Alan Ricks & Sierra Bainbridge - MASS

About this episode

Architect Alan Ricks and landscape architect Sierra Bainbridge discuss community impacts through design and their work on the Rwanda campus for the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.

Architect Alan Ricks and landscape architect Sierra Bainbridge of Model of Architecture Serving Society (MASS) join Architectural Record 's DESIGN:ED podcast to discuss the impacts on community through design, their Rwanda campus for the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, and the firm's new book, Seeking Abundance

People in this episode

Host: Architectural Record

Guests: Alan Ricks, Sierra Bainbridge

Topics covered

• community design
• landscape architecture
• Rwanda campus
• gorilla conservation
• MASS
• book discussion

Keywords

• architecture
• landscape architecture
• community impact
• Rwanda
• gorilla conservation
• MASS
• design
• Ellen DeGeneres
• book

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Model of Architecture Serving Society, Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund

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