Article 25
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Article 25 is a UK registered charity that manages sustainable architecture
projects in areas of extreme poverty and disaster.
recognised the potential impact the built environment could have on saving lives and minimising future impact of natural disasters. It has grown to accommodate a board of seven distinguished trustees’, nine permanent staff, around 35 volunteers, ten professional partner organisations, and around 700 student members.
, earthquake resistant homes in Pakistan
, and a new media centre in Port Harcourt.
Some of the completed projects include an award-winning earthquake resistant housing programme in Northern Pakistan
with Muslim Aid
, and an award-nominated school for street children in Goa
, India
, with El Shaddai Street Child Rescue. The charity has tendered over 50 projects in 20 countries across five continents.
Sustainable architecture
Sustainable architecture is a general term that describes environmentally conscious design techniques in the field of architecture. Sustainable architecture is framed by the larger discussion of sustainability and the pressing economic and political issues of our world...
projects in areas of extreme poverty and disaster.
History
Established in 2006 as ‘Architects for Aid’, the name was changed to Article 25 in 2008, making reference to the principle of the 25th Article of the UNs Universal Declaration of Human Rights that safe and adequate shelter is a fundamental human right. Caught up in the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, Maxwell HutchinsonMaxwell Hutchinson
John Maxwell Hutchinson is an English architect and broadcaster.-Early life:He was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire to Frank Maxwell Hutchinson and his wife Elizabeth Ross and went to school in Northamptonshire at Wellingborough Prep School and the independent Oundle School...
recognised the potential impact the built environment could have on saving lives and minimising future impact of natural disasters. It has grown to accommodate a board of seven distinguished trustees’, nine permanent staff, around 35 volunteers, ten professional partner organisations, and around 700 student members.
Activity
Article 25’s projects range from one-off building projects for community based organisations to large master planning projects for international organisations, including technical consultancy services for NGOs who have little access to vital design expertise. It has consulted with government organisations, NGOs and relief organisations on reconstruction projects including latrine blocks and schools in HaitiHaiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
, earthquake resistant homes in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, and a new media centre in Port Harcourt.
Some of the completed projects include an award-winning earthquake resistant housing programme in Northern Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
with Muslim Aid
Muslim Aid
Muslim Aid is a UK based international relief and development organisation working to alleviate poverty worldwide. The charity says it believes in sustainable, local and practical solutions to empower individuals and strengthen communities...
, and an award-nominated school for street children in Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, with El Shaddai Street Child Rescue. The charity has tendered over 50 projects in 20 countries across five continents.