Gina Duncan (right) with FEJ Founder Lucienne “Manmi” Duncan
Fondation Enfant Jesus (FEJ) is the non-profit organization that will own and run USGBC’s Project Haiti Orphanage & Children’s Center. Project Haiti is being rebuilt in the eart…
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Watching torrents of brown water cascade down the hill, filled with garbage and visibly eroding the rocky landscape, we were dramatically reminded of the importance of modern storm sewers. This humble piece of infrastructure, generally hidden from view, goes unnoticed during the course of our everyday lives in the United States, but on a hillside slum in urban Haiti during the rainy reason, there is nothing more important. From the perspective of public health, this regular deluge in the informal settlement of Villa Rosa is devastating, spreading disease, soaking possessions, and sometimes sweeping away entire buildings.
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Jeremy Sigmon, LEED® AP BD+C
Manager, Building Codes Advocacy
U.S. Green Building Council
Rubble and tent villages in every direction. Mountains of trash with no place to go. A stench that makes your stomach turn.
Canals full of stagnant, disease-f…
Maggie Comstock
Associate, Policy
U.S. Green Building Council
Last week, hundreds of architects stormed Washington as part of the American Institute of Architects’ annual Grassroots Leadership and Legislative Conference. Grassroots serves as a forum…
Marisa Long
External Relations Manager
U.S. Green Building Council
As part of the USGBC community, you’ve been introduced to Project Haiti over the past year. You’ve heard us talk about rebuilding this orphanage and children’s center in…
Sally Gimbert
Structural Engineering Technician
HOK
This entry was cross-posted from MetropolisMag.com.
USGBC’s close collaborators in Project Haiti, global architectural firm HOK, have published a series of blog entries on their efforts to desig…
Early in the Project Haiti process, our team decided to meet the design requirements of the ICC 2009 International Building Code–also encouraged by the Haitian government for new construction since the 2010 earthquake. We were already familiar with th…
Myron J. Rivers
Executive Director
USGBC Cincinnati Regional Chapter
There are certain times and events throughout history that can be described with one word or phrase and require no further explanation. These words instantly evoke a deep sense of me…
When HOK was asked to partner with the USGBC on Project Haiti, a children’s center in Port au Prince, we decided immediately that the most appropriate approach to the project would require an integrated, multi-disciplinary team. So we assembled arc…
USGBC’s close collaborators in Project Haiti, global architectural firm HOK, have published a series of blog entries on their efforts to design the first LEED Platinum orphanage and children’s center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Their pro-bono design effo…
This October 5, Project Haiti was announced at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre to an audience of 15,000 during the keynote at Greenbuild 2011. HOK is the USGBC’s official design partner for the project, the redesign of an orphanage and children’s c…
This is a cross-posted entry from the blog at hoklife.com.Access the original entry »HOK is the USGBC’s official design partner for Project Haiti, a pro bono effort to build a LEED-certified orphanage and children’s center in Port au Prince. Susta…
