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Chemin La Vie Orphanage
Project Brief
The Chemin La Vie Center Orphanage will support abused street children who have run away from their homes. The goal of the center is to help these children become productive members of society by placing them in a supportive, nurturing environment where they are well cared for and have the opportunity to engage in everyday activities typical of children there age. The center does not offer formal schooling, but teaches the children life skills that will help them be successful adults. The design for the center was generated by the idea of a mother’s loving protective embrace. Status: Schematic Design Completion: 2104
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Nicholas
Project Brief
Nicholas School is a series of single and dual room classrooms outside of Mirebalais Haiti. As one of our most rural projects, it posed a great challenge for our construction techniques and for the builders. The land for this project was donated by the mayor of a small village that has never had a school building. The children of this village have had to walk for miles to school through the mountains of Haiti. Status: Construction Completion: 2012
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Ecole de Choix
Project Brief
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informal manner mimicking the nearby villages
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concrete with infill CMU units. The richness of the project is derived from simplicity, and the informal-
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ing spaces between buildings, while urbanizing an otherwise rural site. Status: Phase One Completed Completion: 2012
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THE VILLAGE An informal game was created using A MIRROR, A TWIST and A NUDGE to create interesting and accidental relationships not unlike the villages that surround the school. Then sectional influences were introduced in to the site and building placement
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University Hospital Eye Clinic
Project Brief
The University Hospital Eye Clinic is a proposal to replace an existing facility that has been in its present location for many years, but due to damage from the earthquake of 2010 can no longer serve the community. The waiting area is impossible to navigate; diminished spatial capacity and increased services are putting a significant level of strain on the staff. The new facility will provide the
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UNEPH Media Lab
Project Brief
The UNEPH Media Lab is typical of many of the projects we are undertaking in Haiti where the application of a formal solution can solve an otherwise insurmountable brief. This Media Lab was to be designed for the roof of an existing teaching facility on the UNEPH campus in downtown Port-au-Prince. We were able to convince the client that a typical and heavy concrete block solution would not work and that our light-weight and strong metal stick system would be the ideal solution. The Media Lab is to house teaching and communication facilities for long distance learning. Status: Construction Completion: 2012
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Rural Haiti Project
Project Brief
The Rural Haiti Project is a U.S. based youth leadership organization headquartered in New York City. Its aim is to empower children to become builders and leaders of their communities by conducting programs for low-income and at-risk children in rural areas of Haiti. Status: Schematic Design Completion: 2013
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