Who We Are

Through a global network of building professionals, Architecture for Humanity brings design, development and construction services to communities that would not otherwise be able to access these services.

We believe in the power of design to change lives and to build a more sustainable future for all.

1999 2004 2008

0 beneficiaries

27, 000 beneficiaries

700,000 beneficiaries

2 volunteers

4 sq. ft. of office

space

1 cell phone

1 lap top

3 staff

20 affiliates in 5

countries

3,000 participants

24,000 newsletter

subscribers

10 full time staff

80 affiliates in 25

countries

1,350 design teams

from 53 countries

7,000+ participants

48,000 newsletter

subscribers

OUR GROWTH

•35,000 newsletter subscribers •10,000 members of the Open Architecture Network

Our Global Network

1. Design Advocates

2. Local Chapters •80 chapters in 25 countries with more than 4,650 volunteer design professionals

3. Design Fellowship Program

•15-20 Design fellows dedicated to community based design projects globally for six month to 1-year fellowships

www.openarchitecturenetwork.org

•First site to offer open source architectural plans and drawings

•inline viewing of CAD files •ability to collaborate and share knowledge•50,000 unique visits •10,000 registered users

4. Open Architecture Network

Our Global Network

Guardian InstituteRockwell GroupArchitect: Jens Holm

Each year Architecture for Humanity's Open Architecture Challenge design competition brings public attention to inequities in the built environment affecting the health, prosperity and well being of under-served communities.

Open Architecture Challenge

By 2015 the world will need an additional ten million classrooms. At the same time, millions of existing classrooms are in serious need of repair and refurbishment and will need to be upgraded. Help design the classroom of the future.

Open Architecture Challenge

Guardian InstituteRockwell GroupArchitect: Jens Holm

Cote d’Ivoire

India

Uganda

South Africa

Open Architecture Challenge

Focus:

Students and teachers understand best what makes a learning space work. The 2009 Open Architecture Challenge will invite them to partner with architects in their community to design better, greener classrooms for their schools.

Open Architecture Challenge

Focus: You can partner with a school in your community, a local solution to a local issue. Engage the students and teachers to design an innovative modular or traditional site-built structure.ORYou can partner with one of the schools that our school building partners work with, in India or Uganda.

Open Architecture Challenge

Cradle to Cradle (C2C) home Design Firm: Matthew Coates AIA,Tim Meldrum, et. al.

Choose a school in your community

From India to Spain to Africa, schools are struggling to build facilities that meet the needs of 21st century students.

Open Architecture Challenge

Cradle to Cradle (C2C) home Design Firm: Matthew Coates AIA,Tim Meldrum, et. al.

We are inviting you, the designer, to work with students and teachers to design the classroom of the future for a school of your choosing. Your design should address the unique challenges your school faces in trying to provide innovative, safe and sustainable learning spaces.

As a designer you can:

•Share your design expertise and inspire school students to re-imagine their classroom

•Help students learn about the built environment using a companion design curriculum

•Become an advocate for better classroom design in your community

Open Architecture Challenge

Open Architecture Challenge

Cradle to Cradle (C2C) home Design Firm: Matthew Coates AIA,Tim Meldrum, et. al.

Design Curriculum

In partnership with our education partners Curriki and the Global Nomads Group we have designed a companion curriculum hosted on Curriki to help designers engage students and teachers to help them understand their built environment better.

To further engage the students, Global Nomads Group is hosting webcasts for the eight lesson plans.

Open Architecture Challenge

Cradle to Cradle (C2C) home Design Firm: Matthew Coates AIA,Tim Meldrum, et. al.

In India, the average teacher-to-pupil ratio is 40:1 and schools in high-density urban areas in low-income communities across India are faced with growing demand for enrollment. Students learn in spaces that lack adequate lighting, ventilation, and that are in need of upgrading to meet the needs of today’s students.

School Building Partner Orient Global

Open Architecture Challenge

Cradle to Cradle (C2C) home Design Firm: Matthew Coates AIA,Tim Meldrum, et. al.

Orient Global is a multi-billion dollar investment group. In its social investments, it works with low-cost private schools in India, Africa and China as part of its US$100 million commitment to education.

The challenge is to develop innovative design solutions to upgrade and expand existing classroom environments in high-density urban settings in India and beyond.

School Building Partner Orient Global

Open Architecture Challenge

Cradle to Cradle (C2C) home Design Firm: Matthew Coates AIA,Tim Meldrum, et. al.

In the united states alone morethan six million students learn in portableclassrooms designed to be temporary.

School building partnersModular Building Institute, Blazer Industries

School building partnersModular Building Institute, Blazer Industries

Open Architecture Challenge

School districts have many constraints when planning for new classroom space. They must respond to shifting populations and overcrowded schools, aging infrastructure, limited capital funding and ever shrinking budgets. Relocatable classrooms are often chosen by administrators as an expedient solution to many of these complex issues.

The challenge is to develop innovative design for relocatable classrooms.

Open Architecture Challenge

School building partnersModular Building Institute, Blazer Industries

Open Architecture Challenge

Cradle to Cradle (C2C) home Design Firm: Matthew Coates AIA,Tim Meldrum, et. al.

School building partner Building Tomorrow

In Uganda, 57 percent of children finish primary school and 18 percent have the chance to attend secondary school. And over 1 million children are not enrolled in primary school and, of those, 70 percent are never expected to.

Open Architecture Challenge

Cradle to Cradle (C2C) home Design Firm: Matthew Coates AIA,Tim Meldrum, et. al.

The challenge is to develop innovative design solutions for classrooms in remote/rural communities in Uganda, with little or no existing access to educational facilities.

School building partner Building Tomorrow

Open Architecture Challenge

Focus:

If your design wins, your school will receive funding up to $50,000 to build or upgrade a classroom, and you will receive a $5,000 grant to help them do it.

To enter the challenge log on towww.openarchitecturechallenge.org

Focus:

Open Architecture Challenge

Focus:

Principal Partner: Orient Global

Challenge Sponsors: AMD 50x15 InitiativeBezos Family FoundationGoogle SketchUpGraham FoundationIrvin Stern Family Foundation The National Endowment for the Arts

Education Partners:CurrikiGlobal Nomads

School Building Partners Orient GlobalBuilding TomorrowBlazer IndustriesThe Modular Building Institute

Challenge Partners:Aspen InstituteThe Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS)Do SomethingDwell MagazineGlobal Green USAUnited States Green Building Council (USGBC)

Get Involved

•Volunteer

•Become a mentor

•Donate time remotely

•Apply for a design fellowship

•Join or start a chapter

Give Design Services

Get Involved

•Join the Open Architecture Network

•Enter the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge

•Share materials, buildng code information, design details and other information

Share Your Knowledge

Get Involved

•Sponsor a day of design

•Pledge firm resources

•Make a donation

www.architectureforhumanity.org

Make a Contribution

design is the ultimate renewable resource