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Yasmeen Lari, Pakistan’s first female architect, will talk about her humanitarian work building zero-carbon structures with communities in disaster-prone areas of Pakistan, in what she calls “anti-architecture.” Lari has designed many high-profile projects in the country, including the Finance and Trade Centre in Karachi (with Canadian architect Eva Vecsei) and Pakistan State Oil House, as well housing for low-income groups. Since becoming a national advisor to UNESCO consultant in 2003, she has helped with saving structures on the WHS of Lahore Fort and Makli. After the Kashmir earthquake in northern Pakistan in 2005, she became renowned for her work with communities living in disaster-prone areas of the country.

Drawn from the vernacular heritage of Pakistan, she has specially developed low-carbon, low-cost structures that can withstand earthquakes and floods, in what she calls “barefoot architecture” that treads lightly on the planet. She works directly with marginalized communities by supplying the technical knowledge and training for people to take charge of their lives and build structures that are resilient to and prepared for frequent extreme weather. So far, over 45,000 green shelters have been constructed through Lari’s outreach, making her work the world’s largest zero-carbon shelter programme.

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