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4Montoute Architect2011

The Chemin La Vie Center Orphanage will support

abused street children who have run away from

their homes. The goal of the center is to help

these children become productive members of

society by placing them in a supportive, nurtur-

ing environment where they are well cared for

and have the opportunity to engage in everyday

activities typical of children there age. The center

does not offer formal schooling, but teaches the

children life skills that will help them be successful

adults. The design for the center was gener-

ated by the idea of a mother’s loving protective

embrace.

Status: Schematic Design

Completion: 2104

Chemin La Vie Orphanage

Project Brief

5Montoute Architect2011

Nicholas School is a series of single and dual

room classrooms outside of Mirebalais Haiti. As

one of our most rural projects, it posed a great

challenge for our construction techniques and for

the builders. The land for this project was donated

by the mayor of a small village that has never had

a school building. The children of this village

have had to walk for miles to school through the

mountains of Haiti.

Status: Construction

Completion: 2012

Nicholas

Project Brief

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INFORMAL TEACHING SPACE

CONCRETE PAVERS ONCONCRETE STEP

COMPRESSED GRAVEL

EDGE OF FOUNDATION WALL

LINE OF ROOF ABOVE

LINE OF ROOF ABOVE

EDGE OF FOUNDATION WALL

ELECTRICAL CLOSET

W/ ELEC. PANEL

GRAVEL PERIMETER

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PREP COUNTER W/

BOOKCASE ABOVE &

STORAGE BELOWPROJECTION SCREEN/

BLACKBOARD

TYPICAL CLUSTER

6Montoute Architect2011

L’Ecole de Choix is a campus in Mirebalais

Haiti. The campus is made up of classrooms of

50 square meters, designed and arranged into

clusters of three classroom units. The Classroom

units are then composed on the hillside site in an

informal manner mimicking the nearby villages

in both spatial character and social informality.

The buildings are constructed of cast-in-place

concrete with infill CMU units. The richness of the

project is derived from simplicity, and the informal-

ity used to create interstitial gathering and teach-

ing spaces between buildings, while urbanizing

an otherwise rural site.

Status: Phase One Completed

Completion: 2012

Ecole de Choix

Project Brief

THE VILLAGE

An informal game was created using A MIRROR, A TWIST and A NUDGE to create interesting and accidental rela-tionships not unlike the vil lages that surround the school.Then sectional influences were introduced in to the site and building placement

7Montoute Architect2011

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8Montoute Architect2011

The University Hospital Eye Clinic is a proposal

to replace an existing facility that has been in its

present location for many years, but due to dam-

age from the earthquake of 2010 can no longer

serve the community. The waiting area is impos-

sible to navigate; diminished spatial capacity and

increased services are putting a significant level of

strain on the staff. The new facility will provide the

international staff the proper environment within

which they can conduct their work with profes-

sionalism.

Status: Schematic Design

Completion: 2104

University Hospital Eye Clinic

Project Brief

9Montoute Architect2011

10Montoute Architect2011

UNEPH Media Lab

Project Brief

The UNEPH Media Lab is typical of many of the

projects we are undertaking in Haiti where the

application of a formal solution can solve an

otherwise insurmountable brief. This Media Lab

was to be designed for the roof of an existing

teaching facility on the UNEPH campus in down-

town Port-au-Prince. We were able to convince

the client that a typical and heavy concrete block

solution would not work and that our light-weight

and strong metal stick system would be the ideal

solution. The Media Lab is to house teaching

and communication facilities for long distance

learning.

Status: Construction

Completion: 2012

11Montoute Architect2011

Rural Haiti Project

The Rural Haiti Project is a U.S. based youth lead-

ership organization headquartered in New York

City. Its aim is to empower children to become

builders and leaders of their communities by

conducting programs for low-income and at-risk

children in rural areas of Haiti.

Status: Schematic Design

Completion: 2013

Project Brief