The Haitian Dream: Increasing the economic, social and environmental resilience of the hot and humid, high density urban Haitian neighbourhood by the implementation of climate responsive design

The event of the earthquake on January 12 2010 in Haiti has caused in a disaster which has shocked the world. It resulted in an estimated amount of 250.000 casualties and left over 1.000.000 people homeless. From these numbers it is clear that Haiti needs to become more resilient to hazards to prevent in a future repetition of this disaster. A...

Creating a business with craft in Haiti: Transform local craft into a product that fits the Western market

The objective of this project was to develop a product that can be produced by basket weavers in Haiti for the Western market, creating employment and income. The product that was developed is a wicker cradle that is based on the sustainable thought of longer use time, natural material use and transparent business.