Rebuild News & Events
April 2007 : Rebuild continues interior design project for the San Diego Mission Bay Life Guard Station
Mission Bay, San Diego, California.
We were invited to assess sections of the interior of the Mission Bay Lifeguard Station and to provide solutions for upgrading the space. Read more here...
October 16, 2006 : Rebuild presents Carol Sasaki, founder of the International Humanity Foundation to speak at NewSchool of Architecture and Design NewSchool, San Diego, California.
In her talk, Carol Sasaki will speak of her efforts to eliminate poverty both on a local and international scale, and touch on her experiences on eliminating child brides and furthering educational opportunities in poor countries through non-profit work.
Come hear an inspirational individual and the effects of poverty in Africa and Southeast Asia. Read more here...
July - September 2006 : Member and design instructor forms project with students and local environmental organization to promote awareness Pacific Beach, San Diego, California.
Jeff Silva, Rebuild Project Coordinator and design instructor at Art Institute San Diego, and local organization I Love A Clean San Diego, developed a campaign in which graphic design honor students from AISD will design an identity to encourage the perception of community pride and respond to the overwhelming impact of litter.
June - August 2006 : Member volunteers with Operation Crossroads Africa The Gambia, West Africa.
Together with 6 other individuals from all over North America, Rebuild Project Coordinator Sandra Plaza lived and worked with the community of Jambanjelly to construct a library for the village.
March 2-9, 2006 : Rebuild goes to Crawford High
City Heights, San Diego, California.
Rebuild and StandUp For Kids unite with Crawford High School students
to raise awareness on the issues of homeless teenagers living in San Diego County. Read more here...
January 20, 2006 : Rebuild holds the first meeting of the New Year
San Diego, California - Gelato Vera Cafe
Rebuild presents 2005 Year-In-Review to prospective members.
October 2005 : Rebuild Revisits Tijuana
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Rebuild presents three housing schemes to the community members of Tijuana and Pueblos Hermanos. Read more here...
June 2005 : Rebuild member participates in Global Studio
Istanbul, Turkey
Rebuild member unites with students from around the world to focus on Zeyrek, a low-income neighborhood in Istanbul.
April 2005 : Career-Day at Newschool
Newschool of Architecture and Design, San Diego, California
Rebuild educates students and promotes AFH's future goals.
March 2005 : Rebuld Visits Tijuana
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Pueblos Hermanos guides Rebuild members throughout the slums of Tijuana. Read more here... |
Other News & Events
July 28, 2007 One Night in Uganda Benefit Dinner
San Diego, California.
CEGUN (Campaign to End Genocide in Uganda...Now!) would like to invite you, your family, and your friends to come and enjoy a benefit dinner event for Uganda on July 28th at 6:00 pm. They're hosting this event mainly to raise greatly needed funds to support a couple of projects in Northern Uganda along with upcoming local events and activities. The event will be held at 5952 El Cajon Blvd. in San Diego.
Visit www.cegun.org for more info about the event...
You can download the flyer here...
July 2007 Design That Helps: Making It Possible
Students of the Art Institute of California, San Diego developed eight posters, each representing one Goal to create curiosity and urge spectators begin thinking about the MDGs.
Visit www.millenniumcampaign.org for more info...
March 2007 The Open Architecture Network is an online, open source community dedicated to improving living conditions through innovative and sustainable design. It is the brainchild of Architecture for Humanity and the designers who volunteer with us and through our local chapters, as well as the result of a yearlong partnership that began in spring 2006 when Architecture for Humanity won the prestigious TED Prize.
Visit www.openarchitecturenetwork.org for more info...
September 13 - 25 : San Diego Green 2006 A conference to explore green, green building strategies and green decision making.
Visit www.sandiegogreen.org for more info...
June 2006 : Genevieve Blanchett of AFH-Sydney and Jennifer van den Bussche lead the PPS:R exhibition to be held at the World Urban Forum Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Visit www.ppsr.com.au for dates and venues...
June 2006 : WUF III - World Urban Forum in Vancouver, Canada
Established by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid urbanisation and its impact on communites, cities, economies and policies.
Visit www.unhabitat.org/wuf/2006/default.asp for dates and venues...
Ongoing : The Millennium Villages™ Project
The Millennium Villages Project, based at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, is a new bottom-up approach to lift developing country villages out of the poverty trap that afflicts more than a billion people worldwide.
Visit www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/mvp/ for dates and venues...
March 2006 : Check out Cameron & Kate's new book, Design Like You Give A Damn
This publication offers a history of humanitarian design efforts over the last hundred years and will provide a compedium of innovative architectural and design projects that have helped improve lives in communities around the world.
Click here to purchase the book... |
