A demountable house by Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has been installed as "a reminder of the precariousness of our existence" at the Vitra Campus in Germany.
Named Khudi Bari, the transportable bamboo structure is the latest addition to furniture brand Vitra's headquarters in Weil am Rhein, which is home to landmark buildings by well-known architects including Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando, Frank Gehry and SANAA.
Marina Tabassum is the latest architect to create a building at the Vitra Campus
Khudi Bari, or Small House, was designed by Tabassum as a response to the mass displacement of people living in Bangladesh due to flooding.
It serves as an affordable and lightweight house that can be built, dismantled, relocated and reconstructed by hand to a different location when its owners are affected by deluges. So far, more than 100 have been built in the South Asian country. She has installed a Khudi Bari house
Displacement caused by flooding is becoming an increasing threat in Bangladesh due to the melting of Himalayan glaciers being exacerbated by global warming.
Tabassum's construction of Khudi Bari at the Vitra Campus is hoped to raise awareness of the issue, while also highlighting the disproportionate impact of climate change on the populations least responsible for causing it.
Khudi Bari are lightweight and transportable houses
"The Khudi Bari on the Vitra Campus is a reminder of the precariousness of our existence," said Tabassum.
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