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, drawingon interviews with families and field observation.

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

 

>> Rebuilding Communities

Vientiane, Laos;  2004
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam;  2001
Phnom Penh, Cambodia;  2000
Chiang Mai, Thailand;  1999
Quayaquil, Ecuador; “Malecon 2000”   1998
Karak, Jordan;  1997
Belfast, Northern Ireland;  1996
Dakshinpuri, New Delhi, India; “Reach out to the Moon”  1994
Kingston, Jamaica; “Something is Happening in Southside”  1993 
Kazimierz, Lublin, Poland;  “Housing in Transition”  1990-1992

>> Learning with Communities

Manila, Philippines; “The Road From Manila”  2006
Lima, Peru; “Three Decades of Squatter Dreams” 2005
Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic; “La Puya and El Caliche”  2003
Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela; “Revisiting El Gallo”  2002

 

>> Special Workshops & Events

“The Tsunami Challenge: After the Tent” Schools Competition  2005
Kabul, Afghanistan; “The Kabul Challenge”  2003
Thimphu, Bhutan;  “Growth Alternatives for the Thimphu Valley”  2001
Building Affordable Communities, Boston;  2001
International Video Conference – World Bank, DFID, GTZ, USAID; “Large Scale Slum Improvement”  2000

 “Wiring the Barrio” – (With World Bank) information technology and low-income communities  1999
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;  “Sustainable Land Planning and Development”  1998
Aleppo, Syria; “Dead Cities Heritage Corridor”  1997
Gaza, Palestine;  “Inventing the Gaza Superblock”  1996
Minsk, Belarus;  “After Chernobyl”  1992

 

>> Design/Build Workshops

“Volunteer Weeks”, Houma, Louisiana  2006
“Sweat! Design! Build!”  Houma, Louisiana  2007