Action Research

The center will engage in several areas of research and reporting in an effort to expand knowledge and understanding of the relationships between human rights, development and architecture. Research activities will be undertaken under the following broad headings:

· Regularly scheduled symposia (biennial) 

· Housing research – based on preliminary findings from students at KMUTT, further research in Asia on housing standards for construction workers and their families. 

· Policy research – analysis of policy and regulations governing the built environment and its effects on human rights (e.g., the U.S. Fair Housing Act of 1988) 

· Publications – Initially there are two publications that will be the focus of the centre’s interest: 

* The Citizen Architect – taking Sam Mockbee’s description of Auburn University’s Rural Studio about training the ‘citizen architect’ this book is intended to expand on that notion by considering the nature of citizenship and the responsibilities of architects within communities. Those responsibilities are seen to relate directly to the promotion and maintenance of human rights through design. 

* Symposium proceedings – the proposed symposium will bring together a number of papers exploring the issue of human rights and architecture. 

 

CURRENT ACTIVITIES:

COURSES:

BUILDING:

· Unfolding School (upcoming)

· Portable School (operating)

WRITING:

· Summer Studio

Just completed: 

· “Surviving the Second Tsunami: land rights in the face of buffer zones, land grabs, and development” (2010), in Lizarralde, G., Davidson, C., and Johnson, C. (eds.), Rebuilding after disasters: From emergency to sustainability, Taylor & Francis.

· “Rendered Invisible: Urban Planning, Cultural Heritage, and Human Rights” (forthcoming), in Logan, W., Nic Craith, M., and Langfield, M. (eds.)Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Human Rights, Routledge.

For April 2010:

· "Architecture & Human Rights" (forthcoming) in Cushman, Thomas (ed.), Handbook of Human Rights, Routledge.

TEACHING

Professional Degree Programme (with KMUTT)

· Studio – Community Design

· Architecture and Human Rights

· Ethics for Design Professionals

· Housing

· Professional Practice

· Environmental Psychology

· Human Impacts on the Environment

 

Continuing Professional Development:

· Architecture and Human Rights (AIBC, for May 2010)

· Migrant Construction Workers: Architectural Responses in the International Arena (AIBC, 2009)

· The Portable School (MADE, 2009)

· Right to the City (RAIC, 2006)

· The Role of Architecture in Post-Disaster Development (RAIC, 2005)

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CAHR 2010:

10 KEY PROJECTS:

· International Studio (Phnom Penh)

· Kids & the Built Environment 1

· Kids & the Built Environment 2

· Portable School

· Training Programmes

· Continuing Professional Development

· Migrant Construction Workers study

· Symposium 2010

· Urban Codes & Human Rights

· Construction contracts and Human Rights

CONTACT:

CAHR International

464 Stannard Avenue, 
Victoria, BC 
V8S 3M5, Canada

 

CAHR in Thailand

231/2 South Sathorn Road,  
Yannawa, Sathorn,
Bangkok 10140, Thailand

IN THE NEWS:

· Executive Director, Graeme Bristol interviewed in architectureBC, January 2010

· Executive Director, Graeme Bristol interviewed by Bangkok Post, August 2009

· Portable School on Thai Channel 9 and Executive Director Graeme Bristol interviewed.

· Executive Director, Graeme Bristol interviewed by Radio Nederlands

· March— Bangkok: The homeless of Sanam Luang (with KMUTT)

· May—Vancouver : Lecture at AGM of AIBC

· Jun—Completion of Draft, ‘Architecture and Human Rights’

· October—Bangkok

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