Emerald Upoma Baidya is leading the Architectural Design team at BRAC Institute of Educational Development since 2018. She also works with POCAA as a Community Architect and a volunteer. She received her B. Arch. Degree in 2013 from BRAC University, Bangladesh, and MSc in Urban Strategic Spatial Planning in 2016 from KU Leuven, Belgium. She is in a continuous pursuit of finding affordable design solutions for children’s play and learning spaces. Co-creation with children and communities is a core aspect of her team’s work process. She believes that it’s crucial to keep learning from local practices of play, art, crafts, and building techniques in creating sustainable designs.
POCAA (Platform of Community Action and Architecture) – A platform where people from different backgrounds with the interest of working for low-income communities engage with each other.
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