Dr Sandra Piesik is an award-winning architect, author and scientist specialising in a diverse range of subjects from art and design to the implementation of global sustainable legislation, nature-based solutions, innovation, technology transfer and contemporary adaptation of traditional knowledge. She is the founder of 3 ideas, an Amsterdam-based consultancy, a member of the New European Bauhaus EU initiative, an advisor to UNFCCC, and a former senior consultant to UNFCCC, UNCCD, and UN-HABITAT Global Solutions Division on territorial integration. Her diverse global engagements range from art and design projects, leading research & development initiatives, international lectures, judging competitions, the nomination of awards, and collaboration with the European Union entities.
'Hefty, handsome ... works best as evidence and inspiration, as the laying out of the amazingly multifarious forms that human dwellings can take, from which it might still be possible to learn' - Observer 'A landmark publication ... a timely and urgent story of humanity's capacity to create architecture without jeopardizing the equilibrium of the ecosystems upon which human life depends' - Aesthetica 'Amazing ... fabulous photographs, authoritative essays and elaborate diagrams and maps' - The Irish Times 'An inspiring study of design, use of natural materials and sense of place' - Self Build Magazine