EMERSON STEPP MArch

Santo Community - New Development in Haiti

Problem: Design a new community of Santo outside of Leogane, Haiti for people displaced by the 2011 earthquake.    
Solution:  As a collaborative project with Habitat for Humanity, Architecture for Humanity, local firm SODADE and the community; we designed a master plan framework that focused on five-fold sustainability including: Infrastructural, Social, Economic, Housing, and Environmental.  The design utilizes ecological corridors as ecological infrastructure to accomodate flooding and drainage as well as communal space.  We designed various block configurations which focus on the  Haitian concept of a "Lakou" or courtyard at the center.  This project had a unique design process with continued community involvement througout in the form of design charrettes we initiated with the help of SODADE.  

Team: A. Pederson, B. Suski

Primary Programs: AutoCAD, Sketchup, Photoshop. Illustrator