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Architects: Model of Architecture Serving Society (MASS)
- Area: 693 m²
- Year: 2015
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Photographs:Model of Architecture Serving Society (MASS)
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Manufacturers: ACRA Industries, Atelier 83 - GHESKIO, Atlantic Door & Windows, Big Ass Solutions, CIP concrete, HAFCO, MFM Peel & Seal, Majic, Phifer, ProGroup, YCF Group
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Architect of Record: Model of Architecture Serving Society (MASS)
Text description provided by the architects. In the months following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, cholera—a curable, preventable disease that had not previously existed in Haiti—struck the tent cities of Port-au-Prince and surrounding hillsides. When the disease broke, Port-au-Prince’s only waste-filtration plant remained closed following the earthquake, while access to clean water and waste treatment programs was limited. This gap in public health infrastructure, paired with general overcrowding and unsanitary conditions in public spaces only hastened the disease’s rapid spread. Les Centres GHESKIO, a Haitian healthcare research, treatment, and training organization, was among the first groups to respond to this outbreak of cholera.
