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This Issue:
Football for Hope | Chapter News | Opportunities and Events | Special Thanks
Hello all,
Yesterday saw Spain crash the Dutch party in the last minutes of a grueling two hour World Cup final. As the festivities came to a close the legacy of the 2010 World Cup continues. FIFAs "20 Centres for 2010" is on track to build twenty youth sports centers that address challenges to improve education and health services. Many thanks to our partners FIFA and streetfootballworld and the dozens of local architects that are part of this program. This month we highlight their heroic work.
Today saw the six month anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. Our team on the ground is hard at work, with a particular focus on transitional to permanent school building. Today we began an open RFP process for local organizations looking to build and repair schools ( French and Kreole). Our co-founder has been blogging regularly and wrote a little op-ed on The Last Responders, those working from the reconstruction phase. Here is look back at the reconstruction plan we wrote six months ago this week.
Next week we announce the rebuilding projects we're supporting in Chile. Later this month the Homeless World Cup Legacy Center breaks ground in Santa Cruz, Brazil as well as school building in Uganda. We've just begun working with Happy Hearts Fund and ING Direct on school building in Peru and Mexico.
The Open Architecture Network (OAN) has added a 'Share' tool. Simply click on the share tab or write ‘/share' at the end of an OAN url and you can embed project slideshows on Facebook, your firm site, personal blog, etc. Also on the OAN is the submission process for Design Like Give A Damn 2. We've found some awesome nominees but are looking for more. If you know of a project, or one you've done yourself, don't be shy - submit it today. The submission period ends this month.
Finally, if you're a small non-profit, business or individual in San Francisco looking for desk space with good karma, we may have what you're looking for. Please emailJason Olson for more info. Added bonus, you get to sit in on our Wednesday lunch and learn sessions - last week the team from Equity Community Builders, this week Michelle Kaufmann!
Cheers,
The Architecture for Humanity Team
Find us on Twitter at @archforhumanity
ps. If you have a project on the Open Architecture Network it may appear on our upcoming iPad app, that will be on display at the Museum of Modern Art this fall. Upload yours today and stay tuned.
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| Football for Hope Centers |
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Project Partners: FIFA, streetfootballworld and Architecture for Humanity
The Football for Hope Center in Khayelitsha is the first of the Football for Hope Centers to open in Africa. Co-founder Kate Stohr and Program Manager Gretchen Mokry recently visited and kicked the football around in a pre-World Cup tournament. The local team won handily and everyone celebrated with a "brie", or South African BBQ. Over the next few months seven more centers will open and twelve more begin development.
Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa
Center Host: Grassroot Soccer
Focus: Using football-based programs to educate on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention as well as on how to lead healthy lives.
Design Team: ARG Design, Cape Town, South Africa | Design Fellows: Oana Stanescu, Christine Lara and Eugene da Silva | Engineers: Henry Fagan and Partners
Baguinéda, Bamako, Mali
Center Host: Association Malienne pour la Promotion de la Jeune Fille et de la Femme (AMPJF)
Focus: Empowering girls and young women by helping to strengthen their self-esteem and social status in the community.
Design Team: M. Youseff Berthe, Quarc,Bamako, Mali | Design Fellow: Michael Heublein | Engineers: BerteCo
Oguaa Football for Hope Centre, Cape Coast, Ghana
Center Host: Play Soccer Ghana
Focus: Integrating education into health, social and football programs to promote leadership and socio-economic development.
Design Team: Joe Addo, Constructs LLC, Accra, Ghana | Design Fellow: David Pound
Katutura Football for Hope Centre, Windhoek, Namibia
In memory of Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Centre Host: Special Olympics Namibia
Focus: Providing individuals with intellectual disabilities and special needs with adequate learning facilities, HIV/AIDS awareness and assistance in job searches.
Design Team: Nina Maritz and Paul Munting, Wasserfall Munting Architects, Windhoek, Namibia | Design Fellows: Jhono Bennett and Thomas Calhoun
Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre, Kigali, Rwanda
Centre Host: Espérance - Association des Jeunes Sportifs de Kigali
Focus: Supporting young people through counseling and training to overcome ethnic divides and become peace advocates in their communities.
Design Team: J-Smart, Kigali, Rwanda with Killian Doherty | Design Fellow: Killian Doherty | Additional Design Support: Seung Jin Ham, Tiffany Lau and Rui Peng
Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya
Center Host: Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA)
Focus: Educating on HIV/AIDS awareness, leadership and the environment, including organizing clean-up groups.
Design Team: Andrew Gremley, Pharos Architects, Niarobi, Kenya and Studio 610 | Design Fellow: Isaac Mugumbule | Engineers: Peter Wanjau, Mike Gumbi | Environmental Consultant: Dr. Alfred Omenya, Green Arch, Niarobi, Kenya
Maseru, Lesotho
Center Host: Kick4Life
Focus: Teaching HIV/AIDS awareness including education and testing, essential life skills, personal development and work training.
Design Team: Axel Stelter
Mogalakwena, Mokopane, South Africa
Center Host: South African Red Cross Society
Focus: Serving social service and youth development programs, peer education, public health, volunteer counseling and testing, and first aid.
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| Chapter News |
image of informal settlements being swept away in Mexico |
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A warm ‘Welcome!' to our newest chapters in Calgary, Canada; Guadalajara, Mexico; Mexico City, Mexico; Monterrey, Mexico; Santiago, Chile; Shanghai, China and Champaign/Urbana. We are excited by all the new chapters appearing on our chapter network.
Our latest chapter in Monterrey, Mexico had just begun when Hurricane alex ripped through the area. The image below sums it up. While a blip on the international news cycle, Alex tore through the region with force. The team are looking at ways they can donate there services to those in need.
The Beirut chapter is continuing to renovate the Dar al Hamra al Haditha school - a private primary school that needs help with broken windows, doors, water leaks and heat.
Our Pittsburgh chapter is designing a fence and outdoor art gallery in a vacant lot with a Lawrenceville resident. Local artists will be able to use the space to install their work.
Architecture for Humanity Charleston has launched the chapter's first open design competition, called "The HuB." If you had a magic wand, what would you change in Charleston?
Architecture for Humanity Toronto's Tamsin Ford volunteered in Haiti with our crew in Port au Prince that is helping re-build Haiti. She'll be presenting at the T.O. Haiti benefit the chapter is putting on in August (see below).
The New York chapter is partnering with the city to hold its second annual FlyNY kite competition in August. flyny.org. It was a great success last year and this year promises to be another fun day of kite making, flying activities and a design competition.
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| Events and Opportunities |
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Work at Architecture for Humanity
Cape Town, South Africa - One Year Design Fellowship
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - One Year Structural Engineer Fellowship and Six Months Design Volunteer (partnered with local architect on school building)
Santiago, Chile - Six Month Design Fellowship
Yogyakarta, Indonesia - One Year Design Fellowship
Dili, Timor-Leste - Six Month Design Fellowship
Summer Volunteering at the Headquarters, San Francisco - Please check out our volunteer postings if you want to lend a hand at headquarters.
To apply for a job please email your resume and examples of your work to this email.
Other Opportunities:
Housing in Papau New Guinea
Have experience working in Papau New Guinea? We have a potential client looking to build affordable housing and we are just beginning research the costs of construction on the island. If you have experience email us today. We may have a design gig in the fall. Contact us if you're interested.
Odawa Native Friendship Centre
The non-profit serves the Aboriginal community in Eastern Ontario, Canada. They need pro-bono help for a retrofit project at the centre in Ottawa www.odawa.on.ca. The proposed project will address existing safety, health and environmental issues. Contact us if you're interested.
Back Better Communities (BBBC) Prefab Expo RFP
The Government of Haiti has enlisted Malcolm Reading to hold a design competition expo for prefabricated housing solutions. Design submission deadline is July 19th. Direct queries toBBBC@malcolmreading.co.uk
Comings and Goings/Misc.
A warm welcome to our new office manager, Jason Olson. He's a California native with a nonprofit and environmental engineering background. Norma Taylor, our new development strategist, recently relocated from L.A. where she was in sales and marketing. Design Fellow Diego Collazos has joined the Happy Hearts / ING team in Lima, Peru at the end of the month.
The office is a sea of volunteers from design professionals seeking work to summer interns from various colleges around the world. Next time we'll highlight them in our monthly roundup.
Events
Tumblecloud Projects: 4 Artists Opening to benefit Lulan Artisans
July 13, 2010 4pm to 8pm
1750 Bridgeway A200, Sausalito CA
Architecture for Humanity: Designing at the Grassroots
July 13, 2010 6:30pm to 7:30pm
AIA San Francisco, 130 Sutter Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA
A Life In A Day
July 24th
Global.
T.O. Haiti
August 5th
The Great Hall, Toronto, Canada
A Benefit by Architecture for Humanity Toronto
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