H(EA)aiTi RISES New Schools for Haiti for Architecture for Humanity
HOW TO
Design for disaster, ecology, and economy?
Design for any site?
Simultaneously create spaces for teaching and community gathering?
Enable scalability, flexibility, and ability to evolve with local materials?
Create dialogue between indoor and outdoor spaces?
Heat rises, Haiti rises.
Modular configuration, ecological form -
Modular classrooms can be arranged into desired configuration and number
Thermal chimneys induce “stack effect” (heat rises) and creates ventilation
Larger communal spaces for events, eating, meeting
Low impact, permeable paving between modular units for outdoor gathering
Bamboo trellis and lightweight, informal canopies
Construction -
Concrete slabs with continuous footing
Reinforced concrete masonry unit walls – short term, initially reinforced with rebar; long term, reinforced with bamboo (research on feasibility is ongoing)
Galvanized sheet metal roof on bamboo frame
Thermal chimneys with openings at the peak oriented to prevailing winds
Site -
New bamboo groves increase soil stability and provide sustainable building material
Garden plots nearby school serve educational and nutritional purposes
Kian Goh, AIA, LEED AP | super-interesting!
