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architectsforpeace is calling for submissions for architects and urban designers interested on working on a school project in Southern Sudan. The project, being organised by a southern Sudanese-Australian group based in Brunswick, Melbourne, is to provide an education centre for adult and women’s education. The building project will incorporate school buildings, on site accommodation for students, outdoor facilities including sporting facilities, and small scale farming on which to teach agricultural practice. The Sudanese-Australian group require the assistance of an architect/urban designer to prepare a feasibility study and schematic masterplan which they can use to present to organisations to gain financial support for the project.

Please email your Expression of Interest to probono@architectsforpeace.org stating your name(s), availability and relevant experience.

Architects for Peace Pro Bono Referral Service seeks expressions of interest from graduates or registered architects to provide architectural services for a bush camp adjacent to the Bunyip State Park. The prospective service provider (SP) can either do the project alone or be partnered with another SP (one architect is familiar with the project and is able to work on it if a partner can be found).The project is for Pathways Foundation, a harm minimisation programme for youth. They have been lent land on which they are currently building ecotoilets. They have requested assistance with Design research, conceptual design, construction documentation, consultant liaison for a bush kitchen, large covered gathering space, and storage shed. Materials would mainly be timber and adobe bricks. There are no services on site.

Architects for Peace is offering the opportunity to work on a bird hide project in the unique surroundings of Westgate Park. Friends of Westgate Park (FOWP) are a community based not-for-profit environmental group that has a nine year record of service in developing Westgate Park - a large inner-metropolitan park (within the City of Melbourne), managed by Parks Victoria, featuring lakes, wetlands and native vegetation. The park boasts an abundant birdlife with its frontage to the Yarra River, and extensive habitat improvement undertaken by the FOWP. The park is popular with bird observers but as yet there are no purpose built facilities to provide close viewing opportunities for these important park visitors. The FOWP hope to build a bird hide that would address this and provide an asset for park visitors, bird observers, school groups and other educational and scientific institutions.

Schematic designs have been prepared for the bird hide in consultation with bird observers and the FOWP. Input is sought from an architect to develop the plans in a way that is sensitive to the unique landscape. The project will be undertaken in two stages – a first stage for the purposes of approval from Parks Victoria, and a second stage where the drawings will be documented for tender. To register your interest, or for more information please contact probono@architectsforpeace.org

PROGRESS: Glen Park Men’s Shelter

Job opportunity for Graduate at Hayball Leonard Stent (Melbourne) to work on pro bono project Hayball Leonard Stent have been selected to undertake the pro bono project for the Men’s Shelter at Glen Park, as advertised on the Architects for Peace pro bono website in June 2007.

As described in our call for expressions of interest, a community centre within the Maroondah City Council have formed a working party and are looking to expand on the Men’s Shed project that that they already run.

The working group recently put a proposal into Council for some land at GlenPark to build a new Men’s Shed. Council have agreed to this in principal,but require that the group get a proposal drawn up. The client is a not for profit organisation, as are all Architects for Peace pro bono client.

Hayball Leonard Stent are offering the opportunity to mentor a graduate architect, by employing them full or part-time, to assist in this  project. This graduate will receive support from other staff.

If you are interested in this exciting role please send your contact details and CV to Kalli kalli@architectsforpeace.org) by 28/ 09/ 2007. We  will look through your details and pass them onto HLS who
may be in contact  with you. Please do not contact HLS directly in regards to this position.

Please note that all our pro bono service providers must be Architects for Peace members. Membership costs $35 a year.  

We are calling for expressions of interest among our members:

A community centre within the Maroondah City Council have formed a working party that comprises Connections Family Services, Victoria Police, Eastern Access Community Health and The Local Learning and Employment Network. They are looking too expand on the Men’s Shed project that that they already run. This project is run off site and has been at capacity for a long time.

The working group recently put a proposal into Council for some land at Glen Park to build a new Men’s Shed. Council have agreed to this in principal, but require the group to get some plans drawn up. As this group does not have funding to do this, they require the services of an architect who can draw up plans on a pro bono basis to enable this project to get off the ground. All Arch-Peace pro bono clients are not for profit.

If you are an Architects for Peace member and you believe that you can assist, please email the probono team at probono@architectsforpeace.org