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 28th, 2015
The Guardian reports of troubles in Alice Springs Town Camp housing. READ THE ARTICLE BY CLICKING HERE HH worked in the town camp houses a while back (2006 with…
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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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September 2nd, 2015
How to begin to reconstruct rural housing, destroyed or badly damaged in the earthquakes of April and May 2015, with Nepalese villagers, some of the poorest people in the world? Well…
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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 7th, 2015
Acclaimed Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has announced a 3-stage plan to build emergency shelters in Nepal following its series of devastating earthquakes earlier this year. READ THE STORY HERE
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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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June 25th, 2015
Combine some skilled visiting plumbers, local support from Sticky Situations and the Diepsloot based WASSUP team and you have change for the better in a tough part of Johannesburg, South…
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