Open Source Ecology. Kounkuey Design Initiative. Architect in a foreign culture.
Architects Without Frontiers. Construction for Change. TYIN tegnestue. DesignBuildBLUFF website. Public Architecture. Make Your Mark. UKUMBI NGO. Using architecture to mitigate poverty Ukumbi ry is a Finnish non-governmental organisation established in 2007 by three Finnish architects. Saija Hollmén, Jenni Reuter and Helena Sandman have all extensive experience of development cooperation projects in several African countries. In the course of their work they realised that culturally knowledgeable and skilfully designed architecture is a tool that can be used to improve the living conditions of communities and to mitigate poverty.
The mission of Ukumbi is to offer architectural planning and design for underprivileged groups. Often such groups include women, children or young people whose opportunities for participation in society are limited. Improving the status of women in particular has proved to be an efficient way of supporting community development. In addition to cultural sustainability, Ukumbi also seeks to create ecologically sustainable architecture. BaseHabitat. ELEMENTAL. Green architecture notes » Favela-Bairro project: Jorge Mario Jauregui Rio de Janiero. Sustainable cities require sustainable communities as well as care for the environment. Brazilian architect, Jorge Mario Jauregui has been working in Rio de Janiero for the last fifteen years to use his skills as an architect to bring infrastructure and community facilities to the informal communities throughout the city known as favelas. Favelas, which house about 20% of the city’s population, have been growing in pockets of unclaimed land throughout the city for the past 100 years.
However, since unplanned and originally unsanctioned by the government, these communities lack infrastructure and public social spaces. Jorge has coined the phrase “favela-barrio” to describe his approach to urban design in the favelas. In a project currently underway, Jorge is creating public space in the Manguinhos favela on existing train tracks that bound the community on one side. Read more on Jorge’s website at: Bridgett Shank works at Feldman Architecture. Social Entrepreneurship Twitter List by Nelson/Roberto on Listorious. Rural Studio. Ethiopiastudio.com. Architecture for Humanity.