redefining the designer’s role in creating a socially and environmentally responsible world community creative individuals with like minds that want to impact the world positively through design. Our creative volunteers Rebuild is about the community it creates—
serve as project managers and are advised to lead their own projects. We encourage autonomy for each Rebuild member when possible. This model is the platform that enables Rebuild to function with many overlapping projects at a time. It also allows the creative individual to explore personal projects through our organization; something very relevant in the creative world, although many times neglected because of limited resources.
This is where Rebuild comes in.
THE REBUILD STRATEGY CREATIVE EXPERTISE Architects Industrial Designers Interior Designers Graphic Designers Illustrators Photographers Artists
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NETWORK / COLLABORATION A cross-pollination between our creative volunteers and our non-profit / NGO partners. A
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The multi-disciplinary network model unique to Rebuild brings a wide range of creative expertise, resources and information to support organizations from various specializations.
OUR CORE VALUES INNOVATIVE / CREATIVE SOLUTIONS The goal is to solve problems that face humanity in innovative ways using creative, strategic thinking and our network/collaborative model to execute the best solutions for our clients. Our emphasis some times may involve a link or connection to an organization for our client rather than an internal solution, understanding that there may be a better resource for them than Rebuild. In addition, the project may involve a collaboration between Rebuild plus another organization.
HUMANITARIAN BENEFITS Improve Living Experience Community Building Education
Green Building / Sustainability Social Awareness Social Responsibility
our recent work:
tijuana housing project 2005 crawford high school / stand up for kids collaboration 2006 mission bay lifeguard headquarters remodel rebuild: kenya
2006 - 07
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socal wildfire recovery program 2007 fuller project
2009
project find safe trestles
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tijuana housing project:
Provide housing solutions to communities in need by addressing sustainable solutions for future growth.
Working with a small community organization located in a neighborhood in Tijuana, Rebuild volunteers had the opportunity to work with community members in addressing their housing needs. Members visited a number of communities and spoke with property owners to see the physical challenges that they faced on a daily basis: lack of clean water, electricity and basic health services. Rebuild members collaborated with community members and provided 3 protoypical housing schemes. The project was a study on how residents can maximize their use of space through smart and effcient designs.
PROJECT GOALS: 1: Evaluate existing housing conditions in Tijuana. 2: Provide alternative housing solutions to community members. 3: Provide opportunities to volunteer across the international border.
crawford high school: stand up for kids
Design, organize and supervise a half-day community service workshop / field trip, between high school art students and existing homeless street kids
STUDENT RESPONSES FROM FIELD TRIP: Only you can make a home a home. You think you’re more free being homeless. Well no you’re not, when you’re homeless you got way more rules then a regular person living in a home. Going on the field trip I learned that life outside on the streets is hard and very dangerous. I even went back to donate some of my clothing and shoes. You need school for everything in life. More than enough people everyday go without a home or even food. Consider yourself fortunate to have one. So be fortunate you have a home or you get to go to school. Don’t take anything for granted. It was a really great time that we spent talking with her and I also think that it made me realize that I should appreciate all that I have. Because there are a lot of people who don’t have anything to eat. So if you decide to runaway, think first. Is it worth it? PROJECT GOALS: 1: Complete eight community service hours for 10th grade art students 2: Bridge interactive communication between high school teenagers and homeless teenagers 3: Have high school students define what a home means to them
mission bay lifeguard hq: remodel
Provide pro-bono design services to the Mission Bay Park lifeguards to remodel their existing facitlites
Through the voluntary efforts of architects and designers of the San Diego community, the lifeguards at Mission Bay have asked Rebuild volunteers to participate by providing preliminary drawings and designs for remodeling their existing facilities. With the lifeguards working in an undesirable space, members of Rebuild interviewed the lifeguards and took field measurements on site. Through a series of design workshops, members then presented 3 schematic designs to senior lifeguard officials for approval and feedback. The project has been put on hold until further funding can be provided. PROJECT GOALS: 1: Provide schematic floor plans that meet the needs of our clients 2: Coordinate charettes and workshop meetings with lifeguards and participating members of Rebuild 3: Provide presentation drawings to senior lifeguard officials
rebuild: kenya
Rebuild is working towards the rehabilitation of an existing orphanage facility located in Nakuru, Kenya.
IHF Center There are approximately about one hundred children at the center. Although it sounds like a lot each one of them gets the opportunity to express themselves. The children get together once a week to have a family meeting lead by the co-directors and the older children. It was nice seeing everyone together at the center and working things out as a team. The center has five buildings that sit on approximately 15 Acres of land. Building number one is Carol’s house but is currently not used for its deteriorating conditions. We stayed in building number two which is the girl’s dorm. Staying close to the children allowed me to have a deeper understanding of their culture and be part of their daily routine. I got to see how much love they have for each other and how grateful they are for everything they have. Building number three is the boy’s dormitory. Building number four is used as classrooms. Only a small portion of building number five is used for the kitchen because there is a crack through the building. All buildings need a lot of tender love, and care.
socal wildfire recovery program
Provide pro-bono design services to wildfire survivors through workshops, charettes and meetings.
With more than half million people displaced during the wildfires and under mandatory evacuation by the San Diego County Authority, over 1,000 structures were destroyed and 500,000 acres burned. Rebuild members assisted families in the post 2007 wildfire rebuilding effort, collaborating with the Center for Sustainable Energy, United Green, the Heartland Foundation and a number of non-profit organizations. Voluntary architects and designers assisted homeowners and helped with on-site clean up efforts. Volunteers conducted a number of site visits, workshops and participated in meetings provided by the wildfire recovery centers. Rebuild aims to educate homeowners and fire survivors on strategies for preventing future damage by considering products and building materials that are environmentally friendly and more resilient to wildfires. The goal is to educate homeowners on practicing and promoting green design in hopes of inspiring and sustaining community commitment to energy awareness, water conservation and the use of renewable energy and emerging technology. PROJECT GOALS: 1: Assist fire survivors. 2: Encourage homeowners to build green 3: Collaborate with supportive organizations.
projectFIND: 1.0
Calling all socially responsible designers! We need you to help us find our next project!
Due to the increasing amount of volunteers and their interest in helping out with Rebuild, we decided to establish a projectFIND competition that will help Rebuild raise awareness. The idea behind the challenge is to conceptualize potential socially responsible projects that can be analyzed and identified by Rebuild Managing Directors for future projects. Any project that can raise awareness to efficiency, sustainability, being a socially responsible, etc., will be considered. Projects can range in scope & scale including public art, landscaping, building remodels, site & master planning, environment design, etc. A conceptual budget will be recommended as well. With this in mind, smaller, yet effective project ideas may be more desirable. Some projects may even net a cost savings. An example of this could be altering existing landscape conditions that are more sustainable and over time, save water as well as money. After the selection process, Rebuild will appoint the developer of the chosen proposal as the project leader who will work directly with a Rebuild managing director in creating the design team and executing the project. GREEN WAY
SAN DIEGO, PLEASE GO THIS WAY.......go green
Each Cluster is ~150’ x 150’= 22,500 sq. ft (1/2 acre) consisting of 5 or 6 Households and a central building with shared resources, called the Common Core. Households have 5 bedrooms with 2 - 4 people per room, a central living room and one half-bath (a night-time potty).
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Aerial Map of San Diego showing masterplanned regions
Background of the Problem: cont’d: Socio-cultural Billboard Targeted freeways from the top: 15 near Escondido, middle: 8 freeway, and 125 near Rancho del rey
Lawns serve as mostly an aesthetic contribution to what is an American value, and a Californian ideal that developers both private and government have design to appeal to the ideal. According to Louise Sandhaus (LSDLouise Sandhaus Design) lush green lawns are part of what consitutues “house and home� for Americans. Since post WWII, developers have been cashing in on this ideal. This is an attitude that is deeply embedded in the American psyche---in part driven by Hollywood and the story of westward expansion. Where once , there was open and available land, there now exists the ideal of a uniformly manicured lawns. American neighborhoods that exhibit the uniformity of manicured lush lawns demonstrate an American tradition and value that may be traced to the centuries of our nation’s colonization and the need to turn chaos into order, through our tendency to interrupt native ecologies with neatly manicured lawns.
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safe trestles
Design Competition to Create Safe, Low-Impact Access to Trestles State Beach
What is Safe Trestles? • It is a 2-phase ideas competition to generate discussions and visions. • It is organized by the volunteer non-profit organization Architecture for Humanity. • It is a collaboration between San Onofre Foundation, Surfrider, Rebuild, and Nike 6.0. What are the goals of Safe Trestles? • Eliminate the danger of crossing active train tracks. • Restore & preserve wetlands that have been damaged by the current paths. • Preserve and improve vistas. • Offer education about the history of the site and the beach marsh environment. • Encourage open & low-impact access to Trestles for future generations.
Safe Trestles | Phase 2
Phase 2 of Safe Trestles is underway. 5 teams were selected from Phase 1 to develop their designs over the summer while working with stakeholders - Architecture for Humanity, Surfrider, and San Onofre Foundation - local agencies, and the community towards low-impact solutions that serve both surfers and visitors to the beach, restore wetlands that have been damaged by the path, preserve and augment vistas, and offer education about the history of the site and the coastal environment.
safeTRESTLES generated over 100 competition entries
is here so you can be a more meaningful designer
Partnering Organizations
Architecture for Humanity San Diego Architectural Foundation California Parks and Rec – Orange Coast Dist. Nike West – Corporate Responsibility California Center for Sustainable Energy International Humanity Foundation United Green Heartland Foundation First Step Domestic Violence Shelter Stand Up for Kids Operation Crossroads Africa The Global Studio Engineers without Borders California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture Ramona Wildfire Recovery Center
Partnering Schools
Crawford High School Palmquist Elementary School Mission Bay High School Parkway Middle School
www.architectureforhumanity.org www.sdarchitecture.org www.parks.ca.gov www.letmeplay.com www.energycenter.org www.ihfonline.org www.unitedgreen.org www.heartlandfdn.org www.firststepweb.org www.standupforkids.org www.operationcrossroadsafrica.org www.theglobalstudio.com www.ewb-sandiego.org www.calearth.org
www.mvashigh.com www.palmquist.oside.k12.ca.us www.missionbayhigh.com www.lmsvsd.k12.ca.us