Indigenous

“As architects, we need to unlearn everything we have been taught,” says Ana María Gutiérrez, standing outside this momentous structure in muddy overalls, boots and a broad-brimmed black hat. “Our idea of progress is completely based on colonialist, extractivist practices. People talk about sustainability, but what exactly are we sustaining?”

House of Thought in the Centre for Regeneration

Vernacular

Lo-Tek

Lo-TEK: Reclaiming Indigenous Techniques to Work with Nature

"This sense of belonging and reciprocity with nature, this spirit of place, this interconnection between men, women and landscape, has given rise to the development of construction, cultivation and extraction techniques based on respect for the environment and the search for a natural balance."

Animisme