what’s news Roca Gallery Anupama Kundoo exhibits her sustainable buildings at the Roca London Gallery The Indian architect is notable for her work with affordable materials such as ferroconcrete The Roca London Gallery hosted from 31 March to 18In her exhibition, Kundoo demonstrated the design June the exhibition "High speed housing" by the Indianprocess she and her team have adopted for building light architect Anupama Kundoo, internationally known forand robust dwellings and sanitation systems all around her experimental work in sustainable and affordablethe world. She exhibited elements such as the Full Fill construction. The objective of her work is to developHome, Light Matters Housing and Easy WC, together with construction processes which are straightforward enoughphotographs and videos that demonstrate the construction to be conveyed to the craftspeople she works with, but process. which have the necessary technical sophistication toThe exhibition works as a companion piece for Kundoo’s withstand natural disasters such as earthquakes.installation at the Arsenale, the building which will host the To do this, she works with a wide range of professionals,Venice Biennale 2016. from engineers to local builders who have passed down their skills from generation to generation. The result is a fusion of traditional thought with cutting edge concepts which make it possible to create impressively designed, practical, and robust structures. Unlike other architects who create sustainable buildings using traditional materials like mud and bamboo, Anupama’s approach is based on the use of ferroconcrete, a material which is both robust and easy to make. It can be prefabricated in panels and in a range of colours, creating light and versatile pieces which can be assembled to construct houses which are as practical as they are beautiful. The architect displayed her work with ferroconcrete panels that are then painted in colourful tones. Exhibitions during the first six months of 2016 Childhood Anupama Kundoo: ReCollections high-speed housing Design memories From 31 March to 18 June From 17 October 2015 to 23 January 2016 Conceived to complement architect Anupama Kundoo’s installation at the 2016 Venice Biennale, this exhibition This exhibition uses photographs, words, objects and other demonstrates the design process that she and her team sensory experiences to present the materials, buildings, follow to construct light and robust dwellings and sanitation objects, aromas and spaces which have inspired exceptional systems throughout the world. It is possible to see through contemporary architects and designers. The show includes her work how Kundoo creates construction processes that interviews with six internationally famous architects and anyone can understand. designers about their first memories related to design: the first time they were conscious of materials, space, forms and lines. The exhibition will travel to the Barcelona Roca GalleryInauguration of “Childhood ReCollections” exhibition in September. at the Roca London Gallery. 14