Architect
Diébédo Francis Kéré
Burkinabe architect who built his village a school from local clay and became the first African to win the Pritzker Prize.
Diébédo Francis Kéré is a Burkinabé-German architect, recognized for creating innovative works that are often sustainable and collaborative in nature. In 2022, he became the first native African to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Educated at Technische Universität Berlin, he has lived in Berlin since 1985. Parallel to his studies, he established the Kéré Foundation, and in 2005 he founded Kéré Architecture. His architectural practice has been recognized internationally with awards including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2004) for his first building, the Gando Primary School in Burkina Faso, and the Global Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction.
- Born
- 1965-04-10, Gando, Burkina FasoA Saturday
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- Burkina Faso
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1965-04-10, Gando, Burkina Faso · time unknown, noon chart
Africa/Ouagadougouthe zone used then
Africa/OuagadougouThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 20°24′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 9°48′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 16°59′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Aries | 19°58′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 9°16′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 27°23′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 12°36′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Virgo | 11°18′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 19°23′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Virgo | 14°09′ | Retrograde |
Diébédo Francis Kéré is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Diébédo Francis Kéré was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.