WHO WE ARE
We are a network of socially responsible designers where members and supporters can express and act on their concerns about the built environment and humanity at large. The DC chapter of Architecture for Humanity has developed projects worldwide and lectured at various venues including Catholic University of America, UN Habitat - Green Building Rating In Africa conference and Pecha Kucha for Haiti.
To answer some of your initial questions, check out our Frequently Asked Questions page.
MISSION
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"Architecture for Humanity DC is a collective of like-minded individuals with diverse professional backgrounds working towards improving global humanitarian conditions through socially responsible and sustainable community design."
CORE VALUES
- Improve humanitarian living
- Partner with communities in under-resourced areas
- Use design as a tool to facilitate community empowerment and enact social change
VISION
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"Imagine a world where a free and open exchange of design and ideas can be used to empower and strengthen underserved communities."
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
- Collaborate with communities, individuals, organizations.
- Academic outreach.
- Raise public awareness of their local issues and surroundings.
- Realize the outcomes of the projects we undertake; continue the feedback loop.
- Develop a framework for a comprehensive design process.
- Continually modify and update our design platform.
Updated on 1/21/2011
