Architecture for Humanity is a a charitable organization that seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crises and brings professional design services to communities in need. They do an amazing job all over the world and this has been an incredible year for them, specially for their Skatepark in Afghanistan.

During this year’s AIA Convention, we had the chance to interview Cameron Sinclair, the Co-founder and Eternal Optimist of AFH. Check the first part and second part of this great interview. After the break, we show you a review of everything they’ve done this year, and what’s to come.

Completed

Khayelitsha Football for Hope Centre
Location: Khayelitsha, South Africa
Client: Grassroot Soccer
Design Team: ARG Design (Architect of Record) Eugene da Silva (Regional Program Manager), Kimberley O’Dowd (Program Manager), Sarah Rowden, Oana Stanescu, and Christine Lara (Design Fellows)

Biloxi Model Homes
Location: Biloxi, Mississippi
Clients: Desporte, Nguyen, Odom, Parker, Robinson, Tran and Tyler families
Project Partners: Hope Community Development Agency and Oprah’s Angel Network
Design Team: Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, Studio Gang, Huff & Gooden, Marlon Blackwell Architect, Brett Zamore Design, CP+D Workshop, MC2 architects (Architects) and Paul Hendershot Design (Landscape Architect) with Kimberley O’Dowd (Program Manager), Michael Grote, Sherry-Lea Bloodworth, John Dwyer, Tommy Calhoun, Nicole Joslin, Nicole Nowak, Brandon Milling, Nadene Mairesse and many, many others.

Skateistan Youth Sports Center
Location: Kabul, Afghanistan
Client: Skateistan
Partner: Nike Gamechangers
Design Team: Convic Design (Architect of Record), Michael Jones and Elaine Uang (Program Managers)

Navajo Straw Bale Housing
Location: Navajo Nation – remote sites in AZ and NM
Client: Navajo Elders
Design Team: Nathaniel Corum (Architect of Record) and Indigenous Community Enterprises

Nadukuppam Colony Womens’ Center and Balwadi
Location: Nadukuppam, Tamil Nadu, India
Client: Nadukuppam Women’s Cooperative plus schooling for their children
Design Team: Purnima McCutcheon and local community members

Pillaichavadykuppam Community Center
Location: Pillaichavadykuppam, Tamil Nadu, India
Client: Pillaichavadykuppam Women’s Cooperative plus Children’s Parliament
Design Team: Purnima McCutcheon and local community members

Thirukannur Women’s Cooperative
Location: Thirukannur, Tamil Nadu, India
Client: Thirukannur Women’s Cooperative
Design Team: Purnima McCutcheon and local community members

Kutamba AIDS Orphans School
Location: Bikongozo, Uganda
Client: Nyaka AIDS Foundation
Design Team: Matt Miller (Design Fellow) and Project H Design (Program Partner)

Alternative Masonry Units – Domestic Beta
Location: Oakland, California
Client: City Slickers Farms
Design Team: Nathaniel Corum, Michael Jones, Jeremy Fisher and Marisha Farnsworth

Alternative Masonry Units – International Beta
Location: Bikongozo, Uganda
Client: Architecture for Humanity
Design Team: Matt Miller (Design Fellow)

Appirampattu Community Center – Design Grant
Location: Appirampattu, India
Client: Villagers of Appirampattu
Design Team: Logan Allen, Taiko Sakamoto, James Jamison, Ganesh Bala and Bhaskar

Collaborate Office
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Client: Architecture for Humanity and all the Collaborate Office Tenants
Design Team: San Francisco community design effort led by Stacy Jed (Project Lead), Beth Morris (Architect of Record), Aaron Lim and Joyce Engebretsen

Under Construction

Mukuru kwa Njenga Technology Center and Media Lab
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Client: SIDAREC
Partner: 50 x15 Foundation
Design Team: Planning Systems (Architect of Record), The Global Studio (Concept Designers), Isaac Mugumbule (Design Fellow) and youth leaders at SIDAREC

Mahiga High Rainwater Court
Location: Nyeri, Kenya
Client: Mahiga High School
Partner: Nike Gamechangers
Design Team: Greg Elsner (Design Fellow) and local community members

Plastiki Off Grid Habitation (aka. The Cabin)
Location: Pacific Ocean
Client: Adventure Ecology
Design Team: Nathaniel Corum (Design Lead), Michael Jones (Design Fellow) with Andy Dovell (Naval Architect), R. Scott Mitchell, Marisha Farnsworth, Jay Ruskey and USC Students (Design Support)

In Development

Bamako Football for Hope Centre
Location: Bamako, Mali
Client: Association Malienne pour la Promotion de la Jeune et de la Femme
Design Team: M. Youseff Berthe (Architect of Record) and Michael Heublein (Design Fellow)

Haruma Football for Hope Centre
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Client: Mathare Youth Sports Association
Design Team: Studio 610 (Concept Designers), Andrew Gremley (Architect of Record), Dr. Alfred Omenya (Environmental Consultant) and Isaac Mugumbule (Design Fellow)

Cape Coast Football for Hope Centre
Location: Cape Coast, Ghana
Client: Play Soccer
Design Team Joe Addo, Constructs LLC (Architect of Record)

Windhoek Football for Hope Centre
Location: Windhoek, Namibia
Client: Special Olympics – Namibia
Design Team Nina Maritz and Paul Munting (Architect of Record)

Kigali Football for Hope Centre
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Client: Esperance
Design Team: APPLY TODAY!

Guardians Institute
Location: New Orleans, LA
Client: Guardians of the Flame
Design Team: Rockwell Studio (Concept Designers)

Homeless World Cup Legacy Project
Location: Santa Cruz, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Client: Homeless World Cup
Design Team: APPLY TODAY!

Bhawani Orphanage
Client: Miracle Foundation
Location: Bhawanipur, Orissa, India
Design Team: Sarika Jhawar (Design Fellow)

Cyclone Nargis Reconstruction
Client: ASEAN
Location: Burma/Myanmar
Design Team: Suchon M., Kidsada P., Tee A. and Nattawut U.

Green Charter School Facility Guide
Location: United States
Client: NCB Capital Impact
Design Team: Sumita Mukherjee (Design Fellow)

Teton Valley Community School
Location: Victor, Idaho
Client: Teton Valley Community School
Design Team Emma Adkisson, DC Workshop (architect of record) and Section Eight Design (concept designers)

Building Tomorrow Uganda School
Location: Rural Uganda
Client: Building Tomorrow
Design Team Gifford LLC

Competitions

2009 Open Architecture Competition: Classroom
Winner: Teton Valley Community School
Design Team Section Eight Design, Victor, Idaho

The Community Prize
Winner: Seth Shannon, Des Moines, Iowa

Publications in Development

Design Like You Give a Damn 2
Location: Global
Client: various
Editing Team: Satu Jackson, Kate Stohr, Cameron Sinclair and Architecture for Humanity

On the Boards for 2010

We have a number of projects in development that may move into design phase in 2010. Beyond projects already listed these include school building in Indonesia, Peru, The Philippines and Uganda; A Youth Center in Haiti; A Coastal Access and Restoration landscape Project in Southern California; A Research project on temporary housing for migrants workers; Launch of the Chapter Network (see below); Eight more homes for the Navajo Nation, the launch of the Plastiki and a design studio that connects architecture students across the Pacific Rim.