The Competition + Brief Stage 1 Jury Award Stage 2 Media Coverage Funding Sponsorship Architectural Competition History Background
Haiti Earthquake Damage
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Inspired by the plight of the children of Haiti, this appeal is to raise funds to initiate an international architecture competition and to produce a quality book of ideas for child care and orphanages to help secure a future for children whose lives are blighted by natural disaster.
Money spent in disaster relief is understandably directed at providing immediate care and protection. Buildings are generally erected in haste without a thorough design process in the name of expediency. With proposals drawn from the very best of the global design community, relief agencies in future will have a source of architecture and design ideas that can be referenced as disasters occur. To this end we are in discussion with the pre-eminent architecture publishers Laurence King.
Our aim is to inspire hope in generations of children who might otherwise be fated to live and grow-up in poor quality environments.
The fees for the RIBA coordinated competition are £40,000, and the bond to the publisher for the Stage one book will be in the region of £30,000.
THE COMPETITION + BRIEF
The Haiti International Architecture and Design Competition is a two-stage international competition seeking a fresh look at what an orphanage offers, its parts, how it's built, the way it feels and the way it integrates with its surroundings with innovative planning solutions, 'life safe' sustainable architecture, cost effective and durable products, self help tool kits, communication devices, teaching aids landscape and product design. The objective will be to provide new environments that help vulnerable children thrive. These could be care homes that focus on farming skills, rural settlements with innovative educational facilities or an urban residential unit with a children's health clinic and similar facilities. It is an exciting opportunity to challenge the existing models and combine often separated facilities to spark new dimensions in their composition.
This will be a major international competition. We can expect 500 entrants in the first stage, ideas section and then in stage two move forward with the selected design teams to detail 8 new model orphanages.
This international competition will be administered by the RIBA who will structure the core administration, set the competition rules, register entrants, receive submissions, organize, attend and document assessment meetings and involve an RIBA architect adviser to help frame the briefing material, particularly the technical aspects. The RIBA guarantees global links to each country, their architectural institutions and design communities. They also bring a high level of international credibility to the competition format.
We are aware that a big challenge will be to confront the culture of bad building practice. To this end we have convened a top class group of advisers consultants and collaborators from around the world to ensure the highest standards are maintained. These include Bob Badgley retired senior Chief Civil Engineer for the city of San Francisco, and Michael Hadi, consultant civil engineer for British Council.
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STAGE 1
A call for ideas to generate a bank of top quality design ideas from Architects, Designers, Inventors, Engineers, Landscape Architects, Artists or anyone who feels they have valid and sustainable ideas to contribute.
Entrants to the competition will pay a nominal entry fee of £50 and the Stage one book will retail at £20+. This will help pay for basic costs.
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Left Behind
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THE JURY
The Jury will be a panel of respected members of the international community alongside the Children of Haiti. Judges will be experts and cultural commentators who are authoritative.
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THE AWARD
The award will be the inclusion of approximately 200 entries in the bespoke book and to be a part of the "Ideas" touring exhibition. Those selected at stage one will be invited to take part in stage two.
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Haitian orphans at the UN compound in Port-au-Prince
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STAGE 2
By invitation only. Stage two is about delivering Orphanages. It is a site specific stage developing ideas into working solutions. This stage will be financially supported from additional fund raising headed-up with the stage one publication and exhibition. Funds and UNICEF screened partners will help realise the orphanages.
We welcome all related crossover links. We will support, where appropriate the efforts of others and be in contact with any other design based initiatives.
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MEDIA COVERAGE
The whole process to be recorded for TV, Radio and Press.
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FUNDING
The first call is for seed money to launch the competition and secure the prize of the book publication. All proceeds will contribute toward funding stage two.
If you feel you can help, sponsor, pledge or simply wish to discuss it further please contact Bob Baldwin now on 07802 784 826 or email bob@dorisinc.co.uk
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SPONSORSHIP
Depending on the level of support we have a flexible approach to sponsorship. We will work closely with the sponsor to ensure that its objectives are fully met. We will custom design sponsorship proposals to specifically address your marketing and communications objectives. The HIADC seeks to work in close partnership with our sponsors and we welcome ideas that would enhance the relationship for both parties. Where possible, we endeavour to involve our sponsors directly to ensure the sponsor develops a personal relationship with a project and a sense of stewardship.
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Haiti International Architecture and Design Competition
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THE ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION HISTORY
Every year, competitions are held around the world where both leading architects, and students compete anonymously to design iconic landmark structures and environments with career defining projects. Competitions are used by architectural practices to spark debate, intellectually provoke and inspire. The debate triggered is both rigorous and thoughtful. Architects use them as an opportunity to explore ideas that they are otherwise unable to contemplate, often producing cutting edge schemes and imaginative flights of fancy. They also give us a measure of the contemporary design process which as well as being practical, is life enhancing and aimed to enrich the environment.
The proposals created are uninhibited, fantastically imaginative and to a world-class standard. They are illustrated to the highest level of excellence and spark along the way a wealth of visual material. Schemes that have been created this way and have become iconic structures loved the world over include the Eiffel Tower, the London Eye, The Millennium Bridge, The Empire State Building and many more clever and interesting schemes that are more modest.
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BACKGROUND
Even before the earthquake Haiti had the highest rates of infant, under-five and maternal mortality in the Western hemisphere. Diarrhoea, respiratory infections, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS are the leading causes of death. Some 60 per cent of people, primarily in rural areas, lack access to basic health-care services. It is estimated that about 5.6 per cent of people aged 15-49 years old in Haiti are living with HIV/AIDS. This includes about 19,000 children. As many as 2,000 children a year are trafficked to the Dominican Republic, often with their parents' support. Only a little over half of primary school-age children are enrolled in school. Less than two per cent of children finish secondary school. Approximately 1,000 children are working as messengers, spies and even soldiers for armed gangs in Port Au Prince.
Even before the earthquake the situation for children in Haiti was dire. Since the disaster there are thought to be hundreds of thousands of children wandering the ruins whose parents and family have died. They have become vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. It is generally understood that the earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation is the greatest humanitarian emergency in the history of the Americas.
Disasters provide us with an opportunity to invest. This investment can have a profound impact on the quality of life and expectation, not only of the community in immediate need but also of future generations. In relation to Haiti, President Clinton said of the recent earthquake... "this is a fantastic opportunity to escape its history". We know that with a structured response, the global design community can help transform the future.
Thank you
Bob Baldwin & James Engel
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Haiti Earthquake Relief
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