i. Introduction
ii. Participants
iii. Client
iv. Design Measurements
v. Inhabitants
vi. Typical living arrangements
vii. Budget
viii. Post-build scaling up
ix. Post-competition publicity
x. Terms and Conditions
The Kay e Sante nan Ayiti competition seeks to solicit ideas on housing prototypes for PLWHA (Persons Living With HIV or AIDS) that work to reduce the transmission of Tuberculosis in St. Marc, Haiti. Within the stated parameters, submissions may explore various size, scale, layout, grouping, building construction methods, structural responses, materials and form. ARCHIVE hopes to build five single family units and to adhere to a pre-established budget. The wider aim of the project is to provide transient 1-year health housing for PLWHA in addition to vocational and skills training.
Comprehensive on-site research has been gathered and is included in the Appendices. We encourage all applicants to read through the 'Appendices' as they cover: AIDS, Tuberculosis, Local Health Research inclusive of Case Studies, the Socio-Economic Background of St. Marc, Community Outreach Research, Planning Research, Structural Research and Construction Research.
Kay e Sante nan Ayiti aims to generate among applicants a new-found knowledge of the link between housing and health. Kay e Sante nan Ayiti intends to increase the level of awareness of the global infectious disease epidemic and housing's ability to effect change. The true value of this competition is in:
- Creating collaborative multidisciplinary networks for instilling change.
- Transferring knowledge between design/planning/building professions and health/science professions.
Professionals, students and locals are welcome to participate. Architects, building designers, urban planners, health professionals, researchers, public health specialists, St. Marc residents and other interested individuals are especially encouraged to submit their ideas to the competition.
ARCHIVE very strongly encourages multidisciplinary, cross-cultural and international collaboration and we have designed a database specifically for this. The judging panel will look favorably upon such partnerships. Using the database is very easy: individuals submit a profile including details of their location and expertise. They can then search the database to find and link up with potential partners with a different speciality and geographical location. ARCHIVE further supports local participation.
1 project submission per group is permitted. Participation is prohibited for those directly affiliated with ARCHIVE or the judging panel. No more than six people are permitted per team, participants may enter individually if they wish.
iii. Client
FEBS (Fondation Esther Boucicault-Stanislas) is ARCHIVE's client for the Kay e Sante nan Ayiti Open Innovation Competition. FEBS itself is an organization in St. Marc, Haiti, established in 1996 to fight the spread of HIV and to provide support for those living with the virus. FEBS members like to think that the 'EBS' in its name stands for 'Ensemble Bravons le SIDA' meaning 'together we fight AIDS'.
FEBS has an immense presence in the community and currently provides psychosocial, nutritional and medical support for 500 PLWHA. Through community sensitization via radio and television appearances in addition to community workshops with schools and churches, FEBS has significantly diminished stigma against PLWHA and has made it possible for this population to live socially-integrated and healthy lives.
With free health and nutritional support already being provided to their clients, housing remains by far FEBS' greatest unmet need. ARCHIVE will initially provide 5 housing prototypes as exemplary units through the launch of this competition. FEBS' greater hope is to eventually provide transitional housing for up to 150 of their clients in time. They would like to train inhabitants to become autonomous by the end of a 1-2 year temporary residence in the homes.
FEBS also aspires to develop additional support services on the premises of the site, including such facilities as an orphanage. FEBS' essential goal is to assist all PLWHA in St. Marc to find their own ''Ti Kwen Paradi'' (or little piece of heaven).
ARCHIVE will construct five housing units designed by the five winning entrants or teams. Each entrant is to submit one prototype design. All units will be clustered together.
Requirements:
Housing Unit. (100 sq. m Total)
3 Bedrooms. 3-4 inhabitants (16 sq. m ea.)
2 Bathrooms. Toilet, Shower/Tub, Sink (5 sq. m ea.)
1 Kitchen. Refrigerator, Table, Counter, Cabinets, Sink, Oven/4-Range Stove:
Typically cooking is done outside for heating/cooling purposes (12 sq. m)
1 Living room. (20 sq. m)
Courtyard / Porch. (3.5 sq. m)
Garden. Individual garden or one communal garden. (3 sq. m)
Typical produce grown: bananas, avocados, coconuts, mangoes, etc.
Of the 10 PLWHA interviewed by ARCHIVE as part of the initial research (aged 22-62), three are nuclear families. The largest family is comprised of five people, the smallest consists of two. Some currently live with their partners, brothers, sisters or cousins whilst others live with a mother or sibling.
One client specifically is not able to secure any type of housing for himself or his 7-year old. Typically the mother and father are HIV+ and some of the children are also HIV+. There are additionally youth and orphans who have lost parents to the disease, living with other families. See Appendices for additional information.
vi. Typical living arrangements
It is preferred for couples to share a room and that each child has his/her own room. It is also preferred that there are two bathrooms for a family of four. Current housing conditions demand that children share the same room and often the same bed.
It is typical that the congregation of families would take place outside or in the kitchen. Haitian life revolves around the "lakou" or courtyard. Since the tenants will be ill, they will be naturally spending a great portion of their time resting/sleeping in bedrooms.
Budget per Unit: ~ $60,000
ARCHIVE will initially build five prototype units from the Kay e Sante nan Ayiti competition winning designs. It is planned to build these units over the course of a year''s time and to potentially build an additional 5 - 20 units based on knowledge gained from the initial building process in time.
ix. Post-competition publicity
After the project winners have been announced, ARCHIVE will additionally host a travelling project exhibition to showcase the work to various universities worldwide. This will take the form of a multimedia presentation (combining Powerpoint and video footage) which will chronologically demonstrate the project's implementation procedure. The exhibition will include a public health lecture and an open display of the most innovative submissions.
ARCHIVE will also publish a Compendium featuring the competition's best entries, as well as a 'best practices' Design Development Compendium. These will be available via the ARCHIVE website and distributed through relevant publications and reports. Honorable mentions for projects strong in certain disciplines will be noted.
Entrants must agree that ARCHIVE reserves the right to reproduce all entries on the competition website. ARCHIVE has the non-exclusive reproduction rights to all entries for advertising, promotion, exhibition, print publication, and internet purposes related to the competition.
By submitting an entry, a team or individual acknowledges that all work is their own, and does not infringe the intellectual rights of any third party. No entries may breach the copyright, trademark or design right of any party not listed in the entrant's registration. The entrants take responsibility for all intellectual property and copyright.
If selected as a finalist, the winning teams/entrants must be able to first develop their design and to then provide construction documents for implementation in the winter. This development will take place after a week of community design development meetings, occurring Wednesday, December 8 - Tuesday, December 14. The construction documents must be completed by Friday, February 25.
