2024-05-18T12:03:24-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149948017/the-commons-one-to-one-25-with-amro-sallam-of-architects-for-society Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-05-31T13:22:00-04:00 >2016-06-02T23:43:31-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2r/2r4guieo2kna8h0h.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Amro Sallam helped start Architects for Society in 2015, gathering together a collective of international architects to focus their work on humanitarian and social-welfare projects. One of their first projects, Hex House, is a solar-powered, single-family unit designed for deployment in refugee camps and other displaced communities. Sallam shared with me the firm&rsquo;s origin story,&nbsp;their mindset towards architecture&rsquo;s involvement in humanitarian efforts, and&nbsp;his thoughts on&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/135725347/reporting-from-the-front-is-the-title-of-the-15th-venice-biennale-of-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aravena's Biennale</a>.</p><p>Listen to&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/670405/one-to-one" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One-to-One</a>&nbsp;#25 with <strong>Amro Sallam</strong>:</p><ul><li><strong>iTunes</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/neil-denari/id1057340260?i=356797877" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to listen&nbsp;and subscribe to the new&nbsp;"Archinect Sessions One-to-One" podcast</a></li><li><strong>SoundCloud</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="http://soundcloud.com/archinect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here to follow Archinect</a></li><li><strong>RSS</strong>: subscribe with any of your favorite podcasting apps via our RSS feed:&nbsp;<a href="http://onetoone.libsyn.com/rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://onetoone.libsyn.com/rss</a></li><li><strong>Download</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/onetoone/One_to_One_Episode_25_Amro_Sallam.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this episode</a></li></ul><p></p><p><strong>Shownotes</strong>:</p><p>Go Fund Me campaign for <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/g7bdy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hex House</a></p><p>Hex House:</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/ta/takudbsjjffbfvc5.jpg"></p><p><img alt="" src="http://minimalblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/hex-house-architects-for-society-deployable-shelter-housing-refugee-crisis-architecture-news_dezeen_936_2.jpg"></p>