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THE ART: BRIGHT STARTS IN THE EAST THE AGA KHAN AWARDS... - 2001-10-25

Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritage
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Thursday, 2001, October 25
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The Independent- United Kingdom; The Arts: Bright stars in the East The Aga Khan awards were set up in 1977 to stimulate appreciation of Islamic architecture. But their influence today, argues Jay Merrick, now goes far beyond mere bricks and mortar. 'Some may think architecture in Muslim countries an irrelevance to the West. What do its vernaculars, or copycat internationalism, have to do with us? But the lessons of architecture are not always purely architectural. The Aga Khan's award-winners - the tip of an iceberg of similar work invisible to the West - remind us that architecture is crucial to cultural survival, and to evolution. In that sense, the Barefoot College is no different from the Magna Centre. The pride of Northerners in their new cultural magnet is no different from that experienced by the people of Tilonia in Rajasthan.'

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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV
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In Tilonia, Rajasthan, it is harder to win architectural awards. Here, since the founding of the Social Work Research Centre by Bunker Roy more than 20 years ago, Barefoot Architects have delivered buildings in the toughest of conditions. The key and ongoing project, Barefoot College, was led by an illiterate farmer and women labourers. Plans were drawn and redrawn on site, and local materials - notably rock rubble and lime mortar - were used to build a traditional courtyard complex.

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