Groundwork Institute - Las Arboledas, a new town in Havana, Cuba

LAS ARBOLEDAS, A NEW TOWN IN HAVANA, CUBA

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PARTICIPANTS:

Prepared by:

Project Coordinator:

Salvador Gomila, Director - Technical Center for Housing & Urban Planning
Principal Designer:

Huck Rorick, Executive Director - Groundwork Institute Design Team:

Consultants & Project Assistance:

Graphics:

Seminars:

The U.S. portion of this work was supported by grants from:

ABOUT GROUNDWORK:

GROUNDWORK INSTITUTE is a non-profit organization concerned with creating low cost, environmentally sound communities, based on the participation of the people who live in them. The Institute has its roots in a series of projects undertaken by a group of architects, builders, and environmental professionals to assist people in developing countries and disadvantaged communities in the U.S.

For example, one of our projects was with a low income village in the West Indies. This work was oriented toward construction of a small village employin gconcepts of waste reclying, sustainable energy systems, and ultra-low cost housing built from local materials. The design and construction was done together with the people of the community. In teh early stages we constructed a biogas digester, initiated a community education program, built energy efficient stoves in community workshops, and demoonstrated low cost bilding methods utilizing local materials.

We are involved with community developent as a unified process from project invention, financing, and design through the mechanics of execution: carpentry, plumbing, etc. In addition, we see our work as integral with education and with social and economic issues.

The Institure forms a base for bringing together material and human support for this type of work. GROUNDWORK INSTITUTE is recognized by the IRS as a 501 c(3) non-profit corporation and your contributions are tax deductible.

Board of Advisers (At the time of the project):
JOE COLLINS, co-founder with Frances Moore Lappe of Institute for Food & Development Policy. Co-Author of "Food First"

SANFORD HIRSHEN, former Chairman, University of California Department of Architecture.

AMORY LOVINS, Energy Research Advisory Board - U.S. Dept. of Energy; Policy Adviser, Friends of the Earth; author "Soft Energy Paths"

HUNTER LOVINS, lawyer, Policy Adviser - Friends of the Earth; co-author "Energy/War: Breaking the Nuclear Link".

PLINY FISK, founder Center for Maximum Potential Building Design.

MELINDA RORICK, Caribbean Basin Working Group.

GEOFF STANFORD, MD, PHD, Director of Greenhills Environmental Center.

CONTRIBUTORS & SUPPORTERS (Partial List):

CO-SPONSOR: Several Institute projects are co-sponsored by the Center for Environmental Change (CEC) at the University of California, Berkeley. The CEC Board of Directors is:

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