The Kay e Santé nan Ayiti Competition
This contest has expired. More information about the final results will be published when they become available.
Winners Announcement Expected: 7 December 2010
Kay e Santé nan Ayiti (Creole for Housing and Health in Haiti) seeks to solicit ideas on housing prototypes that work to reduce the transmission of tuberculosis for a community in St. Marc, Haiti.
Archive encourages (though within prescribed parameters) ideas that vary in size, scale, layout, grouping, building construction methods, structural responses, materials, and form. Five winning designs will be used to build five single-family units.
Both professionals and students are encouraged to participate. Architects, building designers, urban planners, health professionals, researchers, public health specialists, and other interested professionals are encouraged to submit their ideas to the competition.
Objective
The Kay e Sante nan Ayiti competition seeks to solicit ideas on housing prototypes for PLWHA (Persons Living With HIV or AIDS) that work to reduce the transmission of Tuberculosis in St. Marc, Haiti. Within the stated parameters, submissions may explore various size, scale, layout, grouping, building construction methods, structural responses, materials and form. Archive hopes to build five single family units and to adhere to a pre-established budget.
The wider aim of the project is to provide transient 1-year health housing for PLWHA in addition to vocational and skills training.
The true value of this competition is in:
- Creating collaborative multidisciplinary networks for instilling change.
- Transferring knowledge between design/planning/building professions and health/science professions.
Prizes
Two juries comprised of international experts and community members will be engaged along the way and ultimately be responsible for choosing the 5 winning entries and 2 honorable mentions.
- First place: $5,000 US
- Second place: $3,000 US
- Third place: $2,000 US
- 2 additional projects will receive Archive design excellence merit awards.
Rules
- Professionals, students and locals are welcome to participate. Architects, building designers, urban planners, health professionals, researchers, public health specialists, St. Marc residents and other interested individuals are especially encouraged to submit their ideas to the competition.
- Participation is prohibited for those directly affiliated with Archive or the judging panel.
- Archive very strongly encourages multidisciplinary, cross-cultural and international collaboration and we have designed a database specifically for this.
- 1 project submission per group is permitted.
- No more than six people are permitted per team, participants may enter individually if they wish.
How to enter?
Submissions will be received in electronic format. Please upload submissions on the official website, once you've completed the registration procedure.
Entry fee
The cost of registering a team varies according to the country in which the main applicant is based:
- $50 US for professionals from developed nations
- $30 US for students from developed nations
- $10 US for teams from developing nations
