Sponsor: ARCHIVE Institute
Type: Open, international
Location: St. Marc, Haiti
Language: English, French
Fee: $50 US for professionals from developed nations
$30 US for students from developed nations
$10 US for teams from developing nations
Eligibility:
Both professionals and students are encouraged to participate. Architects, building designers, urban planners, health professionals, researchers, public health specialists, and other interested professionals are encouraged to submit their ideas to the competition.
Timetable:
20 September 2010 – Registration deadline
12 November 2010 – Submissions deadline
1 December 2010 – 1st round judging completed; 20 winners announced
7 December 2010 – Final 5 winners announced
12 January 2011 – Launch of travel exhibit
1 March 2011 – Construction of pilot houses begins
31 May 2011 – Construction of selected units completed
July 2011 – Building occupancy of completed units
Awards:
First place - $5,000 US
Second place - $3,000 US
Third place - $2,000 US
2 additional projects will receive ARCHIVE design excellence merit awards
Jury:
· Juan Carlos Sanabria,Director of School of Architecture,Veritas University,San Jose, Costa Rica
· Rodney Harber,Professor of Architecture, and Principal Architect/Urban Planner at Harber & Associates,Harber & Associates,SOUTH AFRICA
· Fabrizio Gallanti and Francisca Insulza,Urban Designers,Veritas University,San Jose, Costa Rica
· Marco Poletto and Claudia Pasquero,Founders of EcoLogicStudio,EcoLogicStudio,London, UK
· Hector Altamirano,Researcher at the 'Healthy Infrastructure Research Centre,Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, UCL,London, UK
· Peter Guthrie OBE,RedR Founder,Cambridge, England
· Paul Pholeros,Adjunct Associate Professor, Director, Healthabitat,University of Sydney,Sydney, Australia
· Jo da SilvA,Director of International Development,ARUP Group,London, UK
· Graham Saunders,Head of Shelter,International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,Geneva, Switzerland
· Edward Nardell,Associate Professor,Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, Partners in Health,Boston, MA
· Leopold Blanc,Coordinator, Stop TB,World Heath Organization,Geneva, Switzerland
· Esther Boucicault,Founder of FEBS,FEBS (Foundation Esther Boucicault-Stanislas), Haitian AIDS Organization,St. Marc, Haiti
· Rod Escombe,Honorary Research Fellow,Division of Investigative Science, Imperial College,London, UK
· Tiziana Rossetto,Director of MSc in Earthquake Engineering with Disaster Management,Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London,London, UK
· Zaha Hadid Architects,Founding Director,Zaha Hadid Architects,London, UK
Design Challenge:
Kay e Sante nan Ayiti (Creole for Housing and Health in Haiti), is an international competition launched by the ARCHIVE Institute to build five housing units in the area of St. Marc, Haiti. The housing units are unique in that throughout the entire project, from design, construction, and habitation, HEALTH is a driving factor. The housing units will make use of common sense design principles, and all units should seek to minimize the transmission of Tuberculosis. The community of St. Marc will be actively engaged in the project, helping refine the final ideas to ensure the long-term viability of the project. The Kay e Sante nan Ayiti project believes that the way to reach the best design solution is through a collaboration of minds, skills, interests and people. ARCHIVE hopes that the competition will raise awareness of the ability of housing to change the way in which society deals with global infectious disease epidemics, as well as generate a newfound knowledge amongst applicants of the link between housing and health.
Entrants from various backgrounds are asked to contribute ideas to this project, to share knowledge and create a truly interdisciplinary network of interested individuals. The 5 winning proposals will be built in 2011, with habitation commencing July 2011. The winning designs will also be showcased in travelling exhibits to universities worldwide and in a ‘best practice’ design development compendium.
Submission Requirements:
Please submit 1 poster sized board at 150 DPI 36”x48” or A0 in .jpg format. The maximum file size able to upload is 8mb.
The poster submission should include conceptual or rough schematic level design drawings including a site plan, building plan, 2 sections, 4 elevations, two 3 dimensional views of the project, a general outline of construction techniques, a brief summary of the project, an ARCHIVE logo and Submission ID in the lower right hand corner as well as any additional supporting graphic material. Text can be in English or French at no smaller than 12 point font using Verdana. See Appendix for logo.
Please also submit a design descriptive in a Pdf format. This is a written statement of the submission’s design intent and includes relevant graphics. It must include conceptual goals, the influence of health on the project proposal, the overall design descriptive, technical information about the project, a conceptual structural proposal, an initial budget and an outline description of construction methods.
Include an ARCHIVE logo and Submission ID on each page in the lower right hand corner. Use 10 pt Verdana font single spaced. This information will be utilized for a Compendium booklet of proposed submissions. French and English submissions are both acceptable.
The descriptive is a maximum 12 pages and should be on 8 1/2” x 11” or A4 pages.
For more information, go to: http://www.archiveinstitute.org/haiti/
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