AFHny

Phase 1
Design/Build
Counseling unit partitions constructed by AFHny Design team to provide the Social Work team with privacy. Materials: reclaimed wood doors, clad in copper flashing, blackboard + magnetic paint, and cork.

Phase 2
Medical Area Renovation
Care for the Homeless (CFH), a non-profit which provides medical services to at-risk populations, received a small federal grant to renovate a 500 square foot medical facility within the basement of the Broadway Presbyterian Church in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. The space is shared by multiple homeless outreach services which are provided by the church and operated by a non-profit called Broadway Community Incorporated (BCI).

AFHny
Architecture for Humanity is a 501c3 charitable organization founded to seek architectural and design solutions to humanitarian crises and to provide design services to communities in need.

Architecture for Humanity New York www.afhny.org/
Architecture for Humanity International
www.architectureforhumanity.org/
Broadway Community Incorporated www.broadwaycommunity.org/
Care for the Homeless www.careforthehomeless.org/
Institute for Family Health www.institute2000.org/

Construction of this project is also the result of the extensive creative collaboration between AFHny and the crew of G.O. Construction Corporation, an experienced New York City based contractor.
www.goconstruction.net/

This renovation was made possible by the donation of time and material by countless people and organizations, including but not limited to: Hafele, 3-Form, Elkay, Forbo, Evans + Paul, AFM Safecoat, and Bettencourt Building Supply.

Care For the Homeless
Founded in 1984, CARE FOR THE HOMELESS, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, improves the health and well-being of homeless men, women and children by promoting healthful behaviors and providing medical, behavioral, social and shelter services. CFH advocates for the rights of homeless people and for public policies which support stable individuals, families and communities, and aim to end homelessness.

Broadway Community Inc
114th + Broadway
Broadway Community, Inc. (BCI), was founded in 1992 as a 501(c)(3), upon the humble foundations of a soup kitchen that had been operating for ten years out of the basement of Broadway Presbyterian Church located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

New York Times Article read about BCI's Head Chef Michael Ennes' Cooking:
www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/dining/20soup .html?ex=15768000...

To donate to CFH, BCI or AFH please see the above websites.

Design Concept
home_less

home
A dwelling-place, house, abode; the fixed residence of a family or household; the seat of domestic life and interests; one’s own house; the dwelling in which one habitually lives, or which one regards as one’s proper abode. Sometimes including the members of a family collectively; the home-circle or household.

less
Of not so great size, extent, or degree (as something mentioned or implied); of inferior dimensions, bulk, duration, etc.; smaller. Of smaller quantity or amount; not so much. Opposed to more.

Press Coverage
Green Buildings NYC
www.greenbuildingsnyc.com/2008/04/10/sus tainable-homeless...
AIA-New York e-Oculus
www.aiany.org/eOCULUS/newsletter/?p=1572

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items are from between 01 Mar 2006 & 15 Oct 2006.