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F.O.R. Mission Statement
PRE-CHARETTE
This year’s Pre-Charette had a different flow to it than in years past. It was
good in that, a project with different constraints will sometimes bring a
different creativity to the forefront. We had a strong participation from our
partner organizations as well as SCAD students. This led to good collaborative
discussion and real problem solving. What we did not have to do is develop a
new mission and vision statement or project goals. Friends Of Refugees did all
of that for us on the front end and we found their effort to be direct,
complete, concise, and well thought out.
To empower refugees through opportunities that provide for their well-being, education
and employment
Vision Statement
Refugees Experiencing Abundant Life in Flourishing Communities
Core Values
Partnership, Empowerment and Stewardship
Project Goals
- Design system to produce a zero water runoff on site in a 100 year storm. Design to
provide irrigation for onsite gardens.
- Provide a design that utilizes an onsite septic tank to handle all sanitary waste using a
permeable site drainage.
- Solve the interior design puzzle of proving the material re-use stream of Life Cycle
Building Center.
- Design both the interior and exterior of the JADC to be a walkable STEM field trip site
and support a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood.
- Provide a design for the envelope that marries with the open format to host multiple
occupancy classifications at widely varied usage levels.
- Build a network and case for support by Georgia/Regional industry partners who
manufacture and install the products necessary to complete the project.
- Design roof and DC electrical systems to optimize solar PV for the building’s power.
- Build a network and case for charitable support by Georgia/ Regional industry partners
who manufacture and install the products necessary to complete the project.
- At the confluence of all these factors, create a readily scalable and marketable building
process and an industry team that can deliver PHIUS commercial buildings at less than
or parity with code-built construction costs.
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