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[Cameron Sinclair <csinclair@architectureforhumanity.org>]

Designs for a Mobile Health Clinic to Combat HIV/AIDS
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OUTREACH
Designs for a Mobile Health Clinic to Combat HIV/AIDS in Sub-
Saharan Africa
 
Opening November 6, 2003
 
Where:
Royal Institute of British Architects
RIBA Gallery 2
66 Portland Place
London, W1B 1AD, UK
 
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October 27, 2003 ­ Architecture for Humanity and The Royal In-
stitute of British Architects proudly present OUTREACH: Design 
Ideas for a Mobile HIV/AIDS Health Clinic for Africa, the criti-
cally-acclaimed exhibition showcasing winning and selected en-
tries from Architecture for Humanity's recent international de-
sign competition. This exhibit is made possible thanks to the 
generous support of Virgin Atlantic.
 
In May 2002, Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit organiza-
tion, challenged architects and designers to respond to the 
mounting HIV/AIDS crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly 
three-quarters of the world's AIDS population resides. Designers 
were asked to develop schemes for mobile medical unit to provide 
basic healthcare as well as HIV/AIDS testing, prevention, treat-
ment and education to underserved populations in the region. 
More than 530 teams representing 51 nations responded, and an 
international jury of architects and medical professionals met 
in New York to select four finalists and eight honorary men-
tions. The competition finalists were:
 
* Mads Hansen, Mikkel Bedholm and Jan Sondergaard, KHRAS, Virum, 
  Denmark (1st Place)
 
* Brendan Harnett and Michelle Myers, Rensselaer Polytechnic In-
  stitute, Troy, NY, USA (2nd Place)
 
* Heide Schuster and Wilfried Hofmann, Dortmund, Germany (3rd 
  Place)
 
* Gaston Tolila and Nicholas Gilliland, Paris, France (Founders 
  Award)
 
In addition to the winning schemes, more than thirty projects 
will be on display in the RIBA galleries. The projects showcase 
a remarkable range of talent and innovation, from South Africa-
base Technikon Pretoria's clinic-in-a-suitcase, to London-based 
JAS Architects' telescoping frame system, to dirigible-inspired 
designs from teams in San Francisco, USA and Goettingen, Ger-
many.
 
Architecture for Humanity is currently raising funds to build 
one or more prototypes of the winning designs. Once built, the 
International Medical Corps, which has 50 doctors serving seven 
countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the AIDS Research and Fam-
ily Care Clinic, which has six doctors based in Mombasa, Kenya, 
have both committed to staff and equip a finished prototype for 
testing in the field. The exhibition will include video and pho-
tographic materials documenting their work to treat patients in 
Africa's underserved areas.
 
Former United States President William J. Clinton has called the 
initiative "a remarkable project with great possibility." The 
project has also garnered praise and support from a number of 
U.N. and U.S. ambassadors and from leading architects around the 
world.
 
"From time to time, architecture needs to take a step back. We 
need to reexamine not just how we build, but also what we 
build," said advisory board member and Pritzker Prize-winning 
architect Frank Gehry.
 
OUTREACH: 
Designs for a Mobile Health Clinic to Combat HIV/AIDS in Sub-
Saharan Africa runs from November 6, 2003 to December 6, 2003 in 
the Royal Institute of British Architects Gallery, 66 Portland 
Place, London. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 
10:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The 
gallery is closed Sunday.
 
 
For more information about OUTREACH, please visit:
http://www.architectureforhumanity.org
 
Contact: 
Cameron Sinclair 
Founder/Executive Director 
Architecture for Humanity 
Suite 3A, 165 West 20th St. 
New York, New York, 10011, USA
 
UK Mobile: +44-7952-933709 
US Tel.: +1-646-765-0906 
mailto:csinclair@architectureforhumanity.org 
http://www.architectureforhumanity.org 

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