SIGUS: Special Interest Group in Urban Settlement

SIGUS Workshops include the January Workshop Abroad. This 2-week, field-based workshop is help in cities through the world - hosted by a local university in collaboration with NGOs and city authorities. The focus is on policies and programs which tackle community needs, drawing on interviews with families and field observation.

The workshop series was a recipient of the AIA Education Honors Program prize in 1996.


REBUILDING COMMUNITIES
This Program addresses issues at the community level, focused on the vulnerable income groups which comprise the majority. It is organized around a 2-week field workshop supported by background preparatory work.

Vientiane, Laos |  2004
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |  2001
Phnom Penh, Cambodia |  2000
Chiang Mai, Thailand |  1999
Quayaquil, Ecuador |  1998
Karak, Jordan |  1997
Belfast, Northern Ireland |  1996
Dakshinpuri, New Delhi, India |  1994
Kingston, Jamaica |  1993
Kazimierz, Lublin, Poland |1990-1992
Manila, Philippines | 2006
“The Road From Manila” 

Lima, Peru | 2005
“Three Decades of Squatter Dreams”

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 2003
“La Puya and El Caliche” 

Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela | 2002
“Revisiting El Gallo”

Bangkok Summer Workshop | 2009
"Bangkok Transitions"

Singapore and Bangkok |  2008
“Extreme Makeover Urban”

Schools Competition |  2005
“The Tsunami Challenge: After the Tent”

San Cayetano, El Salvador |  2004
“The Earthquake Challenge: Resettlement Design”

Kabul, Afghanistan |  2003
“The Kabul Challenge”

Thimphu, Bhutan |  2001 
“Growth Alternatives for the Thimphu Valley”

Building Affordable Communities, Boston |  2001

International Video Conference – World Bank, DFID, GTZ, USAID |  2000
“Large Scale Slum Improvement”

“Wiring the Barrio” – (With World Bank) information technology and low-income communities |  1999

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |  1998 
“Sustainable Land Planning and Development”

Aleppo, Syria |  1997
“Dead Cities Heritage Corridor”

Gaza, Palestine |  1996
“Inventing the Gaza Superblock”

Minsk, Belarus |  1992
“After Chernobyl”

La Presita and Perquin, El Salvador |  2008
“Look, Listen, Learn” 
“Plan, Design, Build”

Houma, Louisiana |  2007
“Sweat! Design! Build!” 

Houma, Louisiana |  2006
“Volunteer Weeks”