Haiti Partners’ Academy
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
AIDING COMMUNITIES THROUGH LEARNING Actively involved with Haiti Partners since 2011, BAR has volunteered time both on-site and from our offices to design and help build a K-13 school in the hills above Port-au-Prince. The design and construction process has included local input, construction and ongoing development of the school.
A COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE The school serves over 300 local children and the surrounding community with classrooms, places for neighborhood meetings, gardening and a paper making studio that helps generate income for the school. BAR is currently working on the design of Building 3, a three-story building with additional classrooms and multi-use space.
LOCAL MATERIALS AND SITE-SPECIFIC DESIGN The master plan carefully wraps the buildings around the edges of the hill, preserving a central clearing in the forest for the play area. Construction materials were locally sourced, including beautiful metal louvers and doors made from oil drums by local artisans.
PROJECT INFORMATION
Client: Haiti Partners BAR Services: Architecture, Planning Site Area: 3 Acres Total Built Area: Buildings 1 & 2 – 12,900 gsf Total Planned Area: Building 3 – 12,125 gsf Awards: Social Impact Design – Citation Award, AIA San Francisco and Public Architecture – Constructed Realities, 2013 Civil: Sherwood Design Engineers Structural: Miyamoto International, DCI Engineers, Architecture for Humanity Landscape: SWA Group, Arterra Landscape Architects, Lutsko Associates Photography: BAR Architects & Interiors
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