H.O.P.E. focuses on Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a hurricane-prone capital
city that is still suffering the effects of the 2010 earthquake - damaged
infrastructure, injured and displaced families, and destroyed arable land. After the earthquake, the vulnerability of many of Port-au-Prince’s social, economic, and architectural/urban systems became painfully visible: families were forced to live in unsanitary camps; agriculture, a primary source of income, was severely disrupted; hospitals and schools were damaged or destroyed beyond use, disrupting healthcare and education in a country where many suffer from disease and illiteracy; and debris and polluted water covered the landscape in Haiti’s largest flood-prone city without a proper sewer system. Without proper drainage and/or human waste, garbage, bacteria, and rainwater removal, Port-au-Prince is in a perpetual socio-infrastructural crisis. In response, H.O.P.E. proposes integrated urban design and architectural strategies to address infrastructure, agriculture, education, and healthcare. This project proposes to develop a damaged agricultural zone into a thriving community with housing, education, healthcare spaces, urban farming, community gardens, markets, ecological restoration zones, and agricultural spaces integrated into an infrastructural landscape.