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General Administration:

• One Office:

Itemized costing sent to SFW for approval

Killian will initiate internet setup, due to lead time of two weeks

"TENTATIVE" move in date - November 23rd

• Team Meeting

Scheduled for Tuesday November 17th

• Staffing:

AFH has narrowed down candidates for Regional program manager, team is currently negotiating with Kevin

AFH has received 158 applications for Design Fellow position, team is holding interviews in Cape Town and will select 2 before the end of the year

• Centre Branding

AFH is finalizing package

• Greenfields:

has agreed to contract directly with the contractor to build sub-base for the artificial turf

has staffed a team member full time on the Football for Hope project

AFH has submitted revised costings to Greenfields for Namibia, Mali, and Kenya

Cape Town:

http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/projects/grassrootsoccer

• Practical Completion (re)scheduled for November 19th due to rain, all are invited to attend, see photos on the OAN, it's lovely!
• Solar World

Installation is near completion, solar world will install LCD panel at the centre to display immediate impact of solar installation

• Mosaic Workshop

Mosaic design submitted to external team, approval received November 13th

• Mosaic production planned to begin next week offsite

FFH confirmed opening day interviews will take place at this location

• Pending Items:

ESKOM connection has been promised before Practical Completion

Tentative GRS community opening scheduled for November 28th!

Mali

http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/projects/ampjf

Design Development packaged will be submitted for approval today

AFH discussed revisions with Souadou and have confirmed revisions were well received

Geotechnical consultant completed soils report, Documented report to be submitted to AFH next week

AFH discussed community workshop ideas with Souadou and they have devised a plan of action for moving this forward

• Pending Items:

Solar world coordination, SFW still sorting agreements, nonetheless AFH to design considering solar as an integral part of the design

AFH to devise outline for community workshop

Kenya

http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/projects/mysa

• Tender Documentation approved with conditions on October 20th

AFH provided costing including pergola and landscaping in the budget

SFW has requested for landscaping and pergola to be included in the contractors pricing, Isaac to follow up next week

• Tender Process Update:

Bids received November 2nd, team will follow up with report

Isaac to submit company profiles of the shortlisted contractors

AFH to access the bids and provide report to SFW for approval

Tentative - Jan C. is scheduled to assist with Adjudication process in Kenya

• Isaac working together with MYSA to contact potential donor companies that will contribute towards the shading device and external landscaping for the centre, Isaac to explore alternative shading options in line with the budget
• Pending Items:

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report was submitted to National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) - Dr. Omenya to check on the progress

VAT exemption - Isaac to carry on exploring the options for VAT exemption but at the moment it seems to be difficult to get VAT exemption in Kenya especially for building projects. Isaac still pursuing with a Kenya Revenue Authority official to discuss VAT exemption

Council Approvals - MYSA hopes to get approvals within the next week

Namibia

http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/projects/special_olympics_namibia

• Design Development package complete

AFH awaited detailed costing from the QS, expects to submit package for approval next week, Tuesday

AFH discussed draft package with FFH team and has incorporated comments

AFH pursuing point of contact per Nina's recommendation for getting VAT waived

AFH pursuing contacts for getting the connection fee waived, SFW agreed to assist and pursue with Municipality

Greenfields sub-base revised quote, AFH forward quote to Greenfields

Rwanda

http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/projects/esperance

AFH submitted design brief and requested sketches for council

SFW feedback received and AFH to modify sketches

After design brief approval, AFH to initiate SD phase

AfH and SFW to agree on project schedule

Land survey needed, FFH/AFH to pursue

Ghana

http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/projects/playsoccer

Design Brief has been approved

AFH received an EXCITING schematic package from Joe Addo this week

AFH to send feedback and ensure the design meets the requirements of the brief and will send for approval

AFH and SFW to agree on project schedule
Land Survey expected from Ministry

The Parker family moved into their new home just before Christmas. Driving by the Parker House you can now see Karen working in the yard or her children playing basketball in the driveway. They are still waiting for a few final touches is the form of furniture but have made the house a home just the same.

The Football for Hope Center in Katuara, Namibia has undergone a few changes in the last few months.

The process has been a trying one due to the nature of tying together the requirements from both StreetFootBallWorld and Special Olympics Namibia into a cost effective and productive center for the users and the community.

During the visit to Windhoek last month we met up with Nina and Paul on site and we started to see that we were dealing with a fairly tricky set of problems.

Part of this visit included a stop by Nina's previous project in Katatura ( The Habitat Center, the project explores alternative building materials in an educational and informative architectural display) we saw that alternative building techniques are not always the cheaper option and the problems inherent in their tectonic application lead to further problems down the line.

During these discussions with Nina, Paul and the various local architects and builders we quickly realized that building costs vary quite substantially country to country, Namibia being much more costly to build than other surrounding countries due to its isolated location.

The main purpose of our visit was to discuss the requirements and the program with Special Olympics, Street Football World and the Namibian Government.
During this meeting we outlined and discussed the various needs and future goals of Special Olympics Namibia and how we could possibly accommodate these in a cost effective and long term manner.

From these discussions the various problems became quite apparent:

- the center itself is not going to be used exclusively by the surrounding community as children with disabilities travel from various settlements to take part in the programs and activities provided by Special Olympics Namibia.

- the nature of disabled athletes who require constant supervision and security to protect them from harmful outsiders as well as each other.

These factors led to the re-design of the layout of the site to provide more surveillance easier as well as the addition of a fence.

-the site requires quite a costly foundation structure, this plus the landscaping requirements to accommodate universal accessible traffic areas were quite a factor in the design update.

The result of the main cost drivers outlined above as well as other considerations was the revision of the original requirement list as well as the budget. The updated requirements and costs were considered and the revised schedule of requirement and budget were drafted and put to the client.

Approval for the revised submission has been granted by Street Football World and with that behind us now we can focus on putting together the professional team for the Design Development phase of the project.

We made many contacts on our trip and have a good starting point to get the project moving now. With this new knowledge base and clearer understanding of the Namibian situation we are looking forward to breaking ground in Namibia!

Monday, December 10th:

Per our call today... Please look at revising and rethinking your approach. The building branding should be a concept that you can weave subtly throughout the building. It should greet you as you enter the site, follow you through the landscape, and welcome you into the center. It should be iterated (again subtly)both on the exterior and in the interior. Think of any great retail experience you have had at a shop that has numerous locations (sephora, niketown, etc.) They are well thought out spaces that are meant to inspire you to feel a certain way about the organization.

Our space needs to convey a simple message to passersby and those who use it: This is a Football for Hope Centre.

The elements we weave into the space should convey the idea of sports and positive change. It should be distinctive and differentiated from other community centers in the area.

Think of

Goal nets and posts, balls, the pattern on the soccer ball, 11 (as in 11 players), strategy, teamwork, level playing field, keeping score/accountability, play, success, inclusion, setting goals and attaining them.

Choose an idea and think of the different ways you could iterate it in the space:

If you took the concept of a goal for example... one could walk through a steel frame into the site, using nets instead of fencing, creating a "goal post" where messages could be posted and shared by the community, using nets instead of partions...

If you use the idea of a level playing field... you could incorporate field markings into the design of the pavers in the courtyard, abstractions of field markings painted on the wall to liven a changing room wall, astro turf instead of carpet...

these are just a few ideas. For the next scheduled deliverable, I'd like to see the following:

1) rendering of the CPT center as you walk onto site,
2) rendering of the CPT as you walk into the building
3) rendering of the CPT of the multipurpose space and/or changing room
4) rendering of the CPT of the office space

Please include, Paola, Katrin, and the FFH communications team (they will be able to help with logo guidelines) in this work. Ideally ARG will help with this, if they don't...well they don't, you will have to do it and we'll have to figure out how to make the changes that make the most difference.

tks.

kas

Thursday, November 29th:

Monday, November 12th:

Thursday, November 8th:

A child deserves to learn and grow in a stimulating environment. Education can be challenging enough when faced with a lack of resources and rampant epidemics. Bringing healthcare and education together gives each community a welcome advantage in the fight for a more secure life.

The goal is to provide a well lit, naturally ventilated space for a comfortable learning environment that can double as a health clinic during both school and off hours thanks to a dual room layout. The soil removed for the foundation is reused to create an elevated platform above flood levels for the concrete floor to be poured. Adjustable louvers allow for controlled ventilation and rain screens along the top edges provide ventilation during the common rainstorms. An outdoor garden comprised of local vegetation naturally filters the air as well as the surrounding groundwater. Well pumps will replace the rainwater storage concept due to a lack of proper purification sources. The structural trusses, concrete foundation, and timber cladding can be reused and recycled in other projects after the building has outlived its use.

Local material use will benefit Malawi’s blossoming economy. The building design is both simple and challenging to benefit the local villagers with construction knowledge. Under the guidance of the Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TEVETA), on-the-job training will be provided during the classrooms construction for villagers to earn a nationally recognized TEVETA certificate.

Materials:
- Local Mud Bricks
- Local Sawn Lumber
- Local Concrete
- Standing Seam Steel Roofing
- Translucent Rigid Plastic Panels
- Exterior Grade Paints
- Local Hardware & Fasteners

Monday, October 22nd:

Wednesday, October 17th:

Thursday, October 11th:

The projects are running.....There is the class-cube,the classic classroom,the mobile classroom the modular systems for building classroom.The students are drawing with sketches and photo collection from the web the ideal classroom for a real school and for a real town...Next thursday the team will complete the fist part of Project with the final choice.

Exterior:

Wednesday, April 25:

It has been a busy couple of months since the last project update:

JANUARY

15.01.09 Soil Testing was completed, and Soil Test report provided from the soil test Engineer, which was then forwarded to Structural Eningeers.

Josh & Finley met with Benjamin Matranga of the Soros Foundation to discuss potential financial guarantees for the project. The Soros Foundation is currently involved with providing ‘blind’ financial guarantees to contractors undertaking work with the Ministry of Education. There is an upper limit on the project value that they will guarantee, this project currently exceeds that limit.

We have engaged Eco-Harvest, an Australian consultancy that specializes in sustainable water use, to assist with the design of water & sanitation solutions for the project.

Inveneo made a valuable introduction between AFH & Siman Willans of Environmental Foundation for Africa, as a potential supplier of the solar/electrical systems for the project.

AFH engaged Perrett Simpson, a Melbourne based Engineering Consultancy, as the structural engineer for the project.

We had an initial meeting with in-country UNICEF WASH section regarding the water & sanitation design proposals for the project. This proved particualatly useful given the valuable amount of in-country experience with many of the issues encountered in this area

Josh and Finley researched local costing information to finalise the DD cost estimate.

23.01.09 Received comments from UNICEF on the final DD drawings, the comments provided a useful checklist for Construction Documentation.

Met with a Monrovia based solar provider, Union Strong, who may a potential supplier of the solar/electrical system for the project.

29.01.09 Cost Estimate prepared in-country submitted to UNICEF by AFH.

FEBRUARY

Continued to work with Perrett Simpson co-ordinating the structure, and with Eco-Harvest & the in-country WASH section on the water & sanitation aspects of the project.

09.02.08 – Advertisement placed for Requests for Expressions of Interest for contractors to bid on the project.

09.02.09 – 12.02.09 Meeting In Ivory Coast with UNICEF HQ, as well as the LAB4LAB teams from UNICEF Ivory Coast, and Guinea, along with numerous other stakeholders & consultants. The proposals for the LAB4LAB projects from each of the country offices were presented, as well as the progress updates on the Talent Academies.

Whilst in Abidjan, Finley & Josh took the opportunity to meet with Jaime from Inveneo, & Tommy from Environmental Foundation for Africa to co-ordinate potential strategies for the co-ordination of I.T. & Electrical Systems.

Upon return to Monrovia the draft construction contract from the UNICEF Supply Unit was received for review prior to bidding.

We engaged a local Engineering Firm AEP to design the roof trusses utilising local materials and know-how.

Met again with EFA and Inveneo, this time in Monrovia.

MARCH

02.03.09 – 95% complete Bid Documents submitted

03.03.09 – EOI submissions closed

04.03.09 – Initial review of EOI submissions, with Matthew Flomo & Bartee Seneh representing UNICEF, and George Wuo representing the Ministry of Education, and Joshua & Finley representing AFH.

05.03.09 – Final review & shortlisting of contractors selected for bidding. Selection criteria included: completeness of submission; technical capacity; managerial capacity; financial capacity; previous project experience.

10.03.09 – Bid Documents complete

12.03.09 – Bid Documents distributed to shortlisted Contractors.

LOOKING AHEAD

17.03.09 - On-site Pre-bid meeting with contractors

02.04.09 - Bids Close

03.04.09 - Public Opening of bids.

Bid review process and negotiations are expected to take 1-2 weeks before formal awarding of the contract.

March 13, 2009 - Bi-Weekly Conference Call Meeting Minutes

Cape Town

Schedule

Internal approvals affect overall Project Timeline. Advertising for Tendering Process can only start one week after the cost estimation has been approved.

Technical documents will be submitted to FFH on Monday, 16th of March.

Material Selection:

Walk through the finishing schedule.

Internal meeting next week in Cape Town with FFH to discuss materials.

More information regarding PVA paint wear and maintenance to be provided.

Details on solar panels requirements needed in order to design roof accordingly.

Tower:

The tower is a light tower which responds to this site and VPUU's direction for security.

Katrin raised the question of costing of the night illumination. The tower replaces several lampposts. Alternatively, renewable energy methods for the tower illumination will be investigated.

Signage:

Kimberley raised the question of the procedure for obtaining FIFA approval for signage on site and building. To be confirmed by FFH.

Kimberley CPT trip:

planned for the 23rd of March, for 2 weeks. Will allow to join the next Project Plan Meeting (26th of March); in parallel with Namibian architects selection.

Kenya

There are 2 sites, Huruma and MYSA HQ. Final site to be decided within next 3-4 weeks.

It was agreed that Isaac, design fellow, will conduct an analysis of the surrounding areas of the sites. The analysis will show whether similar health, education and sports facilities are in close proximity to the sites.

Isaac will be arriving on the 14th of March in Paarl and on the 27th of March in Nairobi.

Mali

Lucy, potential design fellow for Mali is being interviewed by Eugene.

Kimberley to incorporate Mali and Kenya timeline in the overall schedule.

Namibia

Land committed for Centre use in writing. MOU of land-use agreement with National Ministry of Sport and Recreation to be signed within next 2 weeks.

Rwanda and Ghana

Architecture for Humanity does not undergo to design development if there is no secure funding. Work and expectations of involved parties too big to risk.

Kimberley will send a cost budget for Rwanda and Ghana next week.

Paola underlined Rwanda will need special attention since there is no landownership and local methods are very particular.

Ideas claves para el projecto que se llaman " Uganda sala de clase jugete para aprender" ....

los conceptos de maria motntessori.....

La idea del niño como diferente de los adultos......

ArchiA. escala es importante para definir los espacios publico( adultos,ninos.ninas y privado(exclusivo para ninos/as)

La importancia del ambiente en el cual el aprendizaje es ocurrir..

ArchiA..... considerar... arboles, y espacios verdes como lugares de tallers y aprendizaje...el deporte? .

Fases de desarrollo apropiadas al aprendizaje fisico específico y de habilidades cognoscitiva, El idea de periodos sensibles dentro de la formaccion del nino/a A.espacios grandes y amplios.

ArchiA....

El juicio que el aprendizaje verdadero implica la capacidad de hacer las cosas.. para que no implica la recepción pasiva de una base de conocimientos.
ArchiA.....

El concepto que los niños aprenden sin embargo el juego

La idea de materiales educativos de desarrollo apropiados
ArchiA....

agrupa a niños por el interés y la capacidad algo que envejece, proporciona instrucciones individualmente establecidas el paso, y da a cada uno la libertad del niño para proceder en el suyo/el suyo poseen tarifa
ArchiA....

en conclusion ... un ambiente donde jugar es aprender.....

Football for Hope Centres Update

8 January 2009

Meeting Notes

In attendance: Paola, Eugene, and Oana

Venue: Paarl

1) Khayelitsha:

Meeting with Province and LOC

• Oana and Eugene will join
  Paola in a meeting with Laurine (Province) and Teral (2010 LOC) to brief
  on project processes so far, and to discuss areas of support in project
  management and in building accountability as we move forward.
• Oana will prepare the list
  of outstanding requests from the CoCT in case we find it appropriate
  to share with Teral and Laurine.
• à
  Dr Laurine Platzky

Deputy Director-General

Governance and Integration
and 2010 FIFA World Cup Coordinator

Department of the Premier

Provincial Government of
the Western Cape

• à
  Teral Cullen

2010 FIFA World Cup Organising
Committee

Venue Manager, Cape Town

Cape Town Project Planning Meeting

• To take place on Tuesday,
  13th January at 10am with all Centre stakeholders (VPUU, CoCT, LOC,
  Prov, FFH, AfH, arG, GRS)
• OAS, EDS, and PPF will edit
  project timeline for Monday and distribute internally for FFH &
  AfH comments.
• Our final project timeline
  edits will be shared at stakeholder meeting on Tuesday.
• A follow up Design Review
  Meeting is being planned for Friday the 16^th.

Way forward

• We have identified the key
  steps that need to take place in order to move the project forward and
  will propose this to Teral and Laurine on Friday for their feedback.
• Step 1: Request a design
  meeting with Alastair and Michael (VPUU). Work and dialogue with
  them in order to reach an agreement. Gain VPUU’s confirmed agreement
  on design and plans.
• Step 2: Hold design review
  meeting with broader stakeholders (CoCT, Province, 2010 LOC) for Project
  Plan understanding and accountability.
• Step 3: Agree with VPUU on
  SDP resubmission process and dates and set up relevant meetings
• Step 4: Proceed with revised
  Project Planning Timeline as will be agreed upon after Tuesdays meeting.

2) Namibia:

• Design Brief

• PPF will draft a design brief
  from input from Namibia site visit. Will discuss and revise with
  Stay-C and Charles when they return from holiday (19 Jan).

• AfH will bid and select architect
  in Namibia with this design brief
• Katrin and Paola will work
  on processing the tri-lateral land agreement in Namibia to secure land
  usage. Once necessary land security is in place, AfH will proceed
  with local architect from Concept Design through to Construction.

3) Mali:

• Katrin and Paola spoke to
  Souadou on the 8th to clarify various Centre requirement points.

• Souadou is checking on electricity
  and water connectivity for the site and will report back.
• She is aware of the quoted
  cost for the sub-base construction in Namibia and AfH will work with
  her to drive the local cost in Bamako.

• We will follow the same procedure
  with Mali as explained above.
• Our expectation is that Mail’s
  design procedure will come before Namibia’s since their business plan
  is already submitted and we will prepare the MOU.

4) Rwanda and Kenya:

• Eugene will prepare a document
  with a sample design for Espérance to present to the land owners and
  other stakeholders
• Site visit goals for AfH
  for Mali, Kenya, and Rwanda include the following:

• Costing
• Materials
• Labour
• Legal procedures

• Site visit goals for FFH
  for Mali, Kenya, and Rwanda include the following:

• Programme and Centre Operation
  planning and technical assistance
• Stakeholder meetings
• MOUs and contracts agreed
  upon

5) Standard Centre Development Procedure
(AfH-FFH):

We identified this standard procedure
for AfH and FFH to work interactively:

1. Design Brief from Centre
   Host to AfH
1. About organisation – who
   are they, mission, vision
2. What activities want to do
   in Centre
3. What are needs of organisation
4. What are technical requirements
5. Ideas for Centre
2. Architects bid
1. Select local architect

2009 January 12 | mgrote

write to author

Sat, 2007-03-17 09:12

A brief sequence of the latest events:


9/01/2009 Friday - Informal meeting with Teral Cullen and Laurine Platzky (from our side Eugene, Paola and me). They explained that we have a 2-3 months period (Jan, Feb and March) in which the people at the CoCT are still able to focus on FFH - after that they will be busy with bigger 2010 projects. Established first steps in order to have a better communication with all involved parties.
Next meetings as follows:

13/01/2009 Tuesday - 10 am - Project Plan meeting - invited: Teral Cullen, Marek Houba, Louw Visagie, Loraine Platzky, Alastair Graham, Alastair Rendall - arG, Paola, James, Verena, Eugene - as detailed in the agenda Paola has sent out we will shortly introduce FFH, GRS, the design brief and show a conceptual plan and 3Ds (we were hesitant to show anything new but it is merely to give a sense of scale and function) as well as discuss the revised timeline

13/01/2009 Tuesday - 12 am - VPUU SDP/ design meeting - we organised an informal and more intimate meeting with Alastair Graham, Machiel Erasmus, Cedric Daniels (Michael Krause is on holidays), Alastair Rendall-arG, Verena, James, Eugene to discuss the SDP comments and the design.

16/01/2009 Friday - the city called for a design review meeting including all the parties that take part in the first meeting (from Tuesday 10 am). By this time we will have a new design which will be according to the VPUU comments.

19/01/2009 Monday- we suggest a design walkthrough with the rest of the FFH team

21/01/2009 Wednesday - SDP re submission

23/01/2009 Friday - SDP final approval


The rest of the dates you can find in the revised timeline. As you can see we are moving fast forward.
Will let you know how the meetings tomorrow go.


Oana