October 25th, 2013
Global Studio has been invited to offer a session on “Addressing informalityand or poverty through education and practice” at the Union of InternationalArchitects Congress in Durban next August. If you…
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October 25th, 2013
The success of this first UPK music collection, with song themes including The Germ Song, Septic Tank song and the most famous the Shower Block Song, is now well documented….
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October 25th, 2013
Unitec hosted a rewarding day in Auckland, New Zealand, convening a Social Housing Forum by presenting talks from a broad range of people and adding an enthusiastic and inquisitive audience….
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September 30th, 2013
From left: Yami Lester started the core of the work in 1985 with a simple one line brief … ‘stop people getting sick’. That in a nutshell is the aim…
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September 30th, 2013
Housing for Health – The Guide Has been developed, co-ordinated and funded by Healthabitat. We acknowledge the generous support from a range of experienced and skilled contributors who have given…
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August 27th, 2013
In January this year a team of architecture students worked in Nepal… there design work is still being used!! . . . . The kit of parts designed to help…
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July 31st, 2013
How many architects (and some in allied design fields) does it take to make a 3x3x3 metre cube? MANY!!! and for good reason. A group of enthusiastic and energetic design…
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July 31st, 2013
The Worldskills Foundation has agreed to support 4 small, active projects with skilled trades and materials. After the successful Sanitation Studio in Nepal early in 2013, a recent meeting of…
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July 23rd, 2013
The septic tank animation commissioned by HH and produced by Jude Torzillo has become very,very popular … well over 200,000 viewings and counting. It has been used by- CHDS Nepal…
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July 17th, 2013
In the middle of the wet season is a good time to be talking about toilets, washing, wastewater and how to dispose of the wastewater safely. A full review of…
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July 10th, 2013
When Prime Minister the first time around, Kevin Rudd made a strong commitment to remote area Indigenous housing. Strangely, this went beyond increasing the money allocated by the previous Coalition…
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June 21st, 2013
HH remembers the man who helped start the work of Uwankara Palyanku Kanyintjaku (UPK). In 1985 he supported Nganampa Health Council both as the Co- Chairperson of the UPK review…
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