Habitat for Humanity Regional Head Office, Jalan Tabuan, Kuching Utara, Sarawak

The final project for the semester is to design a regional operational office of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY (HfH)
where its resource centre harbours all affiliates and organizational partners together under one roof in order to contribute each of their involvement in HfH Malaysia. HfH assists in realising those in need of houses, or referred to as “the needy”, by coordinating labour of international volunteers in groups according to the construction phases of the house. The Asia-Pacific region comprises a distinct and diverse community. So, a housing solution that is significant in one place may work differently in another.

It is expected that HfH Resource Centre for Asia Pacific Regional Office should broaden its programme not only to provide services in construction, skills training, financial literacy and housing micro financing but also innovative services that make the built environment more habitable for humanity such as permaculture, empowerment to be self sufficient and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) linkages. Therefore, the keywords that describe the functions of HfH Regional Office that is to be located in Sarawak are: Attentive, Advise, Assist, and Assemble. The compilation of selected students work in this section is clustered in several design strategies which have isolated keywords to describe their schemes.

Wan Srihani Wan Mohamed