This year, in honor of our 10th anniversary, we’ve assembled a group of 100 of the most compelling social design practitioners of the last decade. A project we’re calling The Social Design Circle. These are practices which have captivated and inspired us over the years, as we’ve built a global community of visionaries, activists and game changers. Each Circle member will receive an honorarium and an award, and as the year progresses, we’ll be highlighting their practices on our website.

Gyaw Gyaw is proud to be recognised as one of these.

Participation in the exhibition and seminary together with Agora Architects.

Participation in the exhibition and seminary together with Agora Architects.

Sakte, men effektiv bistand

Sustainable architecture as a community building tool

Jungelarkitekten i Myanmar

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Gyaw Gyaw is presented as Agora Architects:
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HENT is one of our main sponsors and here`s Rudi`s experiences from the workshop for his colleagues.

HENT Magasinet 2/2013

Presentation of Gyaw Gyaw and HENT´s role:

HENT Magasinet 1/2013

Article by Stian Hæreid Espeland

Asplan Viak is one of our main sponsors.

Kvartalet nr 4, 2011

Workshop:
Bygger med, ikke for.

Workshop

HENT magasinet 3/2010

En idealist i den glemte jungelen: Uke-adressa

https://currystonefoundation.org/practice/gyaw-gyaw/

Watch video here.

Watch the video here

The manifesto website

Watch with Spanish texting.

Line was a member of the jury for ArchSharings competition “Community Center in Nepal”. The jury was held in Paris in June 2018.

Jury for “Community Center in Nepal”

BAQ 2014

Gyaw Gyaw`s work and philosophy presented online to students in UK, Bangladesh and Hong Kong by Jae-Young Lee, Paw Eh Wah and Line

Presentation of Gyaw Gyaw to our new sponsor Zynkron that will provide us with pro-bono hours regarding economics and rules around this in Norway where we are registered.

Presentation of Gyaw Gyaw, our current work and the situation in Burma.

Presentation of Gyaw Gyaw and a giant thank you to our main sponsor HENT and more then 800 of their employees gathered for the annual conference. 

Presentation of Gyaw Gyaw

Annual presentation

SEMINAR: Crossing landscape and disciplinary boundaries: Migration, democracy and social justice at times of global environmental and social uncertainties.

Line Ramstad Norwegian Landscape architect, founder of the NGO Gyaw Gyaw that focuses on sustainable architecture and democracy in practice.

Title: 

Gyaw Gyaw – Sustainable architecture, local development and democracy in practice.

Abstract of talk:

Gyaw Gyaw was established in 2009 and have since become respected both as designers and construction workers by their fellow and neighboring villagers along the Thai-Burma border. 

With a locally adjusted focus on sustainable architecture, climate, landscape and cultural adapted designs and an inclusive process towards the projects realisation as the main goal, they have built schools, dormitories, toilets and other community buildings for and with local communities.  

They strongly emphasize the running their organisation in a democratic manner by putting focus on equality,  human and workers rights, and group decision making in an effort to be an example of what democracy in practice can be. 

Presentation of Gyaw Gyaw as background information and in addition to the project “Arkitektur Skaper Verdi” for their annual board weekend. 

Med fokus på sosialt ansvar, bærekraftige materialer og lokale prosesser, bygger de klima- og kulturtilpassede bygg for, og med lokalsamfunnet.

Line Ramstad fra bistandsorganisasjonen Gyaw Gyaw og Helena Sandman fra Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects forteller om sine erfaringer og prosjekter i blant annet Thailand, India, Senegal og Tanzania.

Arrangementet er en del av utstillingen «Et sted å være. Norsk samtidsarkitektur 2011–2016». Utstillingen presenterer 25 utvalgte prosjekter fra de siste fem årene tegnet av norske og internasjonale arkitekter i Norge, samt prosjekter i utlandet tegnet av norske arkitekter.

Mer info om utstillingen: http://bit.ly/2pNKPL6

Røros seminaret

First visit to Jessheim Rotary Club was August 2008, the day before first departure to Noh Bo.

Participation in the exhibition and seminary together with Agora Architects.

First visit to Jessheim Rotary Club was August 2008, the day before first departure to Noh Bo.

www.husergard.no

Line was invited to the university of Virginia for the annual memorial lecture of former student, the late Michael Owen Jones to explain and discuss the work of Gyaw Gyaw with students and professors at the school of architecture.

MOJ Memorial Lecture – University of Virginia 2014
The Dirt – Student Landscape architecture magazine

Watch video here.

Line represented Gyaw Gyaw, under the theme “From Individual to Community”, addressing topics such as how to build citizenship from social interest, social inclusion and the right to be in the community/the community as a social construct.

BAQ 2014

http://www.oslocenter.no/

https://www.facebook.com/events/382548175198877/

www.hent.no

Participation in the exhibition and seminary together with Agora Architects.

First visit to Jessheim Rotary Club was August 2008, the day before first departure to Noh Bo.

www.asplanviak.no

First visit to Jessheim Rotary Club was August 2008, the day before first departure to Noh Bo.

www.hent.no

Line presented her agnostic worldview and cross religious experiences from life along the border.

First visit to Jessheim Rotary Club was August 2008, the day before first departure to Noh Bo.