HAITI CO-OP SYSTEM:
Architecture Reaction to Social Problems
Professor: Dr. Lynne M. Dearborn|dearborn@illinois.edu
PROJECT TYPE: Studio Project|Team Work,
Credit to: Minhoo Kim
Scale: Agriculture planning proposal
Date: June,2014 to July,2014,Second year of MArch I
Site location: Petite-Rivière-de-Nippes, Haiti
Engaging with a rural community in Haiti, a number of social problems were identified through series of exercises, including creating a city map, interviews, field observations, etc. After proposing a master plan for the town development, a comprehensive solution to address food security was devised to enhance the livelihood of small scale farmers. In attempt to increase productivity and competence of local agriculture in both local and global context, various strategies incorporating education, farmer's co-op, bamboo construction and low-tech sustainable agricultural model were explored.