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The Hinche Vocational School

  • Auto Mechanics
  • Cafeteria
  • Staff Housing
  • Site Security
  • Valuable Training
  • Masonry
  • Plumbing
  • Electrical
  • Job Creation
  • Empowerment
  • Economic Growth
  • Local Development

Design Goals

OSDPC

Architecture

for

Humanity

Boston

  • Create a Vocational School that includes masonry, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, auto mechanics

  • Incorporate the historical context of Haitian French Colonial Architecture.
  • Incorporate adequate and economical ventilation and septic systems.
  • Create a comfortable and durable environment.
  • Create a vocational facility that has the capacity to act as regional shelter for potential natural disasters.

Keene State

College

A Solution

The Challenge

Overall Project Challenges

Organization of Support to the Development of Plateau Central, Inc.

(OSDPC)

  • Public schools are not free, many students drop out early
  • Few jobs available, especially in rural areas
  • Lack of skilled laborers nationwide, particularly in the construction industry
  • Gathering Site Information -- Logistics
  • Developing the Programs, Promote Innovation
  • Learning about Culture, Lifestyles, Common Practices e.g. Meals, Security
  • Designing for the Climate, Hurricanes, Earthquakes
  • Campus also function as Place of Refuge

Proposal: Create a new Vocational Technical School for teaching construction trades and auto mechanics in Hinche, Haiti.

Research & Analysis

Auto Mechanics Challenges

  • Combine school functions with Commercial Operation
  • Design for Hands-on Learning, Safety, Security
  • Maximize use of outdoor spaces, ventilation
  • Investigated the geography of the site
  • Seismic activity
  • Topography
  • Vehicle circulation
  • Wind and Climate Data
  • Researched other Vocational schools
  • Examined the architecture history of Haiti

Instructional Space Challenges

Instructional Design Process

  • Determining the size of spaces needed (large number of students & different equipment than what we use here)
  • Arranging the offices and work spaces in a logical way
  • Designing for possible expansion
  • Figuring out pedestrian and delivery truck circulation

How Major Problems were solved

How you achieved design

Distinctive feature

Auto Mechanics Final Design

What We Learned

Housing Final Design

Housing Challenges

  • Create sense of Separation, Peaceful Environment
  • Balance individual privacy with fostering staff community

  • Shaded areas of repose for students and customers were created around the building and ample windows and pillared roofs allow for circular ventilation
  • The distinctive feature of the structure is its ability to accommodate commercial and educational growth.
  • Designing for completely different Climate
  • Designing for very different Culture, Customs
  • Having to develop design without complete information
  • Pleasure of working with volunteers from OSDPC and AfHB, we can make a difference
  • Placement on a secluded section of the site allows for privacy
  • Landscaping and outdoor areas of repose foster staff community.
  • Fits to the style of Haitian architecture while maintaining its modular form, allowing for expansion
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