During the fall of 2005, John Mary Lugemwa, the founders of Hope Integrated Academy, along with the Uganda Rural Fund envisioned providing quality education to the children of his home village, Kyetume, Uganda (about 40 km South of Masaka). ....
Formally, the pitch is surrounded by an earth berm that has been excavated and transformed at its four corners. The program spaces have been inserted and their pitched roofs emulate and complete the previous....
Project Location: Huri Hills, Marsabit District, Kenya Building Type:Women’s Center, Water Delivery, Utilities, Toilet Block, Social Service Centers, … Project Descripton: Actually the planning for this project began when a plane crashed in Marsabit and our organization's founder felt the need to erect a memorial in honor of those who had died in the crash. Over the years, it has grown into its present state with the....
Project Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Building Type:Water Delivery Project Descripton:
An important aspect of a transitional shelter is how quickly it can be deployed and assembled on site. This proposal employs the use of computer numerically controlled (CNC) manufacturing processes and technologies to improve the efficiency and....
Project Location: Brooklyn, New York , United States Building Type:Water Delivery Project Descripton:
Urban Studio Brooklyn’s summer 2007 workshop brought together 8 architecture students from Pratt Institute, CUNY, SUNY Buffalo, NYIT, Columbia, and Barnard to complete a water reclamation system for Habana Outpost, New York’s first solar....
During USBK’s first workshop in August, 2006, the team designed and constructed a rainwater collection system for Habana Outpost, an environmentally minded restaurant in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; the project was commissioned by Habana Outpost....
Project Location: New Orleans, LA, United States Building Type:Water treatment, Water Delivery, Utilities, Toilet Block, Temporary Shelter, … Project Descripton: In refugee camps and areas effected by natural disaster, a common policy exists that most structures or improvements must be temporary, even though they may be used for decades. As a result, infrastructure systems are designed to last only a few....
Project Location: Lenin Nagar and Poondiyakuppam, Tamil Nadu, India Building Type:Water Delivery Project Descripton: The project involves the building of 2 piers, one on either side of the estaury/river Uppanaru to service the communities, especially the children, of Poodiyankuppam and a second pier at Lenin Nagar.
Architecture for Humanity is raising funds to support reconstruction efforts. Our work will focus on rebuilding clinics, schools, community centers and other critical infrastructure as well as housing. Please help us rebuild communities and lives.
