Improving life in slums from the inside | Oliver Von Malm | TEDxFHKufstein
Oliver Von Malm |
TEDxFHKufstein
• June 2017
"You always have to start somewhere!" is Oliver's motto. And he started early as a student of architecture trying to shape the world.
Back in 2011, he visited Kenya and saw the great need for educational facilities in the poverty-stricken country. He wanted to build a school in a slum so children could receive the education they need. But he soon realized that this project is much bigger than building just one school. He came up with a new method of how the locals can build their own concrete structures in a location where this material is not easy to obtain. The combination of high-tech tools and low-tech manufacturing methods, as well as low-cost materials, facilitates the construction process.
In 2016, Oliver von Malm had finished his master thesis in architecture, and "Start Somewhere" has become a non-profit organization with a lot of dedicated members. Oliver's master thesis is about the construction of a new school building that shall be built by the slum residents themselves.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx