SEMINAR, WS 2014/2015
Renato d´Alençon Castrillón

Reclaiming Heritage 

Haiti aims at exploring the potentials of using reclaimed building materials for a sensitive post-disaster reconstruction that includes cultural values and the retention of heritage by means of direct user involvement in the technical decisions and in the project management. The project proposes a model of housing reconstruction based on the reuse of existing foundations and reuse of construction debris, to make partially destroyed houses inhabitable for users.

This Seminar will support the simultaneous work taking place in Haiti as a continuation of the construction Workshop started in Croix-des-Bouquets, Port-au-Prince last July and ongoing until November 2014 with 30 families and a group of volun-teers from the local community. The seminar will include the preparation of an exhibition to present the contents of the project and the ongoing site works. Previous works can be reviewed in detail in www.reclaimingheritage.org.