After studying at the University of Arts and Industrial Design in Linz, Austria, Heringer spent an inspiring year volunteering in Bangladesh. After completing her university thesis “School: handmade in Bangladesh” in 2004, Heringer set out to make her research a reality. From fundraising to construction, Heringer’s greatest work to date, the METI Handmade School, currently stands in Rudrapur, Bangladesh. Heringer has become well known for her sustainable designs, others of which include a vocational school for electricians (also located in Bangladesh) and the Training Centre for Sustainability in Marrakech, Morocco. In 2007, Heringer received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the METI Handmade School.