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Tue, 2008-04-29 13:36
Contact signed for the Tyler Residence, aka Porchdog, today!! Thu, 2008-02-28 10:45
Hitting the ground running, I've come to Capetown at a pivotal moment; the opening of the first center in Khayelitsha, the setting up and opening of the new joint office between streetfootballworld and AFH, the FIFA draw and the subsequent arrival of the centre hosts , all happening at once. Incidentally France drew South Africa so don't forget the plight of the Irish....GO SOUTH AFRICA! This converging of key events has allowed me the opportunity to sit down in person with Esperances' Centre Hosts Dominique Uwimana and Donatien Nsengimana (accompanied by Maren Kroeger). Warmly welcomed we discussed preliminary designs and established the site strategy, which now been sent to the Kigali local authorities for discussions. As well as having an enlightening discussion about local policy and what to expect in Rwanda we discussed the main purpose of my pending visit; I can't wait to meet them on home turf! The next steps will see the local architects be selected and appointed, a site visit to Rwanda , also meeting and familiarising myself with the local figureheads and consulting parties, and then returning to Capetown to progress the design in our new offices. Is there time for Christmas? Tue, 2008-01-08 08:47
A lot has happened with the Biloxi Model Home Program since our last update. To make a long story short the Parker House is complete with Karen's Christmas decorations! The Nguyen Residence is very near completion with only finish work left. The Tran Residence is still under construction and the Desporte House was started last month. The Odom and Tyler Residences will start construction soon and the Robinson Residence is close behind. Tue, 2007-07-24 15:56
Press Thu, 2007-04-19 11:30
1.0 GENERAL 3 Nguyen: 3.0 CONTRACTS/CLOSINGS Thu, 2007-04-19 11:28
Weekly Conference Call Attendees Topics Tue, 2007-04-03 12:17
1. Cape Town Community workshop : - Sunday, the 15th of February at Kwamfundo Senior Secondary School - Khayelitsha Township – Cape Town, South Africa - Participants: KDF: Zamayedwa Sogayise (Chairman), Bongi - Communication Portfolio for KDF, KDF Board Members SFW: Katrin Elsemann arG: Verena Grips GRS: James Donald, Xolani (Center manager) Architecture for Humanity: Oana Stanescu VPUU: Michael Krause, Machiel Erasmus VPUU projects: Jackie James (Jonker & Barnes), Tarna Klitzner (Landscape Architect) - Brief Outline: Prayer; VPUU -organization and project presentation; FFH and GRS presentation (James and Xolani); FFH Center Design presentation (Verena Grips); Audience questioning by Mr. Sogayise; questions from audience; prayer; viewing of design panels; site visit with community members; - For a better feeling of the workshop, please check the pdf in the '15/02/09 Community Workshop Khayelitsha' tab on the GRS Project Site (http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/node/3028/oanattachments) Drawings for Council: - approved by Cedric Daniels from Urban Planning Department CoCT on Friday, the 13th of February - signed by Gert Bam (Landowner),Director of Sport and Recreation, along with application form on Tuesday 17th of February - submitted by A. Graham to Gerhard Hanekom Senior Professional Officer (Khayelitsha/Mitchells Plain) Land Use Management / Directorate: Strategy and Planning / Department: Planning and Building Development Management on Friday, 20th of February (delayed since Wednesday, 18th of February due to the fact that G. Hanekom was out of office) - expected approval 24 days - 25th of March - application fee was not necessary since submission is made by the Directorate of Sport and Recreation - identified neighboring registered owners who we need consent from - 17th of February - received new boarding detail from Greenfields which will enable the construction company to finish almost completely before we install the complete field; drawing and additional information communicated to VPUU Next steps: - Monday, 23rd of February, 13 o'clock meeting with A.Graham and VPUU to discuss procedure for obtaining consent from neighbors - schedule field trip to Khayelitsha to approach neighboring registered landowners for consent - participants: James Donald (GRS), A. Graham (VPUU), Bongi (VPUU - Xhosa translator), Oana Stanescu (AfH) 2. Mali - FFH, SFW & Architecture for Humanity trip to Bamako February 22nd - 27th - Rob Venneker and Erwin Nijsingh from Greenfields to join the team in Mali - Alioune Ba - AfH Design Fellow (from Senegal) and Hugo Helene (French architect living in Cape Town) to join Eugene, Paola and Katrin in Mali Main Objectives: site visit & collection of site information; meet local architects and engineers; meet with Local Council and review procedures for submission; Develop Design Brief with AMPJF - confirmed architects: --- Diaby Abdoulaye - CAD Architecture --- Babacar Soumare --- Hamidou Coulibaly- Concept au Architecture --- Igo Diarra -BALANI'S --- Amadou Alpha Diaw - AAD --- Cheick Sadibou Cisse --- Souleumane Boubacar Dia --- Paul Dapoba Diarra CAURA --- Amadou Issa Bore - Le Modulor; Head or Ordre des Architectes du Mali - additional 20 architects to be confirmed (for a preliminary meeting) on site - alternative option of local civil engineer - remote designer combo: 9 engineering / consultancy offices confirmed for meeting, including --- Pr. Dr. Ingenieur Moussa Kante - Director, Prof. Abdoulaye Traore - Vice Director and Dr. Moussa Doumbia, Professor at the Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs Abderhamane Baba Toure - pictures coming soon! 3. Kenya - FFH, SFW & Architecture for Humanity trip to Nairobi in February 28th - March 6th - pre-selection of architects based on OAN submission by the 3rd of March, in order to meet with Eugene in Nairobi Main Objectives: site visit & collection of site information; meet with Local Council and review procedures for submission; introduction of pre-selected architects to MYSA - FFH Request for Proposal on the OAN opened February 12th - 26th - Invited architects: --- Dr. Alfred Omenya - Green Arch/Eco-Build Africa --- Andrew Gremley - Pharos Architects --- Joseph Mukeko - Tecta Consultants --- Abdulmalik Gikuchi --- Tom Anyamba - Mazingara Systems Architects --- Peter Makachia --- Edward D.G. Mugo - EDG Atelier - even better: concept designs coming soon! 4. Namibia - Received brief from FFH - Architecture for Humanity to finalize package for request for proposal - Request for Proposal to be sent out within next week - Invited architects: --- Frenus Rörich - Architecture & Design for People --- Nina Maritz - Nina Maritz Architect --- Dirk Theunissen - BartschArchitecton Architects --- Christelle Smit - Christelle Smit Architect --- Deidré de Waal - Deidré de Waal Architect --- Hugo Scheepers - Hugo Scheepers Architects --- Paul Munting - Jaco Wasserfall Architects --- Eva Fritz - Marley Tjitjo Architects Wed, 2007-03-28 08:32
So far: - after a preliminary approval on the 23rd of January we have obtained the official Site Development Plan approval from the City of Cape Town "Department of Spatial Planning and Urban Design" and "Sport and Recreation Directorate" on the 30th of January - the final SDP package contained the following drawings which you can view in the slideshow and on the workspace: 001 - Urban context plan 002 - Locality plan / Site Analysis 003 - Site development plan 004 - Ground floor plan 005 - First floor plan 006 - Sections 007 - Elevations 008 - Perspectives 009 - Greenfields Pitch 010 - Greenfields technical specifications 011 - Motivation that sets out the intended use of rooms and spaces and that clarifies how it is intended that the building will be operated and managed - in the midst of all the official procedures we had a site visit on the 3rd of February. Please check the pictures on the slideshow. It is getting exciting as VPUU is moving fast. They will start paving first week in February. Next steps: - meeting with the CoCT Department: Planning and Building Development Management in Khayelitsha on the 3rd of February we will define the next steps for the building plan submission - after 2 successful meetings with the landscape department of VPUU we are currently jointly developing a landscape design which will both integrate the FFH Center in the bigger precinct and underline it's independent character - in parallel a tender committee has been established in order to organize the tendering process which will start once we submit the construction drawings |
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AIA Houston Design Award 2007, Award of Excellence in Design to MC2 Architects for the Nguyen Residence an the Tran Residence.
AIA Arkansas Design Award 2007 to Marlon Blackwell for the Tyler Residence.