Working in a Changing World

Text Emma Hannula

Photos Emma Hannula

UN-Habitat community training workshop for making compressed stabilised earth blocks in the village of Buvira in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2014. Photo: Emma Hannula

The will to influence took architect Emma Hannula to speaking at international UN meetings and showed that in development work an architect can contribute to much more than just the design of buildings.

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Published in 4 – 2020 - Empathy

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