Events and Callender

Calendar of events

January 28, 2009

Launching :

2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom

Brief :
According to the World Bank, putting all children worldwide in school by 2015 will require the construction of 10 million new classrooms spread over 100 countries. At the same time, millions of existing classrooms are in serious need of repair and refurbishment and will need to be upgraded. Meeting this need for learning spaces over the course of the coming decade will constitute, collectively, the biggest building project the world has ever undertaken.

It is time to take back the classroom! Get your school involved, and make your voice heard.Team up with a local architect, builder, designer or architecture student and enter together. If your design wins, your school will receive up to $50,000 in funding to build or upgrade a classroom.[Entries from developing nations are exempt from entry fee.]

Challenge Host: Architecture for Humanity

For more information:
please visit: http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/challenge

February 1, 2009

General Meeting with the Co-ordinator

Objective : 1. To Finalize its manifesto.

2. Initial Co-ordinator team form

3. Discussion about initial funding

4. Discussion about the outreach of Open Architecture Challenge 2009 in Bangladesh.

5. Discuss about the process to form Advisory Board for AFH-Dhaka,Bangladesh.

June 24, 2009

'Summer of Service'

Architecture for Humanity has received a request from the White House and the Corporation for National & Community Service in regard to the 'Summer of Service' (http://serve.gov). They are looking for organizations with local chapters who are in need of volunteers and AFH is one of the only large-scale 'architecture' focused groups in the country. We've asked our
US base chapters to provide feedback with projects that need volunteers.

We are also hopeful that some of our international chapters might be able to pitch in as well by performing virtual volunteering and provide assistance to a US based chapter.

best regards

Imrul & Barb

download the excel file to fill

click MyProjectServeGov Upload Form.xls

and send it to

Imrul at : motion_architect@hotmail.com

AFH-Dhaka,Bangladesh

“AFH-Dhaka” is a local chapter affiliated by “Architecture for Humanity” a non-profit organization, founded in the United States in 1999 registered 501(c)(3) non profit organization concerned with the built environment.