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Radha is now a member of Architecture for Humanity-New Delhi

March 26

About me: Green sustainable architect interested in making good use of her life on earth.

At 5:42am on May 19, 2009, Elizabeth said…: Dear Radha, I posted some info on our Architecture for Humanity New Delhi project, a school in Niamey, and would be very pleased to hear about your experience, knowledge, or opinions on the project so far (there will be more about it in a week or so!)

Above, a photo to give you an idea of what we’re working with at the moment (existing facilities). They want to more than double the size of their school.

At 10:44am on April 1, 2009, AfH-New Delhi said…: Is great to have you on our chapter network. Apologies for the delayed response.
AFH, essentially, is a “Design non-profit” where architects donate their skills to communities that cannot afford to hire them. On a larger plane it also involves each of us taking a lead role in initiating change at an individual level in the communities where we live. AFH-New Delhi (AFHND) is a chapter of AFH-California.
Everyone at AFHND as in other chapters is a volunteer taking time out from personal schedules in order to give back to the community, a tough call given the difficult times in which we live.
Our chapter was started about nine months ago and we have a resource pool comprising members with different backgrounds from twenty seven countries.
Projects range from helping to paint a local school in a slum settlement to affordable housing. While some projects are sponsored by AFH, most times it involves placing a call for design partners on networks such as ours to bring the volunteer designer and the client together. This happened recently at AFHND when a school in Niger was connected to volunteer design partners from Denmark and US.
A unique feature of AFH is the Open Architecture Network where architects share their ideas. You can get more details at the following links:
http://www.architectureforhumanity.org/
http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/
Shall look forward to your active participation here.

Cheers

At 9:31am on March 27, 2009, Elizabeth said…: Hello Radha, I am so glad you joined! Interesting website, I enjoyed seeing the solar Venetian blinds.