Architecture for Humanity UK

Design Fellowships: UNICEF Child Friendly Schools
Location:Ganta, Liberia
Type: Volunteer Opportunity
Architecture for Humanity in partnership with UNICEF is seeking a structural engineer and project architect to provide pro bono design services as part of a truly innovative program in post-conflict border areas of Western Africa. The program will involve building two prototype facilities, a primary school and a secondary school, that incorporate the guidelines of UNICEF’s Child Friendly School approach. Working in partnership with local communities and the ministry of education, each school will include innovative learning environments as well as alternative energy sources, water reclamation, connectivity, basic services, and play spaces.

The goal: to support peace building by designing world class schools that inspire a love of learning and create a sense of harmony between the school, the surrounding community and the environment. Design Fellows will work on site in Ganta, Liberia. Living stipend and travel costs provided.

Below is a link to a programme that was on BBC1 on Tuesday evening about Ex-Forces and Homelessness.  The video will be roemoved in 5 days so please watch it prior to then if you interested:

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b00b0cms.shtml?src=ip_potpw

AFHUK would like to welcome Kimmberly Lau who has been elected to the board of Trustees.

Kimmberly is the Business Development Director of an asset management company in

Next Tuesday 8^th April between 12.30pm and 2.00pm the Energy Saving Trust Advice Centre will be based in the hub area of BDP’s Brewhouse Yard in Clerkenwell, London,

§          A personalised home energy report, showing the best energy saving measures for your home.§          Grants and offers available for insulation and other home energy improvements.§          Energy efficient appliances or the latest in low energy lighting.§          Renewable micro-generation technologies.§          Sustainable personal transport.                                                                              

Have your questions about renewable energy answered. Explore other ways of cutting your carbon footprint and protecting the climate.

Come along with your questions and walk away with free advice and a free low energy light bulb!

http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/commit/�

Last nights event 

Thank you to all of you who attended last nights meetup at the Royal Festival Hall, it was well attended with approximately 35- 40 of us and there where some great suggestions/ideas on how we can move forward and interest in taking on various roles whicg we will update everyone on shortly.

The next main meetup will be on July 15th at 7pm in Clerkenwell.

 The precise location will be advertised nearer the time. This meetup will be arranged as part of the Clerkenwell hub of the London Architecture Festival.  They will no doubt be events, newsletters and project meetings prior to this, so please keep checking the website for info, but if we don’t see you before then we look forward to seeing you in July.

‘The London Festival of Architecture this Summer will be the biggest event of its kind in the world. It will involve all the major players in London’s environment including the Mayor, Design for London, local authorities, officers and members, and major developers, not to mention some of the world’s leading architects. The buzz of activity will move across five Hubs over five weekends, with exhibitions, cycle tours, walks, talks, performances, installations and interventions, boat trips along the Thames and large scale street animations each weekend, all focusing on the theme of FRESH!’ see http://www.lfa2008.org/ for more details.

Part Time Design Fellowship, San Francisco, CA
Architecture for Humanity:
Architecture for Humanity is looking for some part time architectural and graphics designers who can help us with in-house projects. Must have strong graphics skills and architectural experience. This is a part-time position. The selected candidate will receive a monthly stipend and plenty ‘o swag.

Interested? Email them with a little information about your background and digital work samples at jobs@architectureforhumanity.org.

Overseas Design Fellowships, Various Locations
Architecture for Humanity:
This summer/fall we will be taking on architectural/construction professionals who can provide on the ground oversight for projects in Ghana, Mali, Namibia, Rwanda and South Africa. All candidates must have strong design and construction experience and have a valid passport. This is a four to six month fellowship with a travel and living stipend. Knowledge of local languages, patience and sense of humor a huge plus. Ideal for the project architect who needs to brake free of their cubicle.

To apply for any of the above positions, please email a resume, digital work samples (PDF) and any links to projects on the Open Architecture Network to: jobs@architectureforhumanity.org.

WorldHands Workshop, Anapra, Mexico
WorldHands:
March 30 – April 13, 2008
Join WorldHands for one week or both for the rehabilitation of the Las Hormigas Kitchen and Day Care Building. $600 a week, $1100 for both. There will be hands-on learning and plenty of time for questions. Contact them at info@worldhandsproject.org or visit the WorldHands website for more information.

“I decided I had enough. I closed the office, bought a motorcycle, and went into the desert to work with the people on their ideas and dreams” Nader Khalili, 2005

‘One of the forefathers of the modern humanitarian design movement passed away on March 5th. Nader Khalili, an Iranian born architect, was the founder of the California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture. Khalili invented the Geltaftan Earth-and-Fire Building System and the Superadobe construction technique and revolutionize adobe building around the world. He won the Aga Khan Award in 2004. Part architect, part poet his great optimism embodied what it truly means to design for others. AFH were honored to interview him in Design Like You Give A Damn, and to include his work on the cover. He will be missed by all those who benefited from his work to create a more just and sustainable world and by all those he inspired. ‘

report from AFH newsletter, March 07 : Making Choices and Remembering Greatness; please refer to www.afh.org