy about it. I cant just say, i feel i being digging into darkness. I felt light that is illuminating many, many other people. This is what i can say, and that is true, you know, and i want to have more opportunities around the world to give and create something that is inspiring to people that what im doing, winning the print surprise does actually elevate you into a group of very distinguished architects, but also raises the profile as, as we know, as being the 1st african to actually win the prize. And highlight the fact that when we think of high art or high architecture, we dont have to look to the west. Do you think people now have to re look at the way african artists and architects are perceived in western culture . Those, those, the Glass Ceiling has been broken . Im happy if i could contribute to that and very happy i went to say colonial architecture has something that we have to Say Something very strong. If you look at it has lot of qualities. What is missing to my knee . What are, what are see to how i see things it, we have been given a structure, but not the brain which has had an object but not to knowledge how to do it. And so for a long time, these kind of structure is good. It is strong, but it, it didnt really consider or taking truly under account or local knowledge or local conditions, especially the social conditions. How do you really integrate all of these to create a building that become an added and into vacation for people . And so lets say they have been great project, but the narrative has being give to object, but not the way how people should do it themselves. And that is the thing that i miss. But if i can like me and try to deal with the reality of the site ah, of people and create something that is being seen by many as a game changer. Hey, you know, im so happy and lucky to be able to contribute before you one the pritzky. And how difficult was it to you might say pitch the idea or sell the idea that this will work. And it will make a difference whether it be a classroom or a library, or Housing Development or, or, or a structure in a, in a major park. Before you big wouldnt this award, life must have been slightly difficult because architecture is a, is a difficult industry to, to pitch and to be successful in hub being doing does work. And since i was a student, the truth is really when i got a chance to start to study in germany, i decided after 2 years studying it must be something compare to bachelor level or even less. I decided to stop to study by then to do research aroun