Architecture for Humanity Design Charette

Architecture for Humanity Design Charette
Location: AFH-SF Headquarters
Date: March 18, 2009

1. Mission Statement: Purpose
Architecture for Humanity San Francisco is a platform for multi-disciplinary professionals to promote awareness of and find solutions for vital issues facing communities in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area region. We practice design activism, by working collaboratively with local communities, non-profits, businesses, and government to provide strategies and solutions for the built environment that become assets for the general public.

Principles & Values
We believe that good design solutions empowers communities and raises the quality of life, regardless of age, race, sex, or economic status. We encourage site and community based development, and utilize appropriate design principles and technologies that engage the local climate, culture, economics, and priorities.

2. New AfH Projects

Rebuilding Together Oakland
Lead: Michael Huang [michael.huang@huanmic.com]
Dates: April 11th, April 18th , April 25th
Locations: TBD - Oakland
Join hundreds of other volunteers who come together to restore homes and community facilities of your low-income neighbors. Home repairs focuse on safety, comfort and independence, and include carpentry, flooring, plumbing, electrical, plastering, painting


Open Architecture Challenge
Lead: Michael Jones [jonesarch@gmail.com]
Registration Deadline: May 4, 2009
Submission Deadline: June 1, 2009
Educating all children worldwide will require the construction of 10 million new classrooms in more than 100 countries by 2015. We are inviting you, teachers, students, architects and designers, to work together to design the classroom of the future for a school of your choosing. Pick a group to work with and start brainstorming a new site.


Designers are encouraged to join Architecture for Humanity's OPEN ARCHITECTURE CHALLENGE. "Designing the classroom of the future."

If your design wins, your school will receive up to $50,000 in funding for classroom construction and upgrading. You will receive a grant of $5,000 to help them do it.

LINK:

http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/competitions/challenge/2009

Architecture for Humanity San Francisco Chapter meets every third Wednesday of the month!