context - rural

Bethania Kid Centers

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PROJECT GENERAL INFORMATION
Design of kid's center in India.
PROJECT DETAILS
Project Location: 
Rajahmundry, India
Project Status: 
on hold
Start Date: 
December 17, 2007
Construction Date: 
Feb 2009
Project Description: 

Working with REACH and Bethania Kids, there are two sites we are exploring to accommodate the housing of orphanages in southern India. The 1st site which we will be exploring is about an acre, accommodating about 45 orphanages. We are viewing this site as a smaller scaled prototype site to apply onto the 2nd site, a larger site looking to accommodate 200+ orphanges with consideration to having a "handicapped friendly" building and a day care center. Both are exciting sites and since we picked this up recently in December, we are looking for members to participate in this project. The scope of work is to design both sites to accommodate the orphanes needs, establish a form of "branding", and fundraising opportunies.

AfHdc PROJECT TEAM
Project Contact(s): 
director
CLIENT INFORMATION
Client Name: 
Bethania Kids

Hung Trach Playground

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PROJECT GENERAL INFORMATION
Completed design and construction of a playground in Vietnam. Collaborative effort with Counterpart International.
PROJECT DETAILS
Project Location: 
Hung Trach Commune, Vietnam
Project Status: 
completed
Start Date: 
March 1, 2005
Construction Date: 
Oct 2005
Completion Date: 
January 24, 2006
Project Description: 

Design services for a nursery school playground located in Hung Trach Commune. The project was developed to work with a small budget and develop solutions to create a safer play environment by referring US stringent safety code measures.

Programmatic Elements: 

Playground

AfHdc PROJECT TEAM
Project Contact(s): 
jaf
CLIENT INFORMATION
Client Name: 
Counterpart International

Umueze Village Primary School

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PROJECT GENERAL INFORMATION
Design of a primary school campus.
PROJECT DETAILS
Project Location: 
Umueze Uzoagba, Ikeduru Local Government, Imo State Nigeria
Project Status: 
on hold
Start Date: 
June 8, 2007
Construction Date: 
Jun 2009
Completion Date: 
January 1, 2010
Project Description: 

We look to design for the village of Umueze, Nigeria a safe and functional primary schoolhouse. The new building is to replace an existing schoolhouse that has become old and dilapidated, requiring a disproportionate amount of resources and maintenance. The schoolhouse is seen as the center of growth within the village. It is not only a place for children to learn, but a gathering place for the students to populate and create connections that strengthen the community as a whole.

Programmatic Elements: 

18 classrooms, Technology center, Library, Outdoor stage, Conference Room, Bathroom blocks, Kitchen, Play court, Public gallery, Nurse office, Head master office

Concept Statement: 

After one passes through the campus’s gates that defines the threshold into the learning grounds and provides a level of security, the individual is invited to experience a fragmented axial courtyard that connects the existing building transformed into library/media center (symbol of growth & progress) to an outdoor gathering space (preservation of community). Lining the courtyard are classrooms which are oriented to maximize the use of passive technologies and create an open facade to the courtyard, allowing for exchanges of views and experience. Between the classroom blocks, interstitial trellised outdoor spaces are formed offering opportunities to expand the classroom beyond the walls formally defined. Integrated in the courtyard are interactive landscape/hardscape elements creating a spatial experience for children to play as they desire and along with areas for seating and paths leading to end destinations.

Project Goals: 

Exceptional learning environment Self Sustaining Cost-Effective Culturally responsive Community spaces Icon of progress Empowerment of Technology and Trades

Sustainability Goals: 
Water purification, Water harvesting, Compost toilets, Photo voltaic
AfHdc PROJECT TEAM
Project Contact(s): 
jaf
CLIENT INFORMATION
Client Name: 
God First