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Remembering Nader Khalili
"I decided I had enough. I closed the office, bought a motorcycle, and went into the desert to work with the people on their ideas and dreams" Nader Khalili, 2005
One of the forefathers of the modern humanitarian design movement passed away on March 5th. Nader Khalili, an Iranian born architect, was the founder of the California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture. Khalili invented the Geltaftan
Earth-and-Fire Building System and the Superadobe construction technique and revolutionize adobe building around the world. He won the Aga Khan Award in 2004. Part architect, part poet his great optimism embodied what it truly means to
design for others. We were honored to interview him in Design Like You Give A Damn (full interview), and to include his work on the cover. He will be missed by all those who benefited from his work to create a more just and sustainable
world and by all those he inspired. Our thoughts are with Iliona and the entire Khalili family.
Reports From The Field
Kutamba AIDS Orphans School
Design Fellow Matt Miller is on week five of his work to design the
Kutamba AIDS Orphans School in Uganda. He's been tasked with designing a school that can be easily replicated in other parts of Africa on a site that is anything but replicable. Here's a quote from one of Matt's project updates:
"Rather than making the two-hour walk to the hardware store I managed to replace the pin with a short length of barbed wire and chewing gum, Edison was floored by such ad-hoc ingenuity, Thanks MacGyver!" To read more about his work
and to comment on his design work, take a look at his
project updates on the Open Architecture Network.
Youth With A Vision Children's Residence and Multipurpose Center
Chris Harnish is finishing up his Design Fellowship working on site to help
NextAid and Youth with a Vision develop a holistic strategy for designing and building an earth-friendly home for AIDS Orphans and HIV/AIDS education in South Africa. He's been helping with everything from materials research, to site
planning, to construction management.
Read his blog for the Architectural Record online.
Designing for Families Displaced by Hurricane Katrina
We've all had our heads to the grindstone of late finishing up houses for clients on the Gulf Coast. Take a look at the rehab and addition by Loci Architecture for the
Guillen Residence. Thank you David Briggs and all the folks at Loci for helping to bring the Guillen's home. Or, this house by the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio for a
family in Biloxi, Mississippi. Or, some of the work done by Design Director John Dwyer for the
Design Studio at NENA. For those who want a great overview of the collaboration to rebuild in Biloxi, take a read of
Strategy + Business Case Study by Booz Allen Hamilton. [
PDF version]
Now that we've gotten our head around how to design for the Gulf Coast, we're sharing many of the program materials we developed for
NENA and the
Biloxi Model Home Program on the Open Architecture Network. If you are a designer interested in learning about how to implement a family selection process - we've got you covered.
AMD Open Architecture Challenge Update
Nearly 400 designs from 59 countries are currently being juried. The 45 person jury ranges from architects at the OMA, Rogers, Stirk, Harbour + Partners and William McDonough to representatives from the AIA, AMD, Google, Lenovo, Microsoft,
Steelcase and Sun Microsystems to Thomas Dolby and Cameron Diaz. Finalists and Honorable Mentions will be announced in April.
Comings and Going
While we are deeply saddened to see Beth Orser leave (yes, we are turning her desk into a shrine), we are excited to welcome a new crew of talented designers on board. Mexico City born Barb Alvarado is relocating from Wisconsin to become
our Asst. Development Director. She is an architectural graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwalkee and worked most recently with UNIDOS against domestic violence. If you are contacting our office, chances are you will be talking
with her – so give her a warm welcome to Architecture for Humanity.
No sooner did we send Matt Miller off to rural Uganda (see above) than Anna Hallgrimsdottir arrived from Copenhagen, Denmark. She is focusing her time with us on supporting the development of a number of African-based projects, in
particular the
Football for Hope Centers. Bay-area native
Yes Duffy also starts this month. He is a community activist-architect, designer/builder, focusing on affordable, accessible, democratic design for everyday people. On his
website he writes ‘I love to try to master the mundane'. Well sir, duly noted. The gauntlet has been thrown.
Berkeley wins the spring volunteer shootout: Last semester CCA came up trumps but this spring students Sanya Detweiler, Susanna Pho and Alejandra Reyes joined us from Berkeley pulling the school ahead. Joe Payne, who is studying
International Relations at San Francisco State and student Tiffany Zhang round out or new batch of awesome. |
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On the Network:
Project:
Pallet House
Architect: I-Beam Design
Location: New York, NY
Project:
Desportes Residence
Architect: CP+D and GCCDS
Location: Biloxi, MS
Project:
Hannah's Hope
Project Lead: David Mosemann
Location: Lima, Peru
Project:
Pé de Arte, Cultura e Educação
Architect: Yorik van Havre, Thomas van Havre and Maíra Zasso
Location: São Gonçalo dos Campos, Bahia, Brazil
Project:
Proposal for Vancouver's downtown eastside
Architect: Michael Wartman
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Agit-prop of the month
Project:
biosphere
Architect: Eder castillo & Rene Hayashi
Location: somewhere on the US/Mexico border
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Opportunities
Part Time Design Fellowship, San Francisco, CA
Architecture for Humanity
Architecture for Humanity is looking for some part time architectural and graphics designers who can help us with in-house projects. Must have strong graphics skills and architectural experience. This is a part-time position. The selected
candidate will receive a monthly stipend and plenty 'o swag.
Interested? Email us with a little information about your background and digital work samples at jo...@architectureforhumanity.org.
Overseas Design Fellowships, Various Locations
Architecture for Humanity
This summer/fall we will be taking on architectural/construction professionals who can provide on the ground oversight for projects in Ghana, Mali, Namibia, Rwanda and South Africa. All candidates must have strong design and construction
experience and have a valid passport. This is a four to six month fellowship with a travel and living stipend. Knowledge of local languages, patience and sense of humor a huge plus. Ideal for the project architect who needs to brake free
of their cubicle.
To apply for any of the above positions, please email a resume, digital work samples (PDF) and any links to projects on the Open Architecture Network to:
jo...@architectureforhumanity.org.
WorldHands Workshop, Anapra, Mexico
WorldHands
March 30 - April 13, 2008
Join WorldHands for one week or both for the rehabilitation of the Las Hormigas Kitchen and Day Care Building. $600 a week, $1100 for both. There will be hands-on learning and plenty of time for questions. Contact them at
in...@worldhandsproject.org or visit
the WorldHands website for more information.
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April Events
April 3rd, 6.30pm
Rankin Scholar-in-Residence Lecture at Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
April 4th-6th
Systems for Inclusion
Annual Structures for Inclusion conference
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
Hosted by Design Corps
April 9th, 6:00pm
Collaborate for Change
Hot Studio, TED Conferences and Sun Microsystems joins us to discuss the development of the Open Architecture Network
Commonwealth Club, San Francisco
April 14th, Evening
Lecture at University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
April 15th, Evening
Lecture at Washington University, St. Louis, MO
April 25th
Rose Fellowship Deadline
Four Rose Fellowship opportunities around the country
April 26th
Run Like You Give a Damn 2008
Lace up for the 3rd Annual AFH Boston 5K run, Artesani Park, Boston, MA
April 29th
Architecture of Social Change
Co-Founder Kate Stohr in conversation with Liz Ogbu of Public Architecture, AIASF, San Francisco, CA
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