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Structures for Inclusion is an annual conference that brings together activists, designers, funders, and policy makers who are at the forefront of designing in the public's interest.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 23

6:30 - 7:30 SEEDocs PREMIER FILM SCREENING

SATURDAY, MARCH 24

9:00 - 9:30 REGISTRATION

9:30 - 10:00 OPENING REMARKS

10:00 - 10:30 FEATURED SPEAKER

10:30 - 12:00 PANEL ONE: PARTNERSHIPS

12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH (BOX)

1:00 - 1:30 SEED AWARDS PRESENTATION

1:30 - 3:00 PANEL TWO: PARTICIPATION

3:00 - 3:30 COFFEE

3:30 - 5:00 PANEL THREE: IMPACT

5:00 - 5:30 CLOSING DIALOGUE

5:30 - 7:00 DINNER + DRINKS (On Your Own)

7:00 - 7:30 ADPSR RECEPTION

7:30 PEOPLE’s CHOICE AWARD VOTE

7:45 - 8:30 ADPSR MUMFORD AWARDS

ALL DAY PEOPLE’s CHOICE POSTER GALLERY (MEBANE GALLERY)

SUNDAY, MARCH 25

8:30 - 9:30 BREAKFAST KUCHA 9:40 - 10:40 WORKSHOP SESSION ONE

11:00 - 12:00 WORKSHOP SESSION TWO

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STRUCTURES I NCLUS ION D e s i g n i s R e l a t i o n a l

March 24 - 25

FOR [ ] AUSTIN, TX

E m i l i e Ta y l o rTulane City Center

M i c h a e l M u r p h yMASS Design Group

G a i l V i t t o r iCenter for Maximum Potential Building Systems

C o l e m a n C o k e rbuildingstudio

J a m i e B l o s s e rSustainable Native Communities Collaborative

D i e g o C o l l a z o sArchitecture for Humanity

P l i n y F i s kCenter for Maximum Potential Building Systems

S a m u e l D e J o n gBNIM Architecture

T . L u k e Yo u n gArchitecture for Humanity

J o r g e A l a r c ó nNational Institute of Health

G r e t c h e n M o k r yArchitecture for Humanity

A n n e F r e d e r i c kHester Street Collaborative

To m a s i t a D u r a nOhkay Owingeh Housing Authority

D a n S h a wUniversity of Washington

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For more information, visit www.designcorps.org/sfi-conference/

STRUCTURES FOR INCLUSION IS AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOCUSED ON DESIGN FOR SOCIAL GOOD.

Structures for Inclusion 2012 brings together

activists, designers, funders, and policy mak-

ers who are at the forefront of designing in

the public’s interest. Dynamic innovators and

experienced professionals from around the

world are providing honest, inspiring conver-

sations and participatory workshops to help

us do more and do it better. Welcome!

SFI SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter Hashtag: #SFI12

Flickr Pool: www.flickr.com/groups/sfi6

Live-Streaming: Thanks to The UpTake film

crew, SFI will be streaming

live from:

www.designcorps.org

Facebook: Join the Design Corps

Facebook group!

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WELCOME to SFI 12!DESIGN IS RELATIONAL

Design is relational. It is not just about objects. It’s also about being

a catalyst to change human relationships and activities. Last year, at

our annual Structures for Inclusion Conference, Sergio Palleroni said

that 90% of the impact of his architecture is not in the construc-

tion. The positive impact is in the relationships, the empowerment,

and the activities created, in addition to the bricks and mortar.

This type of impact continues to be revealed, every year, at our

conferences. The presentations at Structures for Inclusion highlight

design work that addresses a critical social, economic, and envi-

ronmental issue. For me, the most successful of these presenta-

tions have been when an architect and community partner present

together and convey this relationship building as well as the physical

building. What begins as a combination of a need and a service

becomes a collaboration and greater benefit.

One example was the first rebuilding effort after Hurricane Katrina

devastated 9th Ward, by designer Patrick Rhodes and volunteer

students. There was no electrical power or water. Nobody knew the

fate of the neighborhood. But undaunted, Patrick teamed up with

Ronald Lewis, a local leader, to rebuild a small community center

that preserved local Mardi Gras crafts called “The House of Dance

and Feathers”. I saw them present the project together at Structures

for Inclusion 7, and the bond between them showed trust, friend-

ship, and real collaboration. I have to believe that Sergio’s comment

is true about the new House of Dance and Feathers as well. As

someone who grew up in New Orleans, I remember explicit signs

of segregation which may have become less explicit, but still exist.

I have to feel that the bond formed through the design process, by

Ronald and Patrick as they started to rebuild the 9th Ward, is an

example of love and forgiveness that is the real impact of design.

These examples at our conferences have been rare—their visibility

has been difficult to achieve, as some community partners seem

uncomfortable in public presentations. This year we have a new

method of showcasing the best projects at Structures for Inclusion

12 in Austin Texas on March 24 and 25. Six exemplary entries have

been selected through our annual SEED Competition for Excellence

in Public Interest Design. And for the first time, ten-minute docu-

mentaries will be made of the projects by the renowned organi-

zation The UpTake. The films will premier at the conference and

showcased in other venues throughout the year.

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The goal of publicizing the best solutions is to emphasize that de-

sign is not just a technical service, but has unique ways to serve the

needs of the public—the entire public, not just those who can afford

expensive fees.

Today the design profession is at a critical point. We are on the

verge of becoming a technical service, too easily outsourced to

people who know nothing about the special individuals and unique

communities who desperately need smart design solutions. It is

time to realize that the design community has greater impact, as a

catalyst for building human relationships.

Welcome!

Bryan Bell, SEED

Executive Director of Design Corps

All events for Structures for Inclusion 12 will be hosted at Welch

Hall unless otherwise noted in the Extended Schedule.

WELCH HALL

1 EAST 24th ST, AUSTIN, TX 78712

GOLDSMITH HALL (AND MEBANE GALLERY)

399 22nd ST W., AUSTIN, TX 78705

ENTRANCE

CONFERENCE LOCATIONS

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SEEDocs  PREMIER FILM SCREENING6:30 - 7:30 WELCH HALL

PRODUCED BY: THE UPTAKE: CITIZEN FUELED NEWS

The UpTake strives to use fearless storytelling to instigate positive

social change. Through live-streaming, filmed documentaries,

social media and a live chat, the UpTake will take Structures for

Inclusion 12 to a new level of engagement with anyone anywhere

interested in design for social good.

FUNDED BY: THE FETZER INSTITUTE

SEEDocs are being funded through the Fetzer Institute, whose mis-

sion is to foster awareness of the power of love, forgiveness and

compassion in the emerging global community.

SEEDocs

The first of six SEED Project mini-documentaries, “SEEDocs”, will

premier at SFI 12. The documentaries showcase teams who have

made collaborative design for the common good a reality in their

communities. By translating design ideas and community needs

into realized projects, these interdisciplinary innovators have much

to teach us.

Through SEEDocs, we can start to redefine “design” with respect

to the Fetzer Institute’s mission. These days, designers are fre-

quently in love with the objects they create, but love, respect and

compassion for those who need their services is much rarer.

Just as the public now understands that the environment is a

design issue, we can register the idea in the public conscious-

ness that design is an act of service for the greater good, that can

further positive relationships in communities.

The renowned news team The UpTake brings these projects to the

Structures for Inclusion and through social media to the world

through compelling and authentic visual storytelling. These mini-

documentaries aim to show the real-world community impact of

these SEED projects. In the span of 10 minutes, we will hear from

both community members and project designers to learn what’s

working, what isn’t, and what other communities can learn from

their experience.

FRIDAY, MARCH 23

SCHEDULE IN

DETAIL

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SATURDAY, MARCH 24

REGISTRATION 9:00 - 9:30 WELCH HALL

OPENING REMARKS9:30 – 10:00SFI THEME AND PUBLIC INTEREST DESIGNBRYAN BELL, FOUNDER + DIRECTOR OF DESIGN CORPS

SPATIAL JUSTICE AND SEEDBARBARA B. WILSON, Ph.D, DIRECTOR, UT CENTER FOR SUS-TAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

FEATURED SPEAKER10:00 – 10:30COLEMAN COKER, RUTH CARTER STEVENSON REGENTS CHAIR IN THE ART OF ARCHITECTURE; DIRECTOR OF THE POETICS OF BUILDING, A POST-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM IN ARCHITECTURE; SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

PANEL I: PARTNERSHIPS10:30 – 12:00Public Interest Design is a collaborative process that builds rela-

tionships as well as physical objects. The value of relationships in

creating high-impact design projects will be shown in this panel.

Unlike traditional architecture, which often has one designer and

one client, partnerships allow people to be brought in with the

very specific skill sets and resources needed to address the many

layers of challenging issues that a community faces. Relationships

create a tangible value known as social capital. The best Public

Interest Design relies on social capital as much – or even more

– than financial capital to be successful. How does each partner

play a contributing role in shaping the result?

SPEAKERS

OWE’NEH BUPINGEH PRESERVATION PLAN AND REHABILITA-

TION PROJECT TEAM:

JAMIE BLOSSER, ASSOCIATE AT ATKIN OLSHIN

SCHADE ARCHITECTS

PAIGE MIRABAL, AVANYU GENERAL CONTRACTING

TOMASITA DURAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE

OHKAY OWINGEH HOUSING AUTHORITY

ESCUELA ECOLÓGICA TEAM:

DAN SHAW, MLA CANDIDATE AT UNIVERSITY OF

WASHINGTON, SEATTLE

JORGE ALARCÓN, NIH FOGARTY SCHOLAR

MODERATOR

BARBARA B. WILSON,Ph.D, CO-FOUNDER OF AUSTIN COMMU-

NITY DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER, SEED CO-FOUNDER

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LUNCH [ IS RELATIONAL ]12:00 – 1:00Grab your box lunches and network with some new like-minded

friends. Choices for lunch include: Turkey Havarti Sandwich, Fresh

Mozzarella Tomato Basil Sandwich, Roast Beef on Brioche, Ham

and Swiss on Rye, and Chicken Fajita Wrap.

SEED AWARDS PRESENTATION1:00 – 1:302012 SEED AWARD WINNERS- OPEN CATEGORY

MARIA AUXILIADORA SCHOOL – ICA, PERU

NYANZA MATERNITY HOSPITAL – NYANZA, RWANDA

OWE’NEH BUPINGEH PRESERVATION PLAN + REHABILITATION

– OKAY OWINGEH, NEW MEXICO

BANCROFT SCHOOL REVITALIZATION – KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

2012 SEED AWARD WINNERS- ACADEMIC CATEGORY

GROW DAT FARM – NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

ESCUELA ECOLOGICA SALUDABLE INITIATIVE – LIMA, PERU

OPEN CATEGORY JURY

BRYAN BELL, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF DESIGN CORPS

EMILY AXTMAN, bcWORKSHOP, 2011 DESIGN CORPS FELLOW

MICHAEL GATTO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTIN COM-

MUNITY DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER

SARAH GAMBLE, DESIGN ASSOCIATE AT AUSTIN COMMUNITY

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER

ACADEMIC CATEGORY PEER REVIEWERS /JURY

MICHAEL ZARETSKY, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ARCHITEC-

TURE, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

AND INTERIOR DESIGN

LISA ABENDROTH, PROFESSOR AND COMMUNICATION DESIGN

COORDINATOR AT METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER

JEFF HOU, PHD, ASLA, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CHAIR OF

DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY OF

WASHINGTON

SHARON HAAR, AIA, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF

ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

JOHN FOLAN, AIA, LEED AP, T. DAVID FITZ-GIBBON ASSOCIATE

PROFESSOR

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

PLUG- PORTABLE LABORATORY ON UNCOMMON GROUNDS-

MAHALE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, TANZANIA

DENMAN ISLAND NATURAL BURIAL GROUND- BRITISH COLUM-

BIA, CANADA

KIMISAGARA FOOTBALL FOR HOPE CENTER- KIGALI, RWANDA

GEEJGARH GYAN KENDRA- RAJASTHAN, INDIA

THE HEALING GARDENS- RIJEKA, CROATIA

DIGGING DEEPER- PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

EMPOWERMENTHOUSE- WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

GUADALUPE SALDANA NET ZERO SUBDIVISION- AUSTIN, TEXAS

GURLEY PLACE AT JUBILEE PARK- DALLAS, TEXAS

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HONORABLE MENTIONS CONTINUED:

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DESIGN ON THE EAST RIVER WATERFRONT- NEW YORK, NEW YORK

WEST HOLLYWOOD HOUSING- WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA

FRESH MOVES MOBILE MARKET- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

THE DREAMTREE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING CASITAS- TAOS, NEW MEXICO

PRESENTERS

KIMBERLY DOWDELL, HOK NEW YORK, SEED CO-FOUNDER,

MAURICE COX, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF ARCHITEC-

TURE, SEED CO-FOUNDER

SEED MEMBERSHIP DRIVE WINNER

JUAN SEBASTIAN RAMIREZ PARRA- B. ARCH CANDIDATE IN

CARTAGENA, COLUMBIA

PRESENTER

MARY HAYWOOD, DESIGN CORPS FELLOW

PANEL II: PARTICIPATION1:30 – 3:00Who determines the public’s interest in a project? Certainly the

public must have a voice in defining this. Inclusion and participa-

tion are two formative principles of practicing Public Interest De-

sign. These projects highlight meaningful participation by clearly

identifying the stakeholders in a project such as end-users and

community organizations. Including multiple stakeholders – and

meeting their goals – is one way to maximize the impact and value

of a project.

SPEAKERS

MARIA AUXILIADORA SCHOOL TEAM:

DIEGO COLLAZOS, DESIGN FELLOW FOR ARCHITEC

TURE FOR HUMANITY

T. LUKE YOUNG, PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR

ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY

GRETCHEN MOKRY, PROGRAM LEAD FOR SOUTH

AMERICAN SCHOOLS AT ARCHITECTURE FOR

HUMANITY

GROW DAT FARM:

EMILIE TAYLOR, DESIGN/BUILD MANAGER AT TULANE

CITY CENTER

EAST RIVER WATERFRONT PLAN:

ANNE FREDERICK, FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF HESTER

STREET COLLABORATIVE

MODERATOR

NONYA GRENADER, FAIA, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF RICE BUILDING WORKSHOP, RICE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

COFFEE BREAK3:00 – 3:30

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PANEL III: IMPACT3:30 – 5:00These projects offer tangible evidence of how design is effectively

playing a role in addressing the most critical issues, not just

the environment but directly addressing the biggest social and

economic challenges. Each project team carefully identified a

community’s needs and priorities, then maximized the use of re-

sources to strategically address them. In these projects, multiple

issues were addressed by the design response so that the value

of the design product was maximized. The many diverse issues

represented in these presentations give further evidence of the

great – but yet unrealized – potential of the role design can play

in shaping progress.

SPEAKERSBANCROFT SCHOOL REVILALIZATION TEAM: SAMUEL DEJONG, PROJECT DESIGNER AT BNIM ARCHITECTURE TIM DUGGAN, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FOR MAKE IT RIGHT FOUNDATION

GAIL VITTORI, CO-DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL BUILDING SYSTEMS PLINY FISK, CO-DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE CENTER FOR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL BUILDING SYSTEMS

NYANZA MATERNITY HOSPITAL: MICHAEL MURPHY, CO-FOUNDER + EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MASS DESIGN GROUP NYANZA MATERNITY HOSPITAL

MODERATORMICHAEL GATTO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTIN COM-MUNITY DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER

CLOSING DIALOG5:00 – 5:30STEVEN MOORE, DIRECTOR, GRADUATE PROGRAM IN SUS-TAINABLE DESIGN BARTLETT COCKE REGENTS PROFESSOR IN ARCHITECTURE

DINNER AND DRINKS6:00 – 7:00 SCHOLZ GARTENDinner will be on your own, but we recommend Scholz Garten as a good place to eat, drink and enjoy good company. Note: Everyone at SFI is friendly, so make a new friend.

ADPSR RECEPTION7:00 – 7:30 MEBANE GALLERYArchitects/Designers and Planners for Social Good is hosting a re-ception with coffee and dessert before their awards presentation.

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD VOTING7:30 – MEBANE GALLERY (Polls Close)Cast your ballot to select a winning project from the posters on display.

ADPSR MUMFORD AWARDS CEREMONY7:45 – 8:30 – GOLDSMITH HALLAwards presentation with brief remarks from the recipients.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 25

BREAKFAST KUCHA8:30 – 9:30 WELCH HALLGet your coffee and breakfast tacos, a local favorite, and settle in for a whirlwind of fast and fun Public Interest Design presenta-tions.

WORKSHOPS9:40 – 12:00Sunday morning will be devoted to the “How to” of public

interest design. We will have an exciting array of workshops

that get straight to the heart of using design to empower com-

munities. Specialists in grant writing, community engagement,

funding, SEED, disaster relief, design/build, design fellowships,

and grassroots planning and design will be at hand. These

discussion-based presentations will provide real world advice and

case studies to guide us to perform, build, design, execute, and

produce better projects. Two sessions of workshops will provide

an opportunity to find the topics that interest you.

SESSION I9:40 – 10:40(FOR DESCRIPTIONS AND LOCATIONS, SEE WORKSHOP INSERT)

SESSION II11:00 – 12:00 (FOR DESCRIPTIONS AND LOCATIONS, SEE WORKSHOP INSERT)

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: CAST YOUR VOTE!

Posters showcasing this year’s winning and honorable mention

SEED projects will be on display in Mebane Gallery (in Goldsmith)

beginning Friday evening. We want to know which project you

think deserves a SEED Award. So when you have a free moment,

head over to the Mebane Gallery and cast your vote. The winner

of the People’s Choice Award poster contest will be announced on

Sunday morning during Breakfast Kucha.

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SUPPORTING SONSORS

SPONSORS + APPRECIATION

SFI 12 STEERING COMMITTEE

MICHAEL GATTO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTIN COMMU-NITY DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER

SARAH GAMBLE, DESIGN ASSOCIATE AT AUSTIN COMMUNITY DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER

BRYAN BELL, FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DESIGN CORPS

MARY HAYWOOD, DESIGN CORPS FELLOW

EMILY AXTMAN, bcWORKSHOP, 2011 DESIGN CORPS FELLOW

BARBARA B. WILSON, CO-FOUNDER OF AUSTIN COMMUNITY DE-SIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER, SEED CO-FOUNDER

ELIZABETH WALSH, RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF ARCHITETURECENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

SFI 2012 HOSTS

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - AUSTIN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

AUSTIN COMMUNITY DESIGN + DEVELOPMENT CENTER

UT CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

FUNDING PROVIDED BY

DEEDIE AND RUSTY ROSE

SEED NETWORK

CENTRAL MARKET CATERING

AIA AUSTIN

TEXAS SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS

bcWORKSHOP

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GRAPHICS COMMITTEE

DESIGN CORPS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CONNER BRYAN, M. ARCH CANDIDATE, GRADUATE RESEARCH AS-SOCIATE, CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, UT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

MARY HAYWOOD, DESIGN CORPS FELLOW

EMILY AXTMAN, bcWORKSHOP, 2011 DESIGN CORPS FELLOW

CHARLES HORN, M. ARCH CANDIDATE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

JASON MINTER, M. ARCH CANDIDATE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

ROBERT PARSONS, MASTERS CANDIDATE IN CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING AT UT ARLINGTON

PRESIDENT: DREW KEPLEY

VICE PRESIDENT: LAURA SHIPMAN

TREASURER/SECRETARY: MARCUS HURLEY

DIRECTORS: JIM HAMRICK, EVAN SUPCOFF, MELISSA TELLO

POOLE, STEVEN WEINSTIEN, CARA MAE CIRIGNANO, BARBARA

BROWN WILSON, SHARON MATTHEWS, JEREMY JEPSON

SEED NETWORK WEBSITE TEAM

A SPECIAL THANKS TO ERIC FIELD AND LISA ABENDROTH FOR ALL OF THEIR TIME SPENT DEVELOPING THE SEED NETWORK WEBSITE.

S O C I A L E C O N O M I C E N V I R O N M E N T A L D E S I G N

JOIN the SEED NETWORK!

We hope that the presentations and discussion will inspire you. We invite you to keep this conversation going by joining the SEED Network, a community of support. We also encourage you to take action to make positive change through design, and one way is to submit a project for SEED evaluation and feedback. Both are accessed through www.seed-network.org. Take a pledge and join SEED today!

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SPEAKERS

HOW DO I BECOME AN SFI SPEAKER?

SFI speakers have submitted projects for SEED Certification us-

ing the SEED Evaluator Tool. Once they completed Part I of the

Evaluator, they submitted their projects to the annual SEED Awards

Competition for excellence in Public Interest Design.

Using the Evaluator allows communities to develop their leader-

ship and decision-making from within while using a proven method

and recognized standard of success. In addition to being a guide

through the design process, it also can provide a “stamp of approv-

al,” a third-party certification that the community’s goals are being

met. Resulting projects have demonstrated that they maximized the

positive impact of a community’s limited resources.

The SEED Evaluator can assist individuals, groups, designers, com-

munities, project planners and participants achieve like-minded

goals that are focused on the triple-bottom line of social justice,

economic development and environmental conservation. SEED

responds to the questions many designers face today:

economic and environmental

challenges?

needs of a community that validates

ethical and sustainable approaches to design through a triple-bot-

tom line approach?

vested parties in the design process?

To apply for project certification, start the process online at

www.seednetwork.org.

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JORGE ALARÓN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH’S

FOGARTY SCHOLAR

Jorge Alarcón is an independent architect with

more than seven years of experience in design

and building projects. He is a National Institute

of Health’s Fogarty Scholar and the local design coordinator of the

Ecological and Healthy School project- a partnership of the Univer-

sity of Washington and Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

in Lima, Peru. During the last three years he has been doing design,

research, and construction for a social project in the slums of the

outskirts of Lima where he researches the impact of architecture

and environmental conditions on human health.

JAMIE BLOSSER SUSTAINABLE NATIVE

COMMUNITIES COLLABORATIVE

(SNCC)

Jamie Blosser founded the Sustainable Native

Communities Collaborative (SNCC) to research

and develop best practices promoting cultural

and environmental sustainability in tribal and rural communities.

The SNCC, an initiative of Enterprise Community Partners, is a re-

search and technical assistance arm to her architectural practice as

an Associate at Atkin Olshin Schade Architects, where she oversees

the firm’s housing, tribal and sustainable development projects.

Jamie’s work is rooted in community design. As an Enterprise

Rose Architectural Fellow from 2000-2003, her project received the

Harvard University’s Honoring Nations award and EPA Smart Growth

Award for Small Communities. The SNCC received a grant from the

National Endowment for the Arts to document five tribal sustainabil-

ity projects in the Southwest, including a green design guideline for

the Navajo Housing Authority. Jamie is an on the Advisory Group for

the AIA Residential Knowledge Community and received her Master

of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. Her work has

been selected for inclusion in Design Re-Imagined: New Architec-

ture on Indigenous Land, a book on contemporary Native American

architecture.

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COLEMAN COKER RUTH CARTER STEVENSON REGENTS

CHAIR IN THE ART OF ARCHITEC

TURE; DIRECTOR OF THE POETICS

OF BUILDING, SCHOOL OF ARCHI

TECTURE- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

Coleman Coker, RA is the Ruth Carter Stevenson Regents Chair in

the Art of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin School of

Architecture. He has been awarded the Rome Prize from the Ameri-

can Academy in Rome and is a Loeb Fellow in Advanced Environmen-

tal Studies at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Coker

has been recognized by the Architectural League of New York’s

“Emerging Voices” series. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from the

Memphis College of Art and in 2008 received an honorary Doctor of

Fine Arts from there.

Coker has been the visiting Favrot Chair and Professor of Practice

at Tulane University School of Architecture and the E. Fay Jones

Chair at the University of Arkansas. He was director of the Memphis

Center of Architecture, an urban design studio that focused on a

deeper understanding of the art of building through a hands-on

approach.

With forty years of experience in design offices—over thirty years as

principal of his own firms—Coker founded buildingstudio in 1999

after a thirteen-year partnership with Samuel Mockbee as Mockbee/

Coker Architects. With the formation of buildingstudio Coker sought

to blur the boundaries between architecture, art, craft and think-

ing—rather than separate disciplines, each is essential to the larger

realm of building. His work has received numerous honors including

National AIA Honor awards, Architectural Record, “Record House”

awards and P/A Design Awards.

DIEGO COLLAZOS DESIGN FELLOW FOR ARCHITECTURE

FOR HUMANITY

Diego Collazos is a Design Fellow for Archi-

tecture for Humanity currently working for

the post-disaster school rebuilding program

sponsored by Happy Hearts Fund & the SURA Group which benefits

underprivileged communities in Peru, Mexico and Chile. He fully

participated in the Maria Auxiliadora School project in Peru by ena-

bling the community participation workshops, monitoring the design

charrettes, undertaken field research, developing the architectural

design and overseeing the construction administration. With more

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than 7 years of experience, Diego has been involved in diverse archi-

tectural, urban regeneration, architecture in development, research

and planning projects in a variety of locations including Bolivia,

Mexico, Turkey, England and Romania, making special emphasis in

social infrastructure, participatory design and community empower-

ment. His architectural portfolio has received numerous distinctions

including Bolivia’s biggest art venue the Santa Cruz Cultural Center

winner of a national design competition; or the small Raramuri

school located in the rural sierra Tarahumara which was honored at

the 3600 La Paz architectural biennale and shortlisted among the

best entries at the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge. He holds an

architectural bachelor degree from Monterrey Technical Institute

(ITESM) in Mexico and a building and Urban design in Development

Master Degree from University College London (UCL) in London.

SAM DE JONG PROJECT DESIGNER AT BNIM

ARCHITECTURE

Sam De Jong is a project designer with BNIM,

an architecture and community planning firm

specializing in deep community engagement

processes and sustainable design. Over the past 30 years, practice

dedicated to systems-thinking, green solutions for high perfor-

mance buildings, landscapes and communities led to the firm being

recognized with the 2011 AIA National Architecture Firm Award as

well as numerous other acknowledgements of national leadership in

advancing topics of sustainability. While at BNIM, Sam has played

a key role on numerous projects, including leading the design effort

and community engagement process on the mixed-used Rockhurst

University Parking Garage. Sam has also accomplished work on

award-winning projects in Greensburg, Kansas, that created new

models for the built environment in rural American cities. At Iowa

State University, he worked on a diverse team to design a sustain-

able village in Uganda, Africa. The project produced a new model

applicable to many villages in third world regions. Sam continues

work in Africa today, working with a community in remote Kenya to

design and create a new campus for a secondary school and min-

istry center. The project is focused on developing solutions that are

not only sustainable for its region, but create a new livelihood for the

surrounding communities. Sam joins BNIM with the shared belief

that interdisciplinary design teams create an architecture that is of

high quality, innovation and lasting positive impact.

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TOMASITA DURAN OHKAY OWINGEH HOUSING

AUTHORITY

Tomasita Duran, Executive Director for the Ohkay Owingeh Housing

Authority, is a team member of the winning SEED project Owe’neh

Bupingeh Preservation and Rehabilitation Plan with Jamie Blosser

and Paige Mirabal. She manages the Mutual Help Program, 184

Loan Guarantee Program, and Cha Piyeh, Inc. (a CDFI). She over-

sees the Tsigo Bugeh Village Low Income Housing Tax Credit units

including the rehabilitation of 200 units, the development of 45

units. She has also been a key figure in the implementation of the

Owe’neh Bupingeh Rehabilitation Project in the Historical Pueblo

core area as well as the development of a Master Land Use Plan for

Ohkay Owingeh. She serves on the Tsay Corporation Board of Direc-

tors, NDC New Markets Advisory Group, and several Tribal Commit-

tees.

TIM DUGGAN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FOR MAKE

IT RIGHT FOUNDATION

Tim Duggan, ASLA has been working in New

Orleans for the last three and half years where

he helped develop affordable LEED Platinum

Landscapes for the Make it Right Foundation. He worked extensively

with multiple community organizations and individuals at a variety

of scales, from regenerative residential garden designs to citywide

infrastructure initiatives that serve as showcases for sustainable

recovery and development.

His professional career began in the midwest with BNIM Architects

where he collaborated on a wide range of project from complex

community planning initiatives to sustainable urban design strate-

gies. His Landscape Architecture expertise is focused on the appli-

cation of innovative stormwater management techniques, sustaina-

ble land-use planning and comprehensive site analysis that includes

a thorough community engagement process.

Duggan has served as a speaker and adjunct professor on sustain-

able site solutions at Tulane University, Kansas State University, the

University of Missouri, Kansas City, as well as Community and Civic

organizations in Kansas City and New Orleans area. Recently, Tim,

was also featured in Metropolis magazine as a 2012 Design Game

Changer.

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PLINY FISK CO-DIRECTOR AND COFOUNDER

OF THE CENTER FOR

MAXIMUM POTENTIAL BUILDING

SYSTEMS

Pliny Fisk is Co-Director and Co-Founder of

the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems (CMPBS), a

non-profit design firm established in 1975 dedicated to sustainable

planning, design and demonstration, now the oldest of its kind in

the US. Pliny is considered one of the originators of the Sustain-

able Architecture and Planning movement in the United States, with

contributions spanning four decades. Even though the Center’s non-

profit work is oriented around research and education it is unique

from the standpoint that it’s the prototypes Pliny has designed

have been published widely with many of the foremost designers

and leaders within and without the green movement. A brief list

includes; Thom Mayne , Frank O. Gehry, I. M Pei, Richard Meier,

Steven Hull, and product designer Jonathan Ive of Apple computer.

Similarly Pliny’s work in the planning and global issues fields have

been published with equally high caliber people such as Bill Mc-

Donough, Paul McCreedy, Amory Lovins, Jaimi Learner from Curitba

Brazil, Paul Hawken ,Janine Benyus, Vivian Loftness, Majora Carter,

Gail Vittori, Bob Berkebile, developer John Knott, and Ray Anderson

of Interface Carpets in the green business sector.

Due to his ground-breaking work Pliny has received numerous

awards including the only Earth Summit Award in Rio in 1992

shared with the City of Austin as the first Green Building program

in the world. It was the only award given to the US. He has received

a Presidential award for assisting in the moving of towns from the

Mississippi flood. The first ever Sacred Tree Award from the USGBS

for work in the public sector, The Solar Pioneer Award from the

American Solar Energy Society, and been a honorary Fellow at three

universities.

ANNE FREDERICK DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF THE

HESTER STREET COLLABORATIVE

Anne Frederick, as the founding director of

Hester Street Collaborative (HSC), has worked

to develop a community design practice that

responds to the needs of HSC’s local neighborhood of the Lower

East Side/Chinatown as well as the needs of under-resourced NYC

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NONYA GRENADER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, RICE BUILDING

WORKSHOP- RICE UNIVERSITY

(MODERATOR)

Nonya Grenader, FAIA, has taught design stu-

dios and seminars in the Rice University School

of Architecture since 1994 where she is a Professor in Practice

and the Associate Director of the Rice Building Workshop (RBW).

RBW students have designed and built projects at various scales in

the community, with a focus on affordable housing at Project Row

Houses in Houston’s Third Ward. The Workshop received the NCARB

Prize for the “Integration of Practice and Education” and the Col-

laborative Practice Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools

of Architecture. RBW exhibited their Ze-Row House at the Solar De-

MICHAEL GATTO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE

AUSTIN COMMUNITY DESIGN AND

DEVELOPMENT CENTER

(MODERATOR)

Michael Gatto is a registered architect and

LEED™ Accredited Professional who is co-founder and Executive

Director of the Austin Community Design and Development Center

(ACDDC), a 501(c)3 non-profit whose mission is to improve the

quality of life for all by providing sustainable design, planning, and

development services to low and moderate income individuals,

families, and neighborhoods. Prior to founding ACDDC, Michael was

intern architect and project manager at Foundation Communities, a

regional affordable housing provider, where he was a Rose Architec-

tural Fellow. Previously Michael worked as a LEED™ sustainable

design consultant on several municipal buildings at the Center for

Maximum Potential Building Systems in Austin. Michael earned a

B.S. in Chemical Engineering from MIT and a Master of Architecture

from the University of Texas at Austin, where he has also served as

adjunct faculty in the School of Architecture.

communities city-wide. Her unique approach to community design

integrates education and youth development programming with par-

ticipatory art, architecture, and planning strategies. This approach

is rooted in partnership and collaboration with various community

based organizations, schools, and local residents. Prior to founding

HSC, Anne worked as an architect at Leroy Street Studio Architec-

ture and as a design educator at Parsons School of Design and the

New York Foundation for Architecture.

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PAIGE MIRABAL AVANYU GENERAL CONTRACTING

Paige Mirabal is a team member of the winning

SEED project Owe’neh Bupingeh Preservation

and Rehabilitation Plan with Jamie Blosser and

Tomasita Duran. Paige has worked for Avanyu General Contract-

ing for over a year. This rising company has trained Mirabal to be

proficient in adobe stabilization, sustainable preservation, mud plas-

ter, and documentation. Her daily tasks at the Owe’neh Bupingeh

Rehabilitation Project Phase II are to document the conditions of

the houses both before and after repair, assist in adobe stabilization

and preservation of the homes, and maintain quality control of the

mixtures of the mud plaster. “I feel it is an accomplishment of mine

to be involved in preserving homes in Ohkay Owingeh that my ances-

tors built”, says Mirabal.

Due to her skill set and asset to Avanyu General Contracting she was

selected to assist in a preservation project at the San Miguel Church

in Santa Fe, New Mexico as well as a project at the Sacred Heart

Church in Ruidosa, Texas. These two tremendous opportunities have

given her the chance to further excel in her expertise in historic

restoration. With her passion and perseverance, she remains eager

to assist with more preservation projects in the near future.

House at the Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. in 2009, receiving

second place in both Architecture and Market Viability competitions.

In 2010, Grenader (with RBW Director, Danny Samuels) received the

ACSA/AIA Housing Design Education Award and the City of Houston

Mayor’s Citation for Service to Project Row Houses. Principal of her

own small firm, Grenader’s projects have received design awards

from Houston AIA and the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance.

She was co-chair of the 99K House Competition which raised aware-

ness of sustainable, affordable housing and was sponsored by Rice

Design Alliance and AIA/Houston in partnership with the City of

Houston.

GRETCHEN MOKRY, ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY

Gretchen Mokry trained as an architect at Par-

sons School of Design in New York and at the

Architectural Association in London. A California

licensed architect, she has spent her 20 years

experience on the design and project management of educational

and civic buildings. At Architecture for Humanity her role

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MICHAEL MURPHY CO-FOUNDER + EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR OF MASS DESIGN

GROUP

Michael Murphy is the Co-Founder and Execu-

tive Director of MASS Design Group, which is

a design firm geared towards improving health

outcomes in resource-limited settings. In addition to leading the

design and construction of the Butaro District Hospital in Rwanda,

which opened in January of 2011, Michael’s firm MASS has been

the recipient of the 2010 Design Futures Council Emerging Leaders

Scholarship, chosen as one of Fast Company Magazine’s “Master

of Design” and awarded as a Metropolis Magazine 2011 “Game

Changer”. MASS was recently selected as a finalist for MoMA PS1’s

2011 Young Architects Program and was honored alongside IDEO’s

CEO Tim Brown for its contribution to the field of design. MASS

Design Group currently has offices in Boston, Massachusetts,

Kigali, Rwanda, and Port au Prince Haiti. In July MASS opened

the Girubuntu Primary School in Kigali, and this fall it is breaking

ground on several projects in Haiti, including the new GHESKIO

Tuberculosis Facility constructed out of locally fabricated materials.

STEVEN MOORE DIRECTOR, GRADUATE PROGRAM

IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN BARTLETT

COCKE REGENTS PROFESSOR

IN ARCHITECTURE

(CLOSING REMARKS)

Steven Moore is Bartlett Cocke Regents Professor of Architecture

and Planning at the University of Texas at Austin where he teaches

design and courses related to the philosophy, history, and appli-

cation of sustainable technology. He is Director of the Graduate

Program in Sustainable Design and Co-founder of the University

of Texas Center for Sustainable Development. Moore is a Fellow of

the National Endowment for the Arts, a Loeb Fellow of the Harvard

Graduate School of Design, the recipient of an Individual Scholar

Award from the National Science Foundation and is the author of

many articles, book chapters and five books on the topic of sustain-

able architecture and urbanism. Moore’s sixth book, co-authored

with Barbara B. Wilson, Coding the Future: The Problem of Judg-

ment in Architecture, will appear in late 2012.

has included Program Lead for school programs in South America

and Africa and Program Lead for the Football for Hope Centres.

This series of twenty community centers being built throughout

sub-Saharan Africa, are dedicated to programs that integrate youth

development, health and education with sport. As Design Director,

she will continue to bolster the AfH mission of connecting high level

design talent with communities in need.

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DAN SHAW UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-

SEATTLE MASTERS IN LANDSCAPE

ARCHITECTURE CANDIDATE

Dan Shaw is completing his Master’s Degree in

Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington in Seattle.

His work primarily focuses on cross-disciplinary design of urban

landscapes, including urban green infrastructure, brownfield reuse,

and community-based design. As a recipient of the David Streatfield

Endowed Scholarship for Landscape History, Dan spent the Fall of

2011 in Italy through the University of Washington’s Rome Center,

studying history of urbanism and water infrastructures in Rome. He

also spent much of this past summer in Lima, Peru, where he and

a small interdisciplinary team helped facilitate the design and con-

struction of an educational garden in one of Lima’s water-stressed,

peripheral slums. The project received a SEED Award for Excellence

in Public Interest Design. Dan’s recent design work also includes a

speculative proposal for a climate change research center, based on

a study tour to Japan; and currently, he is exploring the use of mu-

sic in the design process of a large-scale post-industrial landscape.

A native of Massachusetts, Dan earned his Bachelor’s Degree in

Landscape Architecture and an ASLA Honor Award from the Univer-

sity of Massachusetts.

EMILIE TAYLOR DESIGN/BUILD MANAGER AT TULANE

CITY CENTER

Emilie Taylor, as Design Build Manager at the

Tulane City Center, works to coordinate the peo-

ple, designs, and materials of the TCC’s built

projects. Emilie’s recent community

design build studio projects include the Storypod, and Project Ish

at Hagar’s House. The current design build project, a 4 acre youth

farm known as Grow Dat, is the City Center’s most ambitious project

yet. Emilie is a part of the founding team that established the UR-

BANbuild program at Tulane University and was the project manager

for the first four houses. Emilie’s education includes a technical

building background at the University of Southern Mississippi fol-

lowed by a Masters Degree in Architecture at Tulane. She is actively

involved in university design/build and advocates for the engage-

ment of such programs with the local community. Emilie’s creative

practice includes a documentary film on self taught builders and

exploring the intersection between formal and informal architectural

practice.

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GAIL VITTORI CO-DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR

MAXIMUM POTENTIAL BUILDING

SYSTEMS

Gail Vittori, LEED AP, is Co-Director of the

Center for Maximum Potential Building Sys-

tems, a non-profit design firm established in 1975 dedicated to

sustainable planning, design and demonstration where she has

worked since 1979. She was 2009 Chair of the US Green Building

Council’s Board of Directors and currently serves on Board of the

Green Building Certification Institute. Since 1993, Ms. Vittori has

coordinated the Center’s Sustainable Design in Public Buildings Pro-

gram, including serving as a Sustainable Design Consultant for the

Pentagon Renovation Program’s Commissioning Team from 1999 to

2006, numerous City of Austin design projects including Texas’ first

public sector LEED® certified building, the redevelopment of the

709-acre former Austin airport including piloting LEED for Neighbor-

hood Development, the new Austin Federal Courthouse with Mack

Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, and the first LEED-Platinum certified

hospital in the world, Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central

Texas.Since 2000, Ms. Vittori has been a catalyst for several national

initiatives focused on greening the health care sector and advancing

environmental health considerations in green building. She currently

serves as a Co-Coordinator of the Green Guide for Health Care and

is Founding Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for

Healthcare core committee (2004-2008).Ms. Vittori was a Loeb Fel-

low at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design from 1998-

1999, and attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst

where she studied economics. Ms. Vittori is on the advisory boards

of Natural Home magazine and Environmental Building News. She

is co-author, with Robin Guenther FAIA, of Sustainable Healthcare

Architecture, published by Wiley and Sons in 2008, was featured as

an Innovator: Building a Greener World in TIME Magazine in March

2007 and, with Pliny Fisk III, in Texas Monthly’s 35th year anniver-

sary issue (February 2008) in the article ‘35 People Who Will Shape

Our Future’. In 2009, Secretary Janet Napolitano appointed Ms.

Vittori to the Department of Homeland Security’s Sustainability and

Efficiency Task Force.

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T. LUKE YOUNG PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR

ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY

T. Luke Young is a Program Coordinator with

Architecture for Humanity with more than 13

years of experience in architecture, urban plan-

ning, and social infrastructure design. He has worked primarily in

Latin America, Asia and the U.S. Through his work he has integrated

participatory planning, vernacular architecture and innovative

design concepts to foster urban settlement initiatives that include

residents, are sensitive to their culture and needs, and respect the

natural and built environment. He has worked with Architecture for

Humanity since 2009 when in partnership with two collaborators

was awarded the Founder’s Prize in the 2009 Open Architecture

Challenge and again in 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He earned

a Bachelor degree in Historic Preservation from Roger Williams

University, a Master in Architectural Studies and a Master in Urban

Planning, both from MIT.

BARBARA B. WILSON, PHD

DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

TEXAS CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT

(MODERATOR)

Wilson is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development

(CSD) and an Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Plan-

ning and Sustainable Design in the University of Texas at Austin

School of Architecture. She has a PhD in Community and Regional

Planning and a Masters in Architectural History from UT, and her

research interests include value-based building codes, sustainable

community development, and green affordable housing. In addition

to administering the research, education, and outreach efforts at

the CSD generally, Wilson also oversees the Public Interest Design

Summer Program and the Central Texas Sustainability Indicators

Project. She is a co-founder of the Austin Community Design and

Development Center, a nonprofit design center that provides high

quality green design and planning services to lower income house-

holds and the organizations that serve them. Dr. Wilson is passion-

ate about serving her community and recently received the Bank of

America Local Hero award for her efforts in Austin.

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SEED AWARD WINNERS

2012 SEED COMPETITION DETAILS

6 winning projects were selected from 45 entries from 14 countries.

“These projects offer tangible evidence of how design is effectively

playing a role in addressing the most critical issues around the

globe, not just the environmental but directly addressing the biggest

social and economic challenges. Each project team carefully identi-

fied a community’s needs and priorities, then maximized the use of

resources to strategically address these. In the winning projects,

multiple issues were addressed by the design response so that posi-

tive impact was maximized.” - Bryan Bell, Co-founder of SEED Network

Projects selected for presentation at SFI represent the best exam-

ples of meeting the SEED Mission and Principles. This is deter-

mined by using the SEED®Evaluator, The SEED Evaluator is a com-

munication tool that allows communities to define goals for design

projects and then measure the success in achieving these through a

third-party review. This process can be of critical value to communi-

ties, designers and architects who want to ensure they are develop-

ing projects in the public’s interest.

SEED MISSION

SEED’s Mission: Every person should be able to live in a socially,

economically and environmentallly healthy community.

6 SEED PRINCIPLES:

1: Advocate with those who have a limited voice in public life

2: Build structures for inclusion that engage stakeholders and

allow communities to make decisions.

3: Promote social equality through discourse that reflects a

range of values and social identities.

4: Generate ideas that grow from place and build local capacity.

5: Design to help conserve resources and minimize waste.

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BANCROFT SCHOOL REVITALIZATION

TEAM BNIM ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING, DALMARK

DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT GROUP, MAKE IT RIGHT,

GREEN IMPACT ZONE, HISTORIC MANHEIM PARK ASSOCIATION,

JE DUNN CONSTRUCTION, TRUMAN MEDICAL GROUP

REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKERS SAMUEL DE JONG + TIM DUGGAN

LOCATION KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

ISSUES ADDRESSED UNEMPLOYMENT, HEALTH, ENERGY EFFI-

CIENCY, CRIME, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, COMMUNITY REVITALI-

ZATION, HOUSING

This ambitious project includes three main parts: the preservation

and rehabilitation of the existing Bancroft School, site improve-

ments to accommodate new community spaces and parking needs,

and construction of new housing unites in the Historic Manheim

Park Neighborhood.

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NYANZA MATERNITY HOSPITAL

TEAM MASS DESIGN GROUP, UNICEF, TRANSSOLAR KILMA ENGI-

NEERING, NYANZA HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION

REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKER MICHAEL MURPHY

LOCATION NYANZA, RWANDA

ISSUES ADDRESSED POVERTY, INFANT AND MOTHER MORTAL-

ITY, LACK OF MEDICAL FACILITIES, UNEMPLOYMENT, HEALTH,

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

This project aims to provide health care opportunities to an under-

served population, control the spread of infectious diseases using

a new system of passive ventilation, and promote human dignity

through design that empowers users and community members.

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ESCUELA ECOLOGICA

TEAM UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (DEPARMENT OF LANDSCAPE

ARCHITECTURE, DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL HEALTH, SCHOOL OF

FOREST RESOURCES, GLOBAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL FEL-

LOWS), ARCHITECTS WITHOUT BORDERS- SEATTLE, UNIVERSIDAD

NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS/FUNDACIÓN DE SAN MARCOS,

ESCUELA PITAGORUS #8183, COPASED DE ZAPALLA

REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKERS JORGE ALARCÓN, DAN SHAW

LOCATION LOMAS DE ZAPALLAL, LIMA, PERU

ISSUES ADDRESSED ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION, HEALTH, SUSTAIN-

ABLE BUILDING PRACTICES, UNEMPLOYMENT, YOUTH DELIN-

QUENCY, SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES, MALNUTRITION, SANITATION,

LACK OF CLEAN WATER, OVERCROWDING, LACK OF PUBLIC GREEN

SPACE, LACK OF DURABLE HOUSING, INADEQUATE HEALTH AND

EDUCATION SERVICES

The Ecological and Healthy School Initiative encompasses the

design and construction of Pitagoras Primary School Park and of a

new classroom building with 10 modular classrooms. Both designs

incorporate numerous sustainable building strategies including

a grey water filtration system and a hydrocarbon densifying play

mechanism.

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OWE’NEH BUPINGEH PRESERVATION PLAN

AND REHABILITATION PROJECT

TEAM ATKINS OLSHIN SCHADE ARCHITECTS, THE OHKAY

OWINGEH HOUSING AUTHORITY

REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKERS JAMIE BLOSSER, TOMASITA DURAN,

PAIGE MIRABAL

LOCATION OKAY OWINGEH, NEW MEXICO

ISSUES ADDRESSED CULTURAL HERITAGE, HISTORIC PRESERVA-

TION, EDUCATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, JOB TRAINING, COM-

MUNITY BUILDING, LOCAL IDENTITY

This project’s focus was to re-create a more vital Pueblo center and

reinvigorate cultural heritage traditions through the rehabilitation of

the historic Pueblo core. The pueblo core is the spiritual, social and

cultural center of the Pueblo. Community members were trained in

traditional building techniques and played a key role in rebuilding

the houses and community spaces. The project also re-appropriated

preservation practices and treatment of the Pueblos’ cultural

resources from federal guidelines to what is appropriate for Ohkay

Owingeh.

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MARIA AUXILIADORA SCHOOL

TEAM ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY, HAPPY HEARTS FUND, ING-

INTEGRA PERU, MARIA AUXILIADORA SCHOOL, LOS CALDERONES

COMMUNITY, TATE MUNICIPALITY

REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKERS DIEGO COLLAZOS, T. LUKE YOUNG,

GRETCHEN MOKRY

LOCATION ICA, PERU

ISSUES ADDRESSED EDUCATION, POVERTY, EMPLOYMENT, COM-

MUNITY EMPOWERMENT, LOCAL IDENTITY, SOCIAL TOLERANCE

This project addresses the inferior quality of school infrastructure

that existed before and especially after an earthquake hit the Los

Calderones community in 2007. The team used unique strategies

to engage, excite and educate a broad spectrum of community

members from children to teachers throughout the design process.

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GROW DAT YOUTH FARM

TEAM TULANE UNIVERSITY CITY CENTER, GROW DAT YOUTH

FARM, NEW ORLEANS CITY PARK

REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKER EMILIE TAYLOR

LOCATION NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

ISSUES ADDRESSED EDUCATION, CRIME, POVERTY, YOUTH EM-

POWERMENT AND EMPLOYMENT, OBESITY, GREEN GARDENING,

HEALTH, FOOD DESERTS

Grow Dat is a 4 acre farm where people from different backgrounds

and disciplines come together in research and practice to support

public health, local economies and a sustainable food system. The

mission is to nurture a diverse group of young leaders through the

meaningful work of growing food. High school students work as

Crew Members that learn to plant, harvest, cook, and participate

in leadership training classes. All of the Crew Members are paid

for their work and this program is meant to act as a job training

program for high schoolers.

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