rise News Fun times as we host the Design & Build International WorkshopAugust is a thrilling month that brings excitement and lots of activities through our international workshop which is led by the in loco Director Luca Astorri. We have three young passionate architects and an international law student who came all the way from Greece, Belgium, and Italy to Lesotho, and joined our in loco fellows… Read Morerise Architectural Designer to pursue a Master’s in the UKrise International is happy to see one of its long-serving team members, Retsepile Rammoko making his way to the United Kingdom where he will pursue a Master’s in Design For Change at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Retsepile is already a University of Pretoria graduate holding both a BSc Architecture Degree and a Hons… Read More🌍 Exciting International News: Promoting Sustainable Building in Lesotho!🚀We are thrilled to announce the successful launch of the Research and Innovation program in March 2022! Our mission is to revolutionize sustainable construction materials and significantly reduce environmentally damaging carbon emissions, particularly from concrete and cement. Thanks to the generous support of a capacity-building and knowledge exchange grant funded by Irish Aid, in partnership… Read MoreMay 2023 – in loco 5th cohort introWe are excited and proud to introduce our in loco fellows for 2023 Meet our in loco 2023 fellowship team. This year we are happy to announce that we have reached another milestone. These fellows are the cream of the crop that was picked out of the largest pool of hopefuls, as we had the… Read MoreKicking off 2023\’s newsletter cycle with strategic and strong collaborations from the Mountain Kingdom to the world!Launching a new Research & Innovation Programme We are very excited to have received support from Irish Aid through our partnership with Action Ireland Trust to spearhead revolutionary indigenous building materials research, that is aimed at capacitating built environment experts, entities, and regulatory bodies to shift towards more environmentally sustainable building methodologies. Over the course…Read MoreBasotho take Heritage into their own handsA combination of people from different disciplines can now help create awareness and help youth in Lesotho with job creation in the Heritage and Conservation spectrum. The participants and other interested persons now have the opportunity to establish an association of Heritage activists to advocate for issues and causes in Heritage Conservation. This kind of… Read Morerise awarded a grant by US Embassy for Tool LibraryAmerican Corner, State Library Maseru – The handover ceremony of a Tool Library for rise funded by the Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Fund of the US Embassy took place today 28 July, 2022. rise has been awarded a grant in the amount of $8,061 towards the establishment of a Tool Library for entrepreneurs in the Built… Read MoreYoung Female Mosotho Architect wins National Student Architecture Award in South AfricaThis year 8 major South African universities selected their best Masters Architectural student, who presented their thesis to a panel of judges who were professionals from the South African Architecture Industry. She brought a piece of her heritage by describing the use of the Basotho blanket as a transformative and imaginative symbol of identity and… Read MoreLesotho exhibits at Triennale Milan, Italy for the first timeMore exposure internationally for the Mountain Kingdom as Lesotho is awarded a pavilion at the prestigious Triennale Museum in Milan, Italy, one of the world’s leading cultural institutions. This year Triennale Milano takes up and continues the important reflections that emerged from the last edition; Broken Nature, ensuring critical continuity with its proactive approach. The exhibition… Read More Everyday is World Youth Skills day at riseEveryday is World Youth Skills day at rise The United Nations declared July 15th World Youth Skills Day to be the day we all celebrate the importance of youth training and skills development. This day is dedicated to providing young people with opportunities to improve their skills by participating in programs designed to develop their… Read More All Categories rise News Uncategorized News Social Entrepreneurship Information for Students Events in loco program Programs 2020 film screenings Lecture Series Partner Design and Build Information Library Case Studies Recent Posts Building with Compressed Earth Block September 7, 2023 Building with Straw and Grass September 6, 2023 Building with Sheep Wool September 6, 2023 Building with Packaging Waste September 5, 2023