Building Change : Constructing a legacy

architectureforhumanity
ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY - ABOUT US
About Us
Architecture for Humanity is a non-profit architecture and construction services
firm. By utilizing the power of design we improve living standards and help
underserved communities attract future investment. We manage all aspects of
the design and construction process, from conception to completion, with the aim
of building a more sustainable future for all.
Total Impact
Since 1999 we have helped to build structures and places to live, learn, heal and
play for more than 2.1 Million people in 47 countries around the world. Currently
we are building in 27 countries including working on long-term reconstruction in
post-disaster communities in Haiti, Japan and the US.
2.1M
47

ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY - SCALE
Our Global Network
Over 35,000 design and construction professionals and an additional 150,000+ in
our global network. We have a full time staff of 35 and over 60 building
professionals on pro-bono design fellowships.
Our Local Chapters
We have 54 city based chapters in more than 12 countries. Each chapter is made
up of volunteer architecture, engineering, landscape and building professionals
dedicated to shaping and improving the local environment.
35K
54
cities

ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY - SCOPE OF WORK
In 2013, Architecture for Humanity is working in 27 countries
rebuilding lives affected by natural disaster, war, blight and neglect.

WORK IN PERU
CHINCHA
ICA ICA
ICA
TALARA

SPORTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE // 48 FACILITIES // 500K BENEFICIARIES
Coleman Oval Skatepark / USA
Liga Fos Football / Argentina
Clean Water Courts / 3 / Haiti
Games in Lost Heaven / China
Ooya Sports Park / Japan
Magic Bus / 6 / India
San Francisco da Asis / Colombia
Football for Hope Centres / 20 / Africa
Una Cancha Muchas Canchas / 2 / Guatemala
Skateistan Skatepark / Afghanistan
40+ local partners

SPORTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE FACILITIES // SOUTH AFRICA // FOOTBALL

SPORTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE FACILITIES // KENYA // BASKETBALL

SPORTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE FACILITIES // PACIFIC OCEAN // SAILING

SPORTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE FACILITIES // BRAZIL // FOOTBALL

SPORTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE FACILITIES // AFGHANISTAN // SKATEBOARDING

SPORTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE FACILITIES // GHANA // FOOTBALL

SPORTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE FACILITIES // LATIN AMERICA
BRAZIL
CHILE COLOMBIA COLOMBIA
MEXICO
ARGENTINA

2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
Skateistan / Afghanistan
FFH Khayelitsha // South Africa
FFH Baguineda // Mali
FFH Katutura // Namibia
FFH Mathare // KenyaSiyathemba / South Africa
FFH Edendale / South Africa
FFH Qua Qua // South Africa
FFH Addis Adaba // Ethiopia
FFH Alexandra // South Africa
FFH Magalakwena // South Africa
FFH Ramotswa / Botswana
FFH Lesotho / Lesotho
FFH Kimisagara // Rwanda
FFH Oguaa // Ghana
Una Cancha // Guatamala
FFH Kalebuka // DR Congo
Mahiga Rainwater Court // Kenya
Liga Fos // Argentina
Games in Lost Heaven / China
Ooya Green Park / Japan
Judo Juku / Japan
Clean Water Courts // Haiti
FFH Iringa // Tanzania
FFH Besongabang // Camaroon
FFH Manica // Mozambique
FFH Tarrafel // CapeVerde
FFH Bulawayo // Zimbabwe
Park for All // Japan
Design Competition
Southern Africa
Design Competition
Sao Paulo + Buenos Aires
Design Competition
NYC
Coleman Oval Park / USA
Design Competition
-Global-
SPORT FOR ALL
FROM BEIJING TO RIO

ARCHITECTURE AND THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT
Olympic medalists in mixed architecture
1912 Stockholm
Eugène-Edouard Monod & Alphonse Laverrière (SUI) Building of a modern
Stadium
none awarded
none awarded
1920 Antwerp
No Gold Medal
Holger Sinding-Larsen (NOR) Project pour une Ecole de Gymnastique
No Bronze Medal
1924 Paris
No Gold Medal
Alfréd Hajós & Dezső Lauber (HUN) Plan d'un Stade
Julien Médecin (MON) Stade pour Monte-Carlo
Olympic medalists in mixed architecture - architectural designs
1928 Amsterdam
Jan Wils (NED) Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam
Ejnar Mindedal Rasmussen (DEN) Swimming pool at Ollerup
Jacques Lambert (FRA) Stadium at Versailles
1932 Los Angeles
Gustave Saacké, Pierre Bailly, & Pierre Montenot (FRA) Design for a "Cirque
pour Toros"
John Russell Pope (USA) Design for the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, New Haven,
Conn.
Richard Konwiarz (GER) Design for a "Schlesierkampfbahn" in the Sport Park of
Breslau
1936 Berlin
Hermann Kutschera (AUT) Skiing Stadium
Werner March[note 1] (GER) Reich Sport Field
Hermann Stiegholzer & Herbert Kastinger (AUT) Sporting Center in Vienna
1948 London
Adolf Hoch (AUT) Skisprungschanze auf dem Kobenzl
Alfred Rinesch (AUT) Watersports Centre in Carinthia
Nils Olsson (SWE) Baths and Sporting Hall for Gothenburg
Olympic medalists in town planning
1928 Amsterdam
Alfred Hensel (GER) Stadium at Nuremberg
Jacques Lambert (FRA) Stadium at Versailles
Max Laeuger (GER) Municipal park at Hamburg
1932 Los Angeles
John Hughes (GBR) Sports and Rec Center with Stadium, City of
Liverpool
Jens Klemmensen (DEN) Design for a Stadium and Public Park
André Verbeke (BEL) Design for a "Maraton Park"
1936 Berlin
Werner March & Walter March (GER) Reich Sport Field
Charles Downing Lay (USA) Marine park, Brooklyn
Theo Nussbaum (GER) Municipal Planning and Sporting Centre in Cologne
1948 London
Yrjö Lindegren (FIN) The Centre of Athletics in Varkaus, Finland.
Werner Schindler & Edy Knupfer (SUI) Swiss Federal Sports Training
Centre
Ilmari Niemeläinen (FIN) The Athletic Centre in Kemi, Finland.

XXS: GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA // STREET SOCCER // $2,500

XS: SHIZUGAWA, JAPAN // MINAMI SANRIKU JUDO JUKU // $15,000

XS: PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI // BASKETBALL COURTS AS URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE // $15,000

SM: OAXACA, MEXICO // OAXACA COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE // $25,000

M: MAHIGA, KENGA // MAHIGA RAINWATER COURT // $75,000

M: MOTOYOSHI, JAPAN // OOYA GREEN SPORTS PARK // $89,000

L: NEW YORK CITY, NY, USA // COLEMAN OVAL SKATEPARK // $400,000

XL: AFRICA // FOOTBALL FOR HOPE CENTRES // $4M FOR 20 FACILITIES IN 15 COUNTRIES

XXL: DESIGNED TO MOVE // ACTIVE CITIES

Challenges.
7 out of 10 Americans are either overweight or obese
The US Spends $147B on health related costs.
Brazil has the most rapid decline in activity of any nation in the world.
Children 10 and under are estimated to die 5 years younger than their parents.
THE CHALLENGE

GOALS
Goals of This Initiative.

Lower rate of obesity
Create holistic approach to tackling inactivity
Utilize vacant land to encourage future development
Build spaces that connect downtown with surrounding peri-urban and suburban neighborhoods

COALITION
Active Living Research Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Athletes for Citizenship Brazil Ministry of Sport
Ministério do
Esporte
World Federation of the Sporting Goods
Industry
Kaiser Permanente
International Council of Sport
Science and Physical Education
International Council
for Coaching Excellence
Sustrans
Social Service
of Commerce Sector, Brazil
National Football League
Research Centre for Sport, Society &
Culture, Peking University
Research Centre
for Sport,
Society & Culture,
Peking University
American Academy of Pediatrics American College of Sports Medicine Architecture for Humanity Association Internationale des Ecoles
Superieures d’Education Physique
Federation Internationale
d’Education Physique
International Association of Physical
Education and Sport for Girls and Women
Inter-American Development BankDeutsche Gesellschaft für
Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Young Foundation
International Sport
& Culture Association
International Society for Comparative
Physical Education and Sport
International Federation
of Adapted Physical Activity
International Society
for Physical Activity and Health
Sport Center – University of São PauloSport and CitizenshipSpecial Olympics
Partnership for a Healthier AmericaNIKE, Inc. Research Center for Physical, Health
and Arts Education, National Institute
of Education Sciences
Premier League
Sport for Social Change Network, Brazil
Designed to Move – vii

ACTIVE SPACES
Architecture for Humanity is seeking to partner
with cities to transform under-utilized spaces
into active places.
We are focusing on five areas that support physical activity;
1. Open Spaces / Parks
2. Urban Design / Land Use
3. Transportation
4. Schools
5. Buildings / Workplaces
Under the Designed To Move collective we hope to bring
momentum to a nationwide movement to create healthier,
active spaces in our cities and towns. As the lead organization
in the built environment, Architecture for Humanity is seeking
to identify three to five cities to pilot programs to build
innovative spaces that tackle obesity and empower healthier
citizens.

URBAN ACUPUNCTURE - A Holistic Approach to Stitching Together A Community Through Active Spaces
1. Open Spaces / Parks
Who Doesn’t Love An Open Place To Play?
Quick Win: Organize playground/park clean up and other ‘done in
a day’ improvement projects
2. Urban Design / Land Use
Walk it, Bike it, Skate it, Jump It.
Quick Win: Beautification and Enhancement of Space -
Clean up trash, plant trees, add benches/lighting, inc art
3. Transportation
You Have to Get There Somehow.
Quick Win: Closing off streets of calming traffic
for physical activity
4. Schools
Use What You’ve Already Got?
Quick Win: Paint bright colored lines on playgrounds and
asphalt to appeal to kids’ senses, increase games
5 Buildings / Workplaces
Keep It Moving.
Quick Win: Include cues/signals that enhance stair usage.
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2
4
6
5

Transforming the urban street
scape to encourage public
gathering spaces, moments of
play and discovery and safe biking
and walking.
3
2
1
Transforming empty lots and
abandoned infill development into
active and healthy environments
for families
Capturing the border zones. Re-
imagine highway underpass as
connections and meeting points
with the peri-urban community.
This empowers the DVP to opens
its arms to the surrounding
community.

Social issues are overlapped and
complex. By integrating social
services within the urban fabric
we can tackle inner-city needs
within the community instead of
shunning them to the outskirts.
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5
4
To empower alternative teaching
methods we need to embed
education in entrepreneurial
environments. Use downtown as
an incubator and interweave the
classrooms within start-ups and
businesses
Historic way-finding and signage.
Rather than treating Las Vegas as
a place of destination we can use
alternative way-finding to
transform it into a place of
discovery.
[Case Study: UrbanRock Design/LA]

RETHINKING THE URBAN LANDSCAPE- Case Studies
Local Case Studies - Urban Spaces
Our city based chapters have worked on a series of urban interventions to support local economic development and
social services.
Homeless Lockers, Minnesota, MN (Bottom Left)
More Than Books, Boston, MA (Bottom Middle)
The Remakery, Brixton, London (Upper Right)
Under the BQE, Queens, NY (Middle Right)
The Point Community Center, South Bronx, NY (Bottom Right)

Local Case Studies - Natural Spaces
Our city based chapters have worked on a series of urban interventions to support food equity and access to
healthier options.
Reclaimed Garden Shelter, Sioux Falls, SD (Bottom Left and Middle)
Fresh Moves, Chicago, Il (Upper Right)
People’s Community Market, Oakland, CA (Middle Right)
Coconut Grove Community Gardens, Miami (Bottom Right)

Local Case Studies - Active Spaces
For the past seven years we have built over two dozen sports and physical educational spaces within the urban
fabric. This has included taking over empty spaces under bridges to working with city officials to close streets to
cars and turn them into permanent places of play. This has ranged from $400K revitalization projects to $2000
interventions
Coleman Oval Skate Park, NYC (Right)
Street Soccer, Guatemala City, Guatemala (Bottom Left and Middle)

CREATING PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Partnership Opportunities
Three to five pilot projects on underutilized lots that would create
active, healthy spaces
Host an international design competition that would bring attention
to the need to revitalize urban cores, while generating innovative
design ideas
Implement and construct pilot projects in partnership with local
planners and architects.
Perform monitoring and evaluation on the social return on
investment (SROI) on pilot program to support replication and scale
Benefits of Active Spaces
Increased activity and healthier lifestyle leads to healthcare savings
Increased foot traffic and retail opportunities
Reduction in crime
Increased real estate values
Opportunities for serendipity

Cameron Sinclair // co-founder, architecture for humanity
cameron@architectureforhumanity.org
+1 646 765 0906

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