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Dear all,
A few minutes ago we just wrapped up a press conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The Kenyan High Commissioner for Kenya joined Dan Shine of AMD and myself to announce the three site winners and the overall challenge winner. The designs
will also be shown on PBS/Frontline and other international media outlets.
Congratulations to all the finalists and honorable mentions and all the entries will be available for viewing on the Open Architecture Network. We are already speaking with a number of supporters and donors about securing the funding for
the other two sites PLUS a number of community organizations asked to view all the designs for potentially replicating this great program. If a community asks to connect with you we will help liaise with you. (one of the finalists of our
mobile health clinic competition ended up being selected to design the Ipuli Center of Excellence which is near completion!)
Cheers
Cameron and the whole Architecture for Humanity team.
2007 AMD Open Architecture Challenge Announces Winners
- The Global Studio of Seattle, WA, USA selected as overall winner for its innovative design of a technology media lab and recording studio in Nairobi, Kenya. –
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Cape Town, South Africa, June 3, 2008 - Architecture for Humanity and AMD are proud to announce the winners of the 2007 AMD Open Architecture Challenge: Digital Inclusion, a global competition to develop technology facilities for
communities in need, from the 50x15 Africa Partner Summit in Cape Town, South Africa. The competition received 566 registered entries from 57 countries. The winners, including one overall competition winner and two regional site winners,
were determined by an international review board of jurors comprised of architects, technologists, and community members. The overall competition winner and Africa challenge site winner is The Global Studio of Seattle, WA, USA, for its
design of a technology media lab and recording studio for SIDAREC, located in an informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya. With the construction of this media lab, Lucy Mathai and George Onyango, both founders of SIDAREC, hope their
community will become "the next Silicon Valley."
The competition was announced at the 2007 TED Conference and launched at the 2007 World Economic Forum on Africa in June. AMD sponsored the 2007 challenge through 50x15, a global initiative founded by AMD with the goal of enabling
affordable Internet access and computing capability for 50 percent of the world's population by the year 2015.
The winners of the South American challenge site are Igor Taskov of Nis, Serbia and Heather Worrell and ChunSheh Teo of Indianapolis, IN, USA, for their design of a fair trade chocolate factory and technology hub for Kallari Association in
Ecuador. The winner of the Asia challenge site is Max Fordham LLP & Nick Lawrence of London, UK, for an innovative telemedicine center for Nyaya Health in the remote mountains of western Nepal.
Architecture for Humanity also awarded its Founders Award to the third place Asia challenge finalist, Studio Wikitecture, for embracing a truly collaborative way of working using online crowd sourcing and Second Life as a way to create a
highly participatory design approach.
As the winner of the 2007 AMD Open Architecture Challenge, The Global Studio will see their ideas come to life in the heart of the Mukuru Kwa Njenga settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. With full construction financing made possible with funding
by AMD and the 50x15 Initiative the team will collaborate with Architecture for Humanity and SIDAREC, the recipient local community organization, to build their winning solution. The Global Studio's innovative design will help empower and
enrich the lives of thousands of children in the heart of this vast unplanned settlement.
Additionally, each of the three winning teams receives a US$5,000 travel stipend to travel on site and work with the respective community organizations to further develop and refine the design. Architecture for Humanity is currently
seeking additional funds to construct the solutions for the sites in Ecuador and Nepal.
Open Architecture Challenge Winners and Finalists:
Africa:
1.
The Global Studio, Seattle, WA
2.
Duvivier Architects, Venice, CA
3.
KBAS, Philadelphia, PA
4.
Yu and Yang of ARki, Taipei, Taiwan
4.
Daniel Roberts and Tracy Autenrieth, Ball State University, Valparaiso, IN, USA
Honorable Mentions
Milinda Pathiraja, Kandy, Sri Lanka and
Ganga Ratnayake, Melbourne, Australia
Joao Pedro Torres, Universidade Federal de Minas, Gerais, Brazil
Kojima Laboratory, Tokyo Science University, Chiba, Japan
ARCHIsquad, Zagreb, Croatia
Joseph Sarkodie, Sheffield, UK
Moxon Architects, London, UK
Asia:
1.
Max Fordham LLP & Nick Lawrence, London, UK
2.
Emre Can Yilmaz, Istanbul, Turkey
3.
Studio Wikitecture, Second Life
Founders Award
Studio Wikitecture, Second Life
4.
MasA, Sevilla, Spain
4.
Boulder Associates, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Honorable Mentions
Kilian Mattitsch and Walter Kräutler, Architekturkonsulat, Vienna, Austria
Souman Barua, Tim Green and Robert Rickey, with Graham Hill and Indy Sohel, Crediton, Devon, UK
Birinchi Kumar Roy, New Delhi, India and Sanjit Roy, Baltimore, MD, USA
Luke Perry, Matthew Bitterman and Nicolette Mastrangelo, Berkeley, CA, USA
RZS, Zach Olczak, Rob Bratton, Memphis, TN, USA
South America:
1.
Igor Taslkov, Nis, Serbia
and
Heather Worrell, Chun Sheh Teo, Indianapois, IN
2.
ZerOgroup, Manaos, Brazil
3.
HdIT Collaborative, Seattle WA
4.
Guido Silvestri with Leonardo Zaffi and nuvolaB architetti associati, Florence, Italy
5.
Team Chocologia, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO, USA
Honorable Mentions
Jason Bentley, Eric Ellis and Shawn Button, DTJ Design, Boulder, CO, USA with
Roman Fry, Rayatheon, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Veronica Reed and Tannya Pico, Studio de Diseño Sostenible, Quito, Ecuador
Hee-Yun Kim, Mark Mangapora and Jason Roberts, New York, NY
Janak Alford & Jacqueline Che, Ottawa, Canada
Tatsuya Iwata and Sung-Joon Kim, Chicago, IL
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About AMD
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is a leading global provider of innovative processing solutions in the computing, graphics and consumer electronics markets. AMD is dedicated to driving open innovation, choice and industry growth
by delivering superior customer-centric solutions that empower consumers and businesses worldwide. For more information, visit www.amd.com
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About 50x15
The 50x15 Initiative, launched by AMD in 2004 at the World Economic Forum,
is a bold and far-reaching effort to develop new technology and solutions
to help enable affordable Internet access and computing capability
for 50 percent of the world's population by the year 2015. More than just
goodwill, 50x15 is about fostering long-term economic progress and
investment within high-growth markets in ways that benefit a wide range of
people and businesses. For more information, visit www.50x15.com . For more information about the Challenge winners, visit www.50x15.com/oac .
About Architecture for Humanity
Architecture for Humanity is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crises and provides professional design services to communities in need. For more information, please visit
www.architectureforhumanity.org
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About the Open Architecture Challenge
Each year Architecture for Humanity hosts a global design challenge on the Open Architecture Network to harness the creativity and energy of the design community to address a different systemic issue facing those living in underserved
communities. By reaching beyond the traditional bounds of architecture the open design competition challenges architects, designers and others to solve inequities in the built environment affecting the health, prosperity and well-being of
under-served communities.
The 2009 Open Architecture Challenge will focus on redesigning portable classrooms. For more information and to view all the designs entries into the 2007 AMD Open Architecture Challenge, please visit
www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/challenge
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About the Open Architecture Network
The Open Architecture Network is an online, open source community dedicated to improving living conditions through innovative and sustainable design. For more information please visit: www.openarchitecturenetwork.org
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ps. For those in New York City.
Architecture for Humanity New York invites you to view selected entries from the AMD Open Architecture Challenge, in The "TWO PROBLEMS, HUNDREDS OF SOLUTIONS " exhibition, showing from 7-8:30 p.m., Thursday, June 12th at the Vitra
Showroom, 29 9th Avenue, between 13th and 14th streets New York, NY.
Cameron Sinclair
Eternal Optimist/Co Founder
cam...@architectureforhumanity.org
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