How to rebuild and recover in Haiti

An architectural nonprofit organization, Common Studio @ commonstudio.org, and professor and students at the College of Architecture plus Planning, University of Utah @ arch.utah. edu will bring design and engineering solutions to the people and nonprofits working on the ground of Haiti. If you know of any organization that is in need, please let me know. We’d like to partner with them to bring both architectural and engineering  solutions. Thanks! Dijana @  dijana@commonstudio.org

Posted on February 4, 2010 by in Media, News, Projects, Uncategorized

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3 Responses to “How to rebuild and recover in Haiti”

  1. Leslie Jenkins February 5, 2010 8:29 pm
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    just curious, about any ideas like these…?

    # cchangeDc

    @forjo1 anything about quake resistant buildings? (our Navy’s vibration resist adhesives, sand, springs…etc…) less than 5 seconds ago from web

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    # ccDcLeslie cchangeDc

    @VRWCTexan anything about quake resistant buildings? (our Navy’s vibration resist adhesives, sand, springs…etc…) less than a minute ago from web

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    # Josée F. forjo1

    @USAforHaiti They’re easy to transport, ships already made for them…100 000 000 already on ships in the world. Ship goods& buy container. 2 minutes ago from web in reply to USAforHaiti Retweeted by you and 1 other

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    # ccDcLeslie cchangeDc

    @VRWCTexan good! 2 minutes ago from web in reply to VRWCTexan

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    # ccDcLeslie cchangeDc

    @MirelaMonte wont load, maybe its the snow storm..are they on sand, or foam core adhesive (see Navy)or springs or something quake resistant? 2 minutes ago from web

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    # Tom Taylor VRWCTexan

    Dalai Lama will be welcomed at Wh Hse later this month despite China’s anger at Tibetan spiritual leader’s meeting w/Pres Obama, 5 minutes ago from web Retweeted by you

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    # Fran Fortin brie422

    #SOS #Haiti needs help came back from Haiti yesterday Please keep donating even if it’s a dollar kids are starving & sleeping on the streets

  2. Barbara England February 7, 2010 8:02 am
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    My thoughts to hasten Haiti’s rebuild: develope multiple “suburb communities” of Port of Prince. Lay out streets,alleys, parks, schools, commercial district, municipal buildings. USe a boiler grid like the military used during WW1 and WW2 when they build Quantsut hut barracks/communities. The Quantsut hut is earthquake and hurricane proof and can be close together, maximizing land, water run off recovery (for cisterns). They can have a covered porch, doors. They assembled quickly. Lay underground utilities for the future. Organize families to live in same block. ALthough not beautiful, they will last for years and can be repaired. USe new materials for the Quansut (other than tin.) I have used these for my horses.

  3. Ana Maria Sierra March 12, 2010 1:35 am
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    I would like to know how we can use this group’s technological savvy and on-the-ground network to help us identify resources within P-au-P that can help care for orphaned teens that UNICEF will not accept into their tent city or find a place for. I have the Director of an NGO going to PAP the end of this month. We can get funds and supplies together to help these teens who are living on the streets and have lost everything and everyone they know and love. We need to identify an existing resource, i.e. person(s) and/or structure that can devote themselves to these kids, primariily boys.

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