Haitian Mobile Libraries

Location: Cap-Haïtien, Haiti

Project Date: Design Completed 2021

Role: Architect

Sound Design Build partnered with The Kwasans Foundation, the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN, USA), and the Global Center for Development of the Whole Child to create a standard design for a mobile library project in Haiti.

Sound Design created an efficient framework, modeled out of shipping containers, and easily duplicated. Through several iterations, the design fulfilled all storage needs, program requirements, and ideal furniture layouts. The final plans will be shared with local Haitian tradesmen throughout the country for a seamless construction process.

​The University of Notre Dame GC-DWC has placed an initial order for 30 libraries. The first set of ten libraries have been constructed in Chesapeake, Virginia and in-transport to Haiti. Twenty units are scheduled to be built in Haiti which will allow significant cost savings, as well as providing employment for up to ten Haitians.

Please read more about the success of this project and other initiatives with Kwasans here 

Kwasans

Haitian Resource Center Link