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 CURRENT PROJECTS

HAITI

Post-Earthquake School Reconstruction

Article 25, in collaboration with humanitarian organisation Outreach International and local Haitian partner Organisation for the Social Development of the Masses (ODSM), are currently undertaking vital structural surveys, site safety assessments and measured surveys as part of a large school reconstruction programme in post-earthquake Haiti. Throughout the affected areas, poor standards of construction and deficient materials were the root cause of tremendous structural failures and, ultimately, an overwhelming loss of life. Reconstruction in Haiti must go beyond restoring what was lost and introduce building methods for sound, earthquake and hurricane resistant construction. Collaborating with engineers Buro Happold, the Article 25 team will develop regionally and culturally appropriate building systems while drawing upon its previous experience in post-earthquake reconstruction. More...