From ESWStanford
Current Projects
ESW is working on two primary projects this year. Both projects were initiated in Fall 2008, developed by student teams in the 2009 Spring Quarter course, CEE 177S/277S: Design for a Sustainable World. These projects will be continued as part of our Summer 2009 internships, with additional activities in both Indonesia and Mexico.
ESW-GHI Partnership: Tsunami Preparedness and Design in Indonesia
GeoHazards International (GHI) works to reduce suffering due to natural hazards in world’s most vulnerable communities. This project consists of developing a conceptual design of an earthquake- and tsunami-resistant community center in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The project as a whole involves international earth scientists, structural engineers, and community organizers from universities, governmental agencies, and nongovernmental organizations.
ESW-SARAR Partnership: Sustainable Sanitation Systems in Mexico
SARAR Transformacion is a non-profit organization based in Mexico that focuses on developing and promoting ecological sanitation systems. ESW will develop a program of water, sanitation, and hygiene for schools in the CoZiHua Watershed in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Past Projects
- 2008 - Sustainable Campus Design Project in Tanzania
- Over the winter quarter (07-08), we held weekly meetings and developed a range of design concepts; our recommendations were delivered to the architect responsible for creating the master plan, and presented to the Bahati Board. Winter 2008: Bahati Education
- 2007 - Earthquake Safety of Vernacular Housing in the Himalayas
- Students in the Spring 2007 Design for a Sustainable World class compiled information on indigenous designs for earthquake safety to support a project with SEEDs-India. Two students participated in the Summer 2007 ESW-Stanford internship in the Himalayan region of India and Nepal.
Details on past projects in:
- Ocotal, Nicaragua
- Milot, Haiti
- Stanford Farm
- Chennai, India
- Andaman Islands, India
can be found at: http://eswprojects.stanford.edu/
