When architect Verle Hansen arrived in Tanzania to design hospitals for the people of that post-colonial East African nation, he realized that his Western training and tools he brought with him would not be enough. The land had its own logic and the people their own quiet wisdom. With the help of photos from his adventure, he will explain his efforts to design hospitals that could meet the real needs of the Tanzanian people, respecting their culture and using the resources that were available and . He will reflect on scarcity and resilience, tradition and transformation and the quiet power of architecture as a form of listening. Verle Hansen.
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Verle Hansen
North Central Michigan College • 1515 Howard Street, Petoskey, MI 49770
