Theorist
Yasmeen Lari
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Details
- Nationality
- Pakistani
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- Lived experienceObservation
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Subaltern resistant
- Mode of transmission
- Apprenticeship
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophicalSouth asian
Notes
[DRAFT] Pakistan's first woman architect and founder of the Heritage Foundation of Pakistan. After a modernist commercial career she pioneered 'Barefoot Social Architecture' — self-built, low-carbon bamboo and mud disaster-relief housing. RIBA Royal Gold Medal 2023.
Connections
- authored Zero Carbon Cultural Centre, Makli
- proposed Barefoot Social Architecture (BASA)
- associated with Contemporary Global South Practice
Sources
- Angelika Fitz. Yasmeen Lari: Architecture for the Future. MAK / ArchiTangle, 2023.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Yasmeen Lari." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/yasmeen-lari/. Accessed July 17, 2026.