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Activism-Based Architecture at atelier masōmī: How atelier masōmī is Championing Local Narratives

By Eliza Jordan for whitewall.art | Published on August 8, 2023 Mariam Issoufou Kamara founded the Niger-based architecture and research firm atelier masōmī in 2014. At the inception of a project, atelier masōmī considers its impact—from creating jobs for the …
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By Chair Issoufou
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September 19, 2023
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“Africa should appear European. That’s absurd” Architect and ETH professor Mariam Issoufou Kamara builds against the climate crisis and the forgetting of African culture

Interview by Andres Herzog, Hochparterre | Originally published in German in NZZ, 27.06.2023 Your professorship is called architecture, heritage and sustainability. What does heritage have to do with sustainability? Mariam Issoufou Kamara: Sustainability is …
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By Chair Issoufou
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September 15, 2023
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Mariam Kamara Could Profoundly Change Design Pedagogy Everywhere

Interview by Kelly Beamon, Metropolis Mag | Originally published 27.04.2022 Architect Mariam Kamara—founder of Niamey, Niger-based firm Atelier Masōmī—is a contrarian of design pedagogy as it is largely practiced today. To Kamara, modern is not synonymous with European forms, …
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By Chair Issoufou
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April 27, 2022
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In Niger, an Architect Looking to the Country’s Design Traditions: Eschewing a Western definition of modernity, Mariam Kamara instead conceives of buildings and spaces that account for how people really live.

By Michael Snyder for NY Times Style Magazine | Originally Published 10.08.2020 At age 6, the architect Mariam Kamara moved with her family from Niamey, the capital of Niger, deep into the country’s vast Saharan …
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By Chair Issoufou
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August 10, 2020
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