MAHNOOR AHMEDEARTH STUDIO Architecture is an act of care for human wellbeing.
Concept design for a workshop shala in Bali, shown half as a line drawing and half as a finished render
Concept design · Workshop shala, Bali
Mahnoor receiving an award on stage at IAPEX 26 for her natural building workshop
Award · Natural building workshop, IAPEX 26
A modular earthen shower base with a hand-set pebble floor, designed as a product in Bali
Project · Earthen shower base, modular design, Bali
A finished earthen floor inside an open bamboo building at a bamboo building school in Bali
Project · Earthen floor, Bamboo building school, Bali
Mahnoor speaking at a podium in front of a slide on Bali traditional architecture
Talk · Bali traditional architecture, IAPEX 26
Workshop participants in Pakistan seated on campus steps behind the red earthen floor they made together
Workshop · Earthen floor, Pakistan
A hand resting on a lime and river pebble finish
Project · Lime & river pebble finish, set by hand
Workshop participants on a wooden deck surrounded by rice fields at Jatiluwih, Bali
Workshop · Jatiluwih, Bali
Mahnoor kneeling with two students, explaining an earth sample on the ground
Teaching · Earth sample study
People seated on cushions in an open bamboo pavilion, listening to a talk
Community gathering, Bali
Workshop group photo on a lawn beside a thatched bamboo hut at Earth Studio Bali
Workshop · Earth Studio Bali
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Mahnoor Ahmed is an architect, natural building practitioner, educator and co-founder of Earth Studio Bali, working across Pakistan, Bali and Nepal. ‘How can architecture be an act of care and dialogue?’
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