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Hans Rosling2 - What is the role of the 'old west' in the new world?

Foundation

School - Who are the architects of the project?

Anna Heringer, Eike Roswage

School - What is the school known as?

Handmade School

School - What does it combine?

Traditional Materials and western know-how

School - What was the local attitude to traditional buildings?

Bad Image

School - What was the challenge?

Light and airy building only using local materials

School - Why bamboo and mud?

Grows fast, recyclble, cheap, economical

School - What are the problems with traditional meterials?

Cavities for rats

School - How did the designers overcome the problems in traditional materials?

Straw added as strechter bond

School - What was important to maximise?

Air flow

School - How are the ceiling and first floor made?

Bamboo

School - What are the advantages of this material?

Strong, tnesile, flexible, recyclable

School - What were the bamboo supoorts vulnerble to and how was this solved?

Insect attacks, spray treatment

School - What does the headmaster say about the building?

Kids love it

School - What are the architects hoping to prootefrom this project?

Residental houses in the same style

Foster - How does Norman Foster do things? What is he like?

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Precisely, carefully, he's hard to read

Foster - What is he compared to?

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Buildings with reflecting glass

Foster - What was Norman's first drawing about?

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Aircraft

Foster - How does his ability to fly influence his architecture?

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Having the control, challenges during the flight, the love of aerodinymic shapes

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By drawing

Foster - What does the engineer Tony Hunt say about Norman's passions?

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Architecture, skiining and flying

Foster - What does George Weidenfeld say about him?

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Conquers weakness through will-power

Foster - What does Richard Rogers say about his background?

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He comes from working class

Foster - What did Norman's parents do for a living?

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Mother was a waitress, Father pawn-shop manager

Foster - Where did he grow up?

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Meanstreets of Manchester

Foster - In Bono's view, what did Norman learn from his parents and what does he regret?

Work ethic, he never got to know them so well because they were always working

Foster - What did Norman draw in his portfolio for university entry?

View from his bedroom

Foster - In what sense was Norman born 'on the wrong side of the tracks'?

He grew up in a poor, damp, humple side

Foster - How did Norman like his work at the Manchester Town Hall?

Depressing

After leaving the Royal Air Force, where did he work next?

Architecture firm

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