Archinect - News2024-11-21T15:43:32-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/149948017/the-commons-one-to-one-25-with-amro-sallam-of-architects-for-society
The Commons: One-to-One #25 with Amro Sallam of Architects for Society Amelia Taylor-Hochberg2016-05-31T13:22:00-04:00>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’s origin story, their mindset towards architecture’s involvement in humanitarian efforts, and his thoughts on <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 <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/670405/one-to-one" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One-to-One</a> #25 with <strong>Amro Sallam</strong>:</p><ul><li><strong>iTunes</strong>: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/neil-denari/id1057340260?i=356797877" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to listen and subscribe to the new "Archinect Sessions One-to-One" podcast</a></li><li><strong>SoundCloud</strong>: <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: <a href="http://onetoone.libsyn.com/rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://onetoone.libsyn.com/rss</a></li><li><strong>Download</strong>: <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>