Image courtesy of Iwan Baan, MASS Design Group
MASS Design Group’s mission
MASS Design Group researches, builds, and advocates for architecture that promotes justice and human dignity. Its team of 150 architects, landscape architects, engineers, builders, furniture designers, writers, filmmakers, and researchers representing 20 countries work together to expand access to design that is purposeful, healing, and hopeful.
Meet Christian Benimana
“To design effectively, you have to first immerse yourself in the environment, the context, and the community you will be building in.”
— Christian Benimana, Managing Director, MASS Design Group; Director, African Design Centre
Impact in action
DESIGN & MAKE
Sustainability shapes the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
The Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund in Rwanda is a MASS Design Group project that continues the legacy of primatologist Dian Fossey, embodying principles of conservation and sustainability in all aspects of its design, construction, and operation.
Image courtesy of Iwan Baan, MASS Design Group
DESIGN & MAKE
Building for Africa’s growing population
Realizing the need for local solutions to shared challenges across the African continent, MASS Design Group partnered with The Nubian Vault Association to train architects and masons with skills using local materials and time-tested methods.
Image courtesy of Christian Lamontagne, Cosmos
Autodesk University
Material innovation, opportunities, and risks
MASS Design Group pushes the boundaries of design and construction in East Africa helping create opportunities to strengthen the construction industry.
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