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