My blog has become home to many different lists because I find it is a convenient way to keep track of different things I want to remember and I like that I can constantly update them and other people can benefit from them. This list includes organizations, events, and resources that I have discovered related to community development with architecture and mapping. I have divided it into categories of Affordable and Sustainable Architecture, Focus on Earthen Architecture, Community Mapping and Upgrading, Engineering for Global Development, Events, and Online Resources. If there is a asterisk symbol beside it, it means I have experience with the organization, tool, or event, so that if you would like to know more about my experience, you can get in touch!
Affordable and Sustainable Architecture
- a.gor.a architects – Thailand – Myanmar
- Azuko – Bangladesh
- Anna Heringer Architecture – Germany – global – Bangladesh
- Buildchange – global – disaster response – retrofit – training
- BuildX Studio (previously Orkidstudio)
- collectif Saga – France – South Africa
- C-re-aid – Tanzania
- *Engineering Ministries International – global – Christian ministry – multidisciplinary – construction management – research
- Gyaw Gyaw – Thailand
- Habitat for Humanity – global – disaster response – promotion – training
- Kounkuey Design Initiative – USA – Kenya – Sweden – global – multidisciplinary – community engagement
- LocalWorks – Uganda – East Africa – multidisciplinary
- MASS Design Group – USA – Rwanda – global
- Sawa Architecture – global – training – permaculture
Focus on Earthen Architecture
- CalEarth Institute – USA – earth bag – training
- Earth Enable – Rwanda – earthen floors
- Good Earth Global – global – Nepal – India – earth bag – training – housing
- Masons Ink – India – architects – training – heritage – slum upgrading
Community Mapping and Upgrading
- Common Thread Global – project assessment tool
- *KoboToolBox – data collection – land rights – community engagement
- Kounkuey Design Initiative – USA – Kenya – Sweden – global – multidisciplinary – community engagement and upgrading
- mHS City Lab – India – community engagement and upgrading
- *OpenDataKit – data collection – land rights – community engagement
- *OpenStreetMap – global – open source vector map
- *QGIS – open source GIS software – land rights
- SDI (Know Your City) – community mapping and upgrading
- Social Tenure Domain Model – plugin for QGIS – land rights
- Spatial Collective – Kenya – data collection – community engagement – advocacy
- UN Habitat – global – promotion – training – community upgrading – leadership development
- Ushahidi – global – crowdsourced mapping and reporting
Engineering for Global Development
- ARUP – structural engineering for international development – research
- *Engineering for Change – network – promotion – training – research
- *Engineering Ministries International – global – Christian ministry – multidisciplinary – construction management – research
- Engineers Without Borders – engineering for international development – network – promotion – training –
Events
- Confronting Informality Symposium
- *IC-NOCMAT (International Conference of Non-conventional Materials and Technologies)
- *Impact Engineered – discussion and networking around social and environmental innovation
Online Resources
- Appropriate Building Materials – collection of building methods and materials published in 1988 and available online
- ARUP Humanitarian Library
- Build Change Resources page
- *E4C Solutions Library – collection of products and services being developed around the world seeking to alleviate poverty
- Global Shelter Cluster – collection of shelter project case studies
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