Nripal Adhikary
Nripal Adhikary is Founder/President of ABARI: A Bamboo and Earth Initiative. Nripal is one of the original thinkers, and bold design architects of Nepal. He and his team have not only built/restored hundreds of historical buildings, schools and hospitals, they have also innovated on the bamboo and mixed agro-forestry gardens as a way to control flood and landslides while growing food, agro-medicinals as well as offering employment and livelihoods for peasants and farmers in Nepal. ABARI is a socially and environmentally committed research, design and construction firm. Abari has envisioned the “Crafting Bamboo Village of the Future” and pioneered such work in the Madi, Chitwan (http://abari.earth/vof). Madi is one of the 14 municipalities where the ISER will be assessed, examined and implemented. As a pioneering institution offering vernacular design and solutions, ABARI examines, encourages, and celebrates the vernacular architectural tradition of Nepal. As Nepalese possess sophisticated traditional knowledge of natural materials like adobes, bamboos, stones and reed, ABARI as a research and design firm tries to promulgate these materials into contemporary design practices.