1. The document describes a design for a coordination hub in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to support permanent aid clusters.
2. The design uses locally available bamboo and earth materials to create comfortable work spaces and a public gathering area.
3. The location near the city center provides accessibility but is also safer during disasters. It is planned for an area currently occupied by a tent camp around an amphitheater.
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Call for freedom. Understanding aid coordination in Haiti: a new perspective for a new response.
1. Call For Freedom-NEW
(Haitian Art)
Acrylic on Canvas 36X48
By Patrice Piard
(For The Glory of Haitian Art)
CALL
FOR
FREEDOM
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2. Understanding
Aid Coordination
in Haiti:
a new perspective
for
a new response
TUTORS
Alexander Vollebregt_ Research
Robert Nottrot_ Architecture
Arjan van Timmeren_ Building Tech
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Federica Garofalo
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12. before we start talking...
understand the context
...video
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13. WARNING!
THE CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO MIGHT BE DISTURBING
VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED
ATTEZIONE!
IL CONTENUTO DI QUESTO VIDEO PU0’ ESSERE SCIOC-
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16. I have my reasons for being here...
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17. 1. Big disaster = complex research, simple design
2. Connect real problems to formal choices
3. Use of alternative materials
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18. 1. Big disaster = complex research, simple design
• Understand a complex reality with massive contrasts
• Simple project, big impact
2. Connect real problems to formal choices
3. Use of alternative materials
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19. 1. Big disaster = big challenges in research & design
2. Connect real problems to formal choices
• Traducing problems into coherent architectural forms
3. Use of alternative materials
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20. 1. Big disaster = big challenges in research & design
2. Connect real problems to formal choices
3. Use of alternative materials
• Integration in the cultural identity of Haiti
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27. FEW FACTS ABOUT HAITI
1. Poverty and illiteracy
2. Tropical climate
3. Country of voodoo
4. Rich artistic culture
Ayiti
“Land of Mountains”
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28. May 1 2011: Rosa St. Fleur, 45, stands with her children outside the metal shack
they shared within the garbage-filled slum of Cité Soleil, Haiti.
Picture by Ben Rusnak
FEW FACTS ABOUT HAITI
1. Poverty and illiteracy
2. Tropical climate
3. Country of voodoo
4. Rich artistic culture
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29. FEW FACTS ABOUT HAITI
1. Poverty and illiteracy
2. Tropical climate
3. Country of voodoo
4. Rich artistic culture
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30. FEW FACTS ABOUT HAITI
1. Poverty and illiteracy
2. Tropical climate
3. Country of voodoo
4. Rich artistic culture
Haitian voodoo dolls
Picture from madamepickwickartblog.com
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31. FEW FACTS ABOUT HAITI
1. Poverty and illiteracy
2. Tropical climate
3. Country of voodoo
4. Rich artistic culture
Bidonville after the earthquake, Haitian artist FRANCILLON LAMEURwww.neeviaPDF.com
32. 250.000 people killed, more than 300.000 harmed.
1.7 million people left homeless
In 2012 still over a million people living in tents.
January 12,2010 | Earthquake in Haiti
Picture taken on January 14, 2010 by Juar48
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juar/4275677590/
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33. haiti is a challenging context
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34. Picture by Picture by Corbis
fragile state, poverty natural disasters
+
complex emergency
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39. A child wades through a sea of styrofoam and plastic containers looking for plastic bottles that the family will sell for money in the slum
area of Citi Soliel in Port-au-Prince, on September 13, 2011. (Reuters/Swoan Parker)
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41. three main phases:
1. emergency
first 6 months
2. recovery
short term development
2-5 years
3. long term
development
from 5 years on
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42. in Haiti:
recovery but no long term development
1. emergency
2. short term
3. long term
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43. vicious cycle of reconstruction
leads to
short term development
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44. obstinate reconstruction
without changing or adapting
to the environment
Build - destruction - rebuild - destruction - rebuild - destruction
Human Nature Strikes Back by Daniel Cuomo
Source: http://egn56.deviantart.com/art/Human-Nature-Strikes-Back-61132319
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45. how do we break this vicious cycle?
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46. the 2010 haiti earthquake,
can be a starting point towards a
radical change
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48. The future reconstruction of Haiti by Ricardo, for El Mundo.
The writing on the man's knapsack says, International Aid
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49. Helping people in Haiti. (Chinese official media’s reporting of earth-
quake aid for Haiti carries a nationalistic, self-promotional tune.)
2010.1.18 @Haiti
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50. Total Donations for Haiti Earthquake Relief:
TOTAL: $14.9 billion
+
debt forgiveness
CBSnews, Haiti earthquake aid, 20-04-2010
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51. why so much money
but
no development?!
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52. who uses the money:
humanitarian aid
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54. UN clusters by UN OCHA
Current aid system: clusters
ruled by United Nations
is not an official part of
the haitian government
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55. Current aid system: clusters
the clusters are the actors
which decide how things are
done
UN clusters by UN OCHA
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56. Current aid system: clusters
the clusters are the actors
which decide how things are
done
delivery of aid
UN clusters by UN OCHA
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57. Cooking kits provided by World Vision are distributed to earthquake survivors in Haiti, following the earthquake that struck the capital
on 12 January 2010. Picture by Joshua Lee Kelsey
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73. 2 - Design
Need of a permanent place for coordination
2 MAIN FINDINGS
1 - Research:
need of a continuous coordination system
embedded in the local government
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76. the choice of a sustainable design approach
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77. the choice of a sustainable design approach
what is sustainability?
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78. the choice of a sustainable design approach
what is sustainability?
“TakinglessfromtheEarthand
giving more to people.”
the Rocky Mountain Institute, “Primer on Sustainable Building”
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79. the choice of a sustainable design approach
what is sustainability?
Sustainable architecture:
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80. the choice of a sustainable design approach
what is sustainability?
Sustainable architecture:
• uses locally available materials
Construction worker in Bali, by Ibuku
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81. the choice of a sustainable design approach
what is sustainability?
Sustainable architecture:
• use of locally available materials
• resources that do not damage the environment
Bamboo plants variety by Ibuku
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82. the choice of a sustainable design approach
what is sustainability?
Sustainable architecture:
• use of locally available materials
• resources that do not damage the environment
• adapts to local environment and people
Tornado by dummidumbwit web blog
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87. Goals of the design:
1. Comfortable feeling given by natural ma-
terials
2. Spaces for work open and tall : overview
on the space.
3. A public place to connect aid coordina-
tion a to local public events
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88. Goals of the design:
1. Comfortable feeling given by natural
materials.
Inspiration: Anna Heringer , METI school in Bangladesh
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89. Goals of the design:
1. Comfortable feeling given by natural ma-
terials.
Inspiration: Anna Heringer , METI school in Bangladesh
2. Spaces for work open and tall : overview
on the space.
Inspiration: Peter Rich, Mapungubwe Interpretation Cen-
tre, South Africa
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90. Goals of the design:
1. Comfortable feeling given by natural ma-
terials.
Inspiration: Anna Heringer , METI school in Bangladesh
2. Spaces for work open and tall : overview
on the space.
Inspiration: Peter Rich, Mapungubwe Interpretation Cen-
tre, South Africa
3. Space to connect aid coordination to lo-
cal public events
Inspiration: Ibuku, Green school, Bali
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100. • accessible: located along highway and primary road, between airport and harbour
• decentralized: close to the city centre but not in the centre, safer in disaster situations
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101. • accessible: located along highway and primary road, between airport and harbour
• decentralized: close to the city centre but not in the centre, safer in disaster situations
• interesting urban tissue: tent camp around an amphitheatre
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176. why don’t they use bamboo and earth now?
current most used material
concrete
not produced locally
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201. and from the main public space!
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202. Exhaustion of hot air
from rooftop window
Big overhanging roof_
uniform shade around
the buildingEarth walls_ thermal mass
preventing overheating
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206. FLOODING?
The whole complex is lying in a “stage”, 50
cm above the ground to prevent flooding
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207. hurricane?
Breathable and strong bamboo load bearing structure.
Light corrugated bamboo sheets for the roof.
Easy and fast reparation in case of damage.
Rounded shape accommodate the wind forces.
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208. Earhquake?
Double - disconnected structure:
load bearing bamboo: light, flexible, strong
thermal mass: low earth walls
Disconnection prevent complete falling of
the building in case of shock
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209. just few more things
almost done!
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210. this is not going to happen all in one time
long term planning
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230. 1. Big disaster = complex research, simple design
2. Connect real problems to formal choices
3. Use of alternative materials
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231. The whole system is
hard to change...
VERTICALITY OF
THE TEMPORARY CLUSTER
APPROACH
BEFORE
MAIN ORGANIZATION
CLUSTER
coordinators
NGOs in the
clusters
PRODUCTS
SUB BSUB A
A
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ...
B C D E F G H
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232. more horizontality
more
interaction | effectiveness
IMPROVED HORIZONTALITY OF THE
PERMANENT CLUSTER APPROACH
AFTER
MAIN ORGANIZATION
PRODUCTS
SUB BSUB A
A
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ...
B C D E F G HCLUSTER
coordinators
NGOs in the
clusters
VERTICALITY OF
THE TEMPORARY CLUSTER
APPROACH
BEFORE
MAIN ORGANIZATION
CLUSTER
coordinators
NGOs in the
clusters
PRODUCTS
SUB BSUB A
A
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ...
B C D E F G H
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233. 1. Big disaster = complex research, simple design
2. Connect real problems to formal choices and long term planning
3. Use of alternative materials
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236. 1. Big disaster = complex research, simple design
2. Connect real problems to formal choices and long term planning
3. Use of alternative materials
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237. The bamboo symbolizes the Haitian people...
we might get bent… but we’re able to straighten
up and stand.
-- Bell and Dandicat, Walking on fire, 23
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