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Transforming Health Infrastructure

Nonprofit uses BIM to design facilities that meet energy and health needs in frontier markets.

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Is Cuba the Next Emerging Market for American Architects?

Is Cuba the Next Emerging Market for American Architects? U.S. firms might be enticed by the unpolished jewel of Havana and the endless beaches, but the embargo is just the first obstacle.

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Education & Studio Partnerships

Reimagining Main Street Uxbridge in partnership with the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission

Since 2008, the Gateway program has served nearly 1,500 students and nearly 150 different local nonprofits and neighborhood groups.

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Mother & Child Health Post

The Gould Family Foundation (GFF) is dedicated to reducing neonatal and maternal mortality rates and improving the quality of healthcare available at rural clinics and hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa.

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ECCF Think Lab presentation and facilitation

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, ECCF has convened nearly 200 local leaders to discuss the unprecedented challenges facing our social sector, and together, explore collaborative and innovative solutions for a stronger Essex County.

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Education & Studio Partnerships

Food Insecurity Infrastructure Research in Partnership with Proactive Philanthropy

Our partner, Proactive Philanthropy, a non-profit based in New Bedford, MA, is interested in using their 2 Million square feet of former warehouse space for social good and impactful innovation space.

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Pandemic effect: Team structure, Canadian Architect

What can COVID-19 teach architecture firms about the optimal structure of design teams? The pandemic swiftly affected healthcare systems and providers around the world, creating an emergency situation in which a surge of patients required testing and care.

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Health Care in the Face of Hurricanes and COVID-19

Forecasters predict an above-average 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, with the possibility of as many as 20 named storms. This alone presents serious challenges for the Caribbean region but is especially dire in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Open Source Documents

Maternal Health Prototype

Less than 50% of Childbirths in Uganda occur at a healthcare facility, and although there is a robust tradition of homebirth in Sub-Saharan Africa when complications arise during birth, life-saving resources can be scarce.

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Open Source Documents

COVID 19 Unit Prototype

At the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, we were checking in with our international partners to offer them support in their facilities’ response to the outbreak.

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School of Architecture Students Study Resilient Infrastructure in Historic Community of Arcahaie

A group of graduate students in Northeastern’s School of Architecture recently had the opportunity to study resilient infrastructure in one of Haiti’s most historic communities, Arcahaie.

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Boston Architectural College Presents Second Semester Findings For Nazzaro Center

The Boston Architectural College (BAC)’s Gateway Program, which gives architecture students a chance to get real-life experience working on projects out in the community, has been conducting a study of the potential future usage for the Nazzaro Center building.

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Research Papers & Conferences Presentations

Emergency Department Design in Low- and Middle-Income Settings

Studies from high-income settings have demonstrated that emergency department (ED) design is closely related to operational success; however, no standards exist for ED design in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

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Local Community Participatory Planning Methodologies As A Catalyst Towards Long Term Urban Resilience In Haiti

There is a critical need for urban resiliency planning to protect communities in Haiti and others in the Caribbean’s Small Island Developing States (SIDS) from severe exposure to natural disasters and the impacts of climate change.

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Reflections on the Profession: Careers in Impact Design

The subject of careers in engineering for global development is a popular one with E4C members. So, we’re exploring the topic in a multi-part series on careers at the intersection of technology, design and social innovation.

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The Challenges of Designing and Building for Low Resource Settings

Health care outcomes vary widely across geographies. This disparity is even more acute in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), and is tightly correlated to access to health care infrastructure that can facilitate the delivery of care.

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Creating Resilient Communities

Design has the power to improve the world. Open Architecture Collaborative Boston serves communities in need by producing architectural and design solutions to global, social and humanitarian crises.

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Architecture in Revolution A Designer’s Journey Across Cuba

Designer Abby Gordon spent 30 days studying Cuba’s unique architecture, experiencing firsthand the strong link between culture and the built environment.

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Road to Revolution: A 30 Day Journey Across Cuba

For 30 days in the summer of 2015 architectural designer Abby Gordon traversed the island of Cuba as Shepley Bulfinch’s 2015 Howe Traveling Fellow.

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BSA Space exhibit charts architectural designer’s trek across Cuba

Boston-based architecture firm Shepley Bulfinch and the Boston Society of Architects’ BSA Space have launched an exhibit of photos by Shepley Bulfinch architectural designer Abby Gordon called Road to Revolution: A 30-Day Journey Across Cuba.

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The divide between design professionals and building users in emerging African cities

African cities are growing at a phenomenal pace fueled by a growing middle-income population, rapid urbanization, and improving political stability across the continent. Some 40 percent (400 million) of the African population now live in cities and this is expected to grow to 57 percent by the year 2020.

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