The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment along with world renowned planning experts Duany Plater Zyberk have been invited by the government of Haiti to work with the local community to help create a guiding vision for rebuilding an area of Port-au-Prince equating in size to around 25 city blocks, which was destroyed in the January 2010 earthquake.
Participants in the workshops will be Haitian Ministries, local professionals, property owners, representatives of the Haitian American communities and other stakeholders. The result will be a masterplan for an area of the capital including homes, streets, public spaces and amenities as well as plans to help engender a sustainable financial, social, and ecological future. A scoping workshop will be held 1-3 December and the charrette will be held 17-27 January.
Hank Dittmar, Chief Executive of The Prince's Foundation comments:
“We are honoured to have been given the chance to help create a better future for Haiti after the suffering and devastation of the earthquake. We hope to play a small part in bringing hope and benefit to the city by maintaining its authentic character, reducing its environmental impact and helping train local people in construction skills that equip them for future employment.’
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Notes to Editors:
The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment
The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment helps to build and improve communities that are beautiful, long lasting and healthy for people and the planet. We believe that it is possible to have the kind of communities and neighbourhoods that contain:
· Lively, interesting streets with a mix of local shops
· Streets that reflect local character and feel safe to walk along
· Parks, schools and shops within walking distance of homes
· Homes that look like they belong, that reflect tradition but are also contemporary and comfortable inside
Duany Plater Zyberk
Based in Miami, Washington and Charlotte, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company (DPZ) is a major leader in the practice and direction of urban planning, having designed over 300 new and existing communities in the United States and overseas. DPZ’s projects have received numerous awards, including two National AIA Awards, the Vincent Scully Prize, the Thomas Jefferson Medal and two Governor’s Urban Design Awards for Excellence. The firm’s early project of Seaside, Florida, was the first authentic new town to be built successfully in the United States in over fifty years.
Issued by:
The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment
19-22 Charlotte Road
London
EC2A 3SG
For information on The Prince’s Foundation:
Kathy Hasler
01666 823445
07710 418758 (mob)
press@princes-foundation.org
22 September 2010
Participants in the workshops will be Haitian Ministries, local professionals, property owners, representatives of the Haitian American communities and other stakeholders. The result will be a masterplan for an area of the capital including homes, streets, public spaces and amenities as well as plans to help engender a sustainable financial, social, and ecological future. A scoping workshop will be held 1-3 December and the charrette will be held 17-27 January.
Hank Dittmar, Chief Executive of The Prince's Foundation comments:
“We are honoured to have been given the chance to help create a better future for Haiti after the suffering and devastation of the earthquake. We hope to play a small part in bringing hope and benefit to the city by maintaining its authentic character, reducing its environmental impact and helping train local people in construction skills that equip them for future employment.’
Ends
Notes to Editors:
The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment
The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment helps to build and improve communities that are beautiful, long lasting and healthy for people and the planet. We believe that it is possible to have the kind of communities and neighbourhoods that contain:
· Lively, interesting streets with a mix of local shops
· Streets that reflect local character and feel safe to walk along
· Parks, schools and shops within walking distance of homes
· Homes that look like they belong, that reflect tradition but are also contemporary and comfortable inside
Duany Plater Zyberk
Based in Miami, Washington and Charlotte, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company (DPZ) is a major leader in the practice and direction of urban planning, having designed over 300 new and existing communities in the United States and overseas. DPZ’s projects have received numerous awards, including two National AIA Awards, the Vincent Scully Prize, the Thomas Jefferson Medal and two Governor’s Urban Design Awards for Excellence. The firm’s early project of Seaside, Florida, was the first authentic new town to be built successfully in the United States in over fifty years.
Issued by:
The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment
19-22 Charlotte Road
London
EC2A 3SG
For information on The Prince’s Foundation:
Kathy Hasler
01666 823445
07710 418758 (mob)
press@princes-foundation.org
22 September 2010
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