I am Malagasy. Architect Member of the Order of Malagasy Architects and Graduate Member of the Royal Institute of Architecture of Canada. I am very proud to have joined these 2 institutions and I always make it a priority to encourage good practices, sharing and ethics. https://linktr.ee/jogany I have 4 children and I have been…
read moreYoung H. is preparing for a diploma and wants to find out about my profession. I didn’t have time to meet him (because big week of “Affordable Housing” sessions ongoing). as I’m more interested in the architectural practice of anonymous natives from 1896 to 1960, I don’t have nothing very original to share on the…
read moreThere is no school of architecture accredited by the International Union of Architects in Madagascar (pop. 27,690,000). There has not been enough lobbying with teachers, institutions and authorities to rigorously resolve this deficiency in a definitive way. Education recognized by the UNESCO-UIA Charter is a body of trainings (including lectures and workshops) that will have…
read more#architecture#Madagascar I am heading towards my 4th year as a Teacher for 3rd-year Civil Technician at the Institut Supérieur de Technologie in Antananarivo. Full disclosure : I am not teaching Architecture but “Techniques de Construction appliquées à l’Architecture” following our code of ethics but more specifically MALAGASY WOOD ARCHITECTURE. Here a few examples of their…
read moreTRANO Architecture was founded in 2014. TRANO’s projects comprise a series of private/public commissions and collaborations with Madagascar-based architects, who are well-recognized for their achievements in the field of Architecture and Design throughout the Indian Ocean region. Project types range from luxury resorts to social housing, shops, religious institutions and public buildings. visit our website for more http://www.trano.mg/
read morecomme quoi les petites histoires dans la grande Histoire peuvent nous emporter dans des périples sans queue ni tête mais qui au final nous permettent d’appréhender le monde autrement. de mon île isolée du bout du monde, on ne se permet pas beaucoup de loisirs et encore moins d’échanges intellectuels à moins d’appartenir à tel…
read moreou la recherche de l’Utopie , d’une Terre Promise à Madagascar par un diplomate américain et activiste des droits civiques entre 1891-1895 à la veille de la colonisation française les fautes d’orthographe, liens des sources et références sont en cours de mise à jour car j’ai retracé toutes ces histoires à partir de cet épique…
read moreI am still half way through Michele Rakotoson’s Ambatomanga book and since I needed more background informations specifically regarding Malagasy past on Slavery and our fights against any kinds of colonization, I ended up NOT finishing her book but also got entangled into the most amazing human social adventure possible. I began the journey in…
read moreCe pays comme beaucoup, d’autres de par le monde et pas seulement les pays du Sud, a pris la ligne idéologique de trier les faits historiques et, le manque de gros bon sens, de matériel et de moyens financiers aidant, en est arrivé à dilapider le reste de patrimoine qui a pu assimiler au fil…
read moreI know that I should only talk about House and House obviously about Trano Gasy all the time but people should also understand the link between the Land, the status of women and the status of property in Madagascar. in 5 minutes (or later) I will post on Diego and Tamatave where we had developed…
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