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About João Guimarães
João Guimarães has accumulated several years of experience in social projects in his architectural career. After he collaborated on the No Border School project with Miguel Magalhães, they established Aware Collective, a multi-disciplinary platform of experts in social projects that seeks to solve problems of communities or people in need through architecture. With a “work locally, think globally” perspective, the firm’s aim is to contribute to a more AWARE, bottom-up design practice.
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The No Border School, a sustainable and modular school for Burmese refugee children in Mae Sot, Thailand
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No Border School Project Empowered by Traditional Construction

March 27, 2014 João Guimarães 1

Editor’s Foreward: Portuguese architects João Guimarães and Miguel Magalhães of Aware Collective have designed No Border School, a 208 square meter modular and sustainable school for Burmese refugee children in Mae Sot, Thailand. The project …

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Swiss Village School Doubles As Communal Power Station

April 22, 2019 0

Neue Schule Port, an energy-plus building and MINERGIE-A rated elementary school, is located in a residential neighborhood in the Swiss village of Port. With its distinctive folded roof structure, the school’s roof design references the …

Environmental Building News Executive Editor Alex Wilson Speaking at West Coast Green 2009
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Jam-Packed Session at West Coast Green 09: Alex Wilson’s Talk on The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: a Look at Green & Not-So-Green Building Products

November 10, 2009 0

I have subscribed to the Environmental Building News for the last 15 years and it is my favorite subscription that I read religiously.  I appreciate it for presenting good, solid research and am a huge …

Swisstrax Modular Floor Tiles Installed at Bobby Unser’s Private Hangar in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Rubber Tires Find New Life as Modular Flooring Tiles

September 21, 2010 0

  During a road trip from San Francisco to Southern California, I observed the many facets of the landscape: beautiful rolling valleys, pervasive big box stores, and stockpiles of vehicle tires piled high and awaiting …

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