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Meetings in Niubasaga
A village meeting discussing the future project for Niubasaga village. We looked at the overall goal for environmental protection for their exposed situation and the location of the building. We will carry out more discussions in the weeks to come.
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Community Center for Niubasaga Village
What inherent possibilities reside in the rural Fijian community? With a basis in the specific Fijian context, can the concept of sustainable rural Development be redefined? Beyond development is a study to discuss development in a rural setting, such as Niubasaga. How can their needs for a desirable future be met? This study aims…
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Niubasaga Nimataka: Sustainable strategies for small rural island communities
This community based project focuses on improving the lives and future for the small coastal village Niubasaga, Moturiki Island, Fiji. The project has been formulated together with the village and comprises of three parts responding to the villages main threats in terms of sustainability. Composting toilets (1) , replanting of mangrove trees (2) and waste…
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Master’s Project in Brazil takes its start
For the Master’s Degree in Architecture, Frida Boström will be developing a new housing scheme for a community in Papaquara, on the island of Florianópolis in Brazil. The project was preceded by a theoretical study carried out on site in Brazil and in Sweden, financed by a Minor Fields Study scholarship from the Swedish charity…
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Welcome to AES!
Architectural Environmental Strategies is a non-profit organization working within the field of architecture, planning and sustainable development. The projects we engage in range from interdisciplinary academic work through studies in the field, to practical action such as constructing sustainable buildings in communities in developing parts of the world. We work always with the objective to…
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Annual meeting 2011
The annual meeting was held on the 1st of July. AES made some operational improvements, organizing manuals and translating documents into english. A new board was elected, Anna Sundman is now the chairperson, Frida Boström secretary and treasurer. With two projects completed, a third one has been started in Fiji. We are currently working with…
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Between-ness, A Community Center
Anna Sundman’s thesis project “Between-ness, A Community Center “ was displayed at The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm on the 7-11th of June. The project deals with climate change related issues, post-colonial development, incorporation of indigenous knowledge in new proposals, cultural sustainability, social structures in relation to space and expanding the typology “village hall” to…
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Terre de Femme 2011 awards at Berns, Stockholm
Following its prize-winning success in 2010, the directors of Architectural Environmental Strategies were invited to present an update of its work in Fiji to delegates to the 2011 Terre de Femmes Awards, held in Stockholm. We were particularly grateful to have the opportunity to discuss our experience of how the idea and practice of ‘green…
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Future Challanges, Ancient Solutions
The international conference, organized by the University of the South Pacific, was held from 29 November to 3 December 2010. “Many challenges face the peoples of the Pacific Islands in the 21st century. Solutions are needed that are both effective and acknowledge the cultural context in which they will be applied. Many solutions that have…
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