When TED Fellow Xavier Vilalta was commissioned to create a multistory shopping mall in Addis Ababa, he panicked. Other centers represented everything he hated about contemporary architecture: wasteful, glass towers requiring tons of energy whose design had absolutely nothing to do with Africa. In this charming talk, Vilalta shows how he champio...

Xavier Vilalta nos lleva por un viaje a través de la arquitectura que le ha permitido conectar a las comunidades con su entorno natural, haciendo que los edificios se conviertan en el vinculo estrecho entre desarrollo social y sustentabilidad. Xavier takes us on a journey through the architecture that has allowed him to connect communities with ...