Joan Razafimaharo

“ Sadly, the private sector doesn’t care much for indigenous architects. This is a common problem we have in Africa. So, as a young African architect, you must train yourself to accept this reality. I’ve been in Madagascar for six years now and got involved in so many advocacies: improving building-permits instruction; creating building codes—we don’t have those; promoting sustainable architecture.”

DESCRIPTION OF WORK
Joan Razafimaharo is the founder of Trano Architecture, an architecture and design firm based in Madagascar that collaborates with other Madagascar-based architects in order to modify the public and private sectors of Madagascar cities. Given that there is no architecture school in Madagascar, Razafimaharo’s work has transformed the way architecture is commissioned in the country by centering sustainability and affordability.
BORN 
Contemporary
DESCENT 
Madagascar  
DISCIPLINE Architecture / Master Planning Founder of Trano Architecture