Venice Biennale thoughts progressing….
May 1st, 2012
Stay tuned for updates on what ideas will be presented and how in Venice. Some very rough working sketches are provided below to confuse and embarrass. HH will be putting…
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Indigenous housing quality in South Australia
April 21st, 2012
According to the ‘contract’ between the Australian and South Australian governments under the $5.5 billion National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing, all houses shall comply with the Australian Building Code,…
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Have you been to school?
April 18th, 2012
HH encountered this lack of basic facilities when our partners CHDS (Nepal) and Rotary were trying to establish a tooth brushing program, in parallel with the two current sanitation projects…
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Australian ambassador to Nepal visits the sanitation project
April 14th, 2012
Greeted by the CHDS, the village construction team and the Bhattedande villagers Ms Grace embarked on some ‘toilet trekking’ around the village. Inspecting toilets, septic tank systems and the biogas…
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World Habitat Award finally gets to Nepal
April 8th, 2012
During the final judging for the World Habitat Awards in mid 2011 Bishnu Shrestha, of the Community Health and Development Society (Nepal), made a presentation to the judging panel in…
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Thanks to assistance from Autodesk
April 8th, 2012
CHDS Nepal took delivery of some of these computers in April and will use them for financial reporting and general project documentation work. HH has provided financial software, originally developed…
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Even stars have to work
April 8th, 2012
A local village committee and construction workers get the animation and description of important aspects from Bishnu Shrestha (CHDS Nepal). Better informed committees and construction workers means better built systems,…
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Removing waste safely or more toilets built in Nepal
April 4th, 2012
April 2012 saw another 10 toilets completed in Nepal. A full Nepalese team trained people from the 2 new participating villages and the works completed were of a very high…
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Solving difficult problems: Dwelling in the Delta
April 1st, 2012
A student competition supported by several Universities and the German government helped develop more ideas to solve what must be some of the most immediate and difficult architectural and planning…
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Development from below
April 1st, 2012
Commencing in Bangladesh micro finance and lending to poorer people has spread world wide. Understanding the detail is important, and the specifics of the simply written Nobel Prize citation to…
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The sixteen decisions
April 1st, 2012
Developed between 1980 and 1984 (just ahead of the 9 HLPs), these principles were the conditions required by the bank to loan money to the poorest people of Bangldesh. What…
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Global Studio Bhopal
March 25th, 2012
Mix a strong history of Global Studio projects, dedicated organisers, architectural and development practitioners from around the planet and perhaps the smartest group of students you will find …then add…
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