Many Haitians are still trying to rebuild their lives seven years after a powerful earthquake devastated much of the country. Thankfully, organizations like Konbit Shelters are helping local communities build sustainable...
Winter Walk has returned for its second year in downtown San Francisco. This pop-up plaza on Stockton Street between Geary and Ellis provides a public open space during the construction of the Central Subway. RHAA Landscape...
TITLE Architectural Association School of Architecture - Bamboo Workshops in Haiti ABSTRACT The AA School has been working with Quisqueya Univeristy, the Wynne Farm and ARUP through short workshops to design, and in 2017...
3D printing is great for homes because it can let you print just about any plastic object you crave. But in Haiti, which is still recovering from a devastating earthquake, the technology has a more urgent application: 3D-printing...
A reciprocal frame is a self-supporting system of beams or poles that require not center pole or support beam. In a reciprocal system, each pole relies on the pole beneath it for support and can be built with a minimum of...
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A prototype for a solar and wind power station that fits within a shipping container has placed a group of students from Princeton University among the winners of a national EPA-sponsored sustainable design competition...
When a massive earthquake struck Haiti two years ago today, the damage was staggering. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced and entire towns were reduced to rubble. In the wake of the destruction Architecture for...
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Yesterday marked the opening of Port-au-Prince’s historic Iron Market, a bustling and important space for commercial activity in the city center...
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What if the crumbled remains of Haiti could be recycled and used to repair and rebuild a brand new city? That’s what one company, Independence Recycling of Florida, is proposing as a reconstruction process...
This past Saturday, the world awoke to yet another horrific natural disaster, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake right off the coast of Chile near Concepcion. It’s only been 2 days since the deadly quake and the death toll...
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