New Project Opportunities - Volunteers Needed!
New Projects Starting up Soon!
We have several exciting new projects in the pipeline and teams are forming now. Please email Project Development coordinator Sarah Mehaffey ( sarah_row@hotmail.com ) if you are interested in working on any of the following opportunities - we'll be scheduling informational meetings for each of these projects. Please list the project name in the subject line of the email.
Team Forming: Eco City Farms Signage & Self-Guided Farm Tour Design
AfH-DC is partnering with Eco City Farms (http://www.ecoffshoots.org/) to design signage for a self-guided tour of the farm and systems used at their Edmonston, MD location. The project is ready to get underway immediately, and we anticipate meeting once a week until August or September. We are seeking to form a team of at least 5-7 people, and will be scheduling an organizational meeting for anyone interested to learn more.
Team Forming: Mt. Pleasant Park Conceptual Design
AfH-DC is exploring the potential for partnering with several local non-profits to convert an under-utilized strip of land into a neighborhood park. We are interested in helping the groups develop a conceptual plan for the parcel, that they could use to approach the various city jurisdictions for support and approvals. Ultimately we could end up guiding a neighborhood visioning process as well as final design of the park. At this point, until the groups are able to determine feasibility and identify funding resources, we are seeking to form a team of 3-5 people to help develop and produce the conceptual plan. Please email if you are interested in attending an informational meeting
Feasibility Team Forming: UnBlocked Project
AfH-DC is continuing our collaboration with FabLab DC, this time in their own backyard. They have approached us with an interest to re-vitalize the block that contains their workshop, but the actual method is not yet defined. It could be streetscaping, facade beautification/renovation, or any other sort of smaller or larger urban intervention. At this point we would like to form a small "feasibility team" of 2-3 people able to network further with FabLab's organization, learn more about their neighborhood and block, and basically brainstorm possible re-vitalization projects.
Join Casey Trees @ Langdon Park - 5 more openings left!
Langdon Park in Northeast D.C. is one of the largest public parks in the entire District serving numerous communities. On Saturday, April 13th @ 9:00am-12:000pm. Casey Trees will work alongside volunteers and members of the community to plant 39 trees on the park grounds.
We need a total of 5 volunteers to register by April 1st.
The registration process is simple—all interested participants register in the “Architecture for Humanity” section at the link below:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5426542936?access=ArchHum#
If you don't mind, once you register please email me portia@afh-dc.org to let me know your coming!
Grab Your Shovel - AFH is Join Casey Trees @ Langdon Park
Langdon Park in Northeast D.C. is one of the largest public parks in the entire District serving numerous communities. On Saturday, April 13th @ 9:00am-12:000pm. Casey Trees will work alongside volunteers and members of the community to plant 39 trees on the park grounds.
We need a total of 10 volunteers to register by April 1st.
The registration process is simple—all interested participants register in the “Architecture for Humanity” section at the link below:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5426542936?access=ArchHum#
If you don't mind all register participants please email me portia@afh-dc.org
Furniture!!!
Street furniture design build is an amazing event occurred Columbia Heights neighborhood. I've a fine time experiencing that event and crucially learned a lot about street furniture installing and place making elements in node 2. Thanks.
Rustic furniture
Resilience by Design Meeting: Time and Location
Dear all,
Our next Resilience by Design (Disaster Response Initiative) Meeting will be on Dec 12th @ 7pm at the Washington Alexandria Architecture Center (1001 Prince St Alexandria, VA).
Dinner will be provided so please RSVP and let us know of any food allergies/aversions.
We will be reviewing our current and upcoming projects, including our handbook, the Points of Dispensary work, and our submission to the Association of Preservation Technology Symposium. We'll be in "The Secret Room" on the upper level of the Library (upstairs and to the right).
Please RSVP to DisasterResponse@afh-dc.org. Hope to see you there!
I've been in this event and
I've been in this event and it was a lot beneficial to me and to many participants out there. I've learned new things that I did not encounter in my quality assurance certification training designing before.
Time and Place of Meeting
Dear Maya and all
Thank you for sharing this with the rest of the list. Here are the details for our proposed meeting's time and place:
Library: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20001
Room: MLK Room 221
Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Thanks again,
Raed
Spots available for Phillips Merrill Environmental Center Tour
Hello all,
There are spots still available for the tour. You can contact me at jaf@afh-dc.org so to save a spot for you and to keep you in the loop for details relating to the tour.
Saturday July 28th at 10 am - Tour of Phillips Merrill Environmental Center @ 6 Herndon Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21403
-Joe
Excellent News!
Thanks for sharing, Maya.
Hi Luke, The meeting in
Hi Luke,
The meeting in January will be a Core meeting, which typically includes those members who are active with current projects or committees. But we'd like to have you involved - please email me at mattj@afh-dc.org and we can discuss.
thanks-
Matt J.
Next Meeting
Is the meeting in January open to be attended by all members? I'm trying to figure out the best way to get involved. Thanks!