November 7th, 2015
The 2015 Community Plumbing Challenge has just been completed in Nashik, India. The works built, process of design, construction and school involvement provide a model of how communities, skilled people…
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October 28th, 2015
Our friends that work hard on the Anganwadi Project need a hand. They have sent HH this information and if you have the necessary skills and experience we invite you…
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October 1st, 2015
Thanks to the organisers of a lunch, for close to 100 guests on a farm west of Sydney, for helping support the rebuilding of earthquake damaged houses in Nepal. The…
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October 1st, 2015
This is the second instalment of the story explaining how to improve the earthquake resistance of village houses in Nepal. To catch up on the first part of the story…
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September 29th, 2015
Sanitation works have restarted at the Jalapadevi School after the earthquakes stopped the early work in May and then the wet season commenced making work difficult. The works continue thanks…
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September 18th, 2015
Each year, the BERKELEY PRIZE Committee selects a topic critical to the discussion of the social art of architecture and poses a Question based on that topic. Full-time undergraduate students…
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September 6th, 2015
Thanks to Reuters, Andrew MacAskill in Kathmandu and the SMH for the attached article outlining the slow progress of reconstruction in Nepal. In fairness to all involved, the monsoon season (ending…
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September 2nd, 2015
There are lessons learned, agendas, gender issues, principles, priorities and even creative moments but where is the action? There are some important points raised in this collection of papers and…
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August 18th, 2015
Following the first of the 2x2x2 challenges held in Sydney, the second competition was hosted by Griffith University (GU) in Brisbane with participant students from Design Futures (GU) and medical…
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August 3rd, 2015
A successful art auction in Newcastle last weekend, linked 3 years of architecture students that have worked on projects in Nepal, local artists, architects with a crowd of enthusiastic and…
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July 21st, 2015
HH continues to engage students in interdisciplinary workshops where they are faced with solving tricky, real-world problems. These challenges ultimately help the communities we work with gain from the student’s…
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July 19th, 2015
Water use and hand washing have been in the picture with the first of the 2x2x2x2 Design Challenges commencing in Sydney. During the construction phase of the 2x2x2x2 a short…
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