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Call for Volunteers: May 18 & 19 Build Days

admin — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:11:50 +0000

Join us for a great opportunity to make a fast tangible contribution to the community, to families working hard to improve their own lives, while learning some new construction skills that could come in handy.

Volunteers Needed for Design Competition

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:06:00 +0000

Architects Without Borders-Seattle and Architecture for Humanity-Seattle are hosting a chicken coop design competition to benefit Seattle Youth Garden Works, an innovative employment program of Seattle Tilth for diverse young people ages 16-21 to be trained in urban agriculture. The competition will be hosted at the new Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands in one of the most diverse zip codes in the nation. The judged event will take place on Saturday, July 14, the day of Seattle Tilth’s Chicken Coop and Urban Farm Tour.

AWB/AfH seek additional Steering Committee Members as well as marketing and day-of-event volunteers.

Steering Committee Members will help to further shape the event and need to be able to commit to attend weekly meetings and complete various tasks between meetings. This is a great opportunity for leadership and working beside passionate peers.

Marketing and Day-of-Event volunteers will help to make the event a success in the lead up and execution of the event. Time commitments will range between 4-10 hours of work either doing outreach or day-of (or week prior to) event staffing. These roles are less intensive of a commitment, but a really fun way to get your hands in things!

Please indicate which opportunity you are interested in. Steering Committee Meetings have already begun and we’d love a few additional passionate members

Experienced Volunteer Project Managers Needed

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:11:34 +0000

Do you have proven Design and Project Management experience? AWB-Seattle is looking for experienced leaders to initiate and manage upcoming local or international projects. Join our team for a life- and career-enhancing opportunity to contribute to humanitarian causes. In addition, you will be part of a dynamic learning community focused on developing and applying best practices to empower both communities and designers.

Role of a volunteer Project Manager:
-Commit to leading a project for a given amount of time, possibly with another PM
-Determine project goals
-Outline project schedule
-Assemble and coordinate volunteer team members for project implementation phase
-Regular communication and coordination with AWB
-Travel to project site, if necessary and budget/opportunity exist

In every project, AWB values and promotes effective and integrated design solutions that maximize its positive social, ecological and economic impact and builds collaborative long-term relationships with the community.

Please provide bio and contact information (use the last box to describe your PM experience or qualifications) on the volunteer form or contact us with questions before March 4, 2012.

Call for Volunteers: All skill levels welcome at Kent HfH site

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:31:26 +0000

Habitat for Humanity – Seattle/South King County has again invited AWB for Build Days at one of their construction sites. We’ll be working at the Kent 3 site doing site work which may include landscape planting, site drainage, setting pavers and installing fences. Every skill level will be welcomed and no prior experience is required.

Two consecutive Build Days are scheduled: Friday Oct 21 and Saturday Oct 22, 2011. The work hours will be 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. We would like to have 20 volunteers for each day.

If you are interested in signing up or want more information, please contact Kalman Axelrod or you can fill out the Volunteer Form and enter HFH/Kent 3 and the date(s) you can attend in the last box along with any other information you’d like to share.

If you would like more general information about Habitat, you can find it on their website.

This is a great opportunity to make a fast tangible contribution to the community, to families working hard to improve their own lives. And along the way, you may learn some new construction skills that could come in handy. We hope to see you out there.

Call for Volunteers: Haiti Project Manager

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:22:21 +0000

AWB-Seattle is looking for an Architectural Project Manager to help initiate a new school project in Haiti. Initial efforts will include client coordination, research and organizing the design team. Do you have a background in school design? An interest in Haiti? Please contact Chantal Stevens.

Role of a Project Manager:

Aurora Bridge fence is nearly finished

admin — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 06:24:06 +0000

More than 230 people have jumped to their deaths from the Aurora Bridge since it was built in 1932 — the most recent a teenage girl who leapt last month from between gaps in the nearly completed barrier fence.

AWB-Seattle worked with the Seattle FRIENDS on a design charrette and community facilitation for this important project.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014166543_suicidefence09m.html

Call for Volunteers

admin — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 07:52:01 +0000

Project Opportunity:
AWB-Seattle is working with Helping Link to design and construct a rooftop landscape at their office in Seattle’s Little Saigon. The landscape will serve as a place for learning, inspiration and reflection where kids, adults and seniors can spend time together and connect with nature. We hope to complete the project by Earth Day, April 22, 2011 and are seeking a project manager and project volunteers to help us accomplish this goal.

Helping Link’s mission is “To empower Vietnamese American refugee and immigrant families to achieve personal and family acculturation and self-sufficiency while nurturing community service and youth leadership.” They help immigrant families integrate fully and successfully into American life by acquiring the language, cultural and technical skills needed for independent living. At the same time, they attempt to honor and preserve what is unique in Vietnamese cultural heritage. More information on Helping Link is available at: www.helpinglink.info/

If you are interested in participating please contact Ben Spencer at bspen@uw.edu. We will organize a kick-off meeting in early January!

Brain Power Needed:
Do you have good ideas and the drive to follow through? Ever wanted to be a part of a “Think tank”? AWB-Seattle needs help with a committee to help plan and implement some of our project ideas. Interested parties please contact David Helton at: dbhelto@aol.com

Project Opportunity:
Do you want to help a food bank? Expertise in interior architecture? Good with a tape measure and AutoCAD? Then this project may be for you. AWB is putting together a small team to help the Tukwila Food Pantry improve their flow and efficiency. Interested parties should contact David Helton at: dbhelto@aol.com

Haiti Recap Event – Sept. 9th

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:22:23 +0000

09-2010 Haiti Event flyer

Call for Volunteers – Haiti

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:15:47 +0000

Now calling volunteers for teams 2 and 3 to perform building damage assessments in Haiti! The first team had an incredibly rewarding (and very hot) experience.

Volunteers should be:

architect or designer with ATC training (or other relevant experience). See below for info on training opportunity.
or structural engineer
and ready to rough it

We’re anticipating the next team will be in Haiti the first half of July and the third team for the second half of July.
We are collecting donations to help offset costs for the teams, though be prepared to cover your travel expenses and minimal cost for lodging and food upfront, since it is unknown how much we will be able to raise.

If you may be interested in joining the team please contact:
Rachel Minnery: rminnery@gmail.com (architects)
Scott Douglas: sdouglas@dci-engineers.com (engineers)

Thank you! From the disaster coalition of Architects Without Borders-Seattle, SEAW Disaster Response, and the AIA

HAVEN’T DONE THE TRAINING?: We’ve established a special training day for ATC-20 Post-earthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings on 6/18; 12:30-4:30pm with Behrooz Emam. Register here: http://www.aiaseattle.org/node/4399

OTHER WAYS TO HELP:

If you can’t join the team, but would like to support the cause, your donation is greatly appreciated:
http://awb-seattle.org/haiti-rebuilding-effort/
If you or someone you know is interested in volunteering in a general capacity, see the link to Hands On Disaster Response: http://hands.org/volunteer/

Helping Haiti Meeting – Feb. 2nd

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:23:44 +0000

The AIA Diversity Roundtable is sponsoring a meeting on February 2nd at 4pm at the AIA Seattle offices to coordinate and inform the response to the Haitian earthquake. Anyone interested in participating is encouraged to attend and AWB-Seattle will have representatives there, as well as other organizations.

Details:
When: Tuesday, February 2nd at 4pm
Where: AIA Seattle, 1911 1st Ave. phone: 206.448.4938
For more information click here.