Who-in-the-what-now?

"Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind."
-Leonardo DaVinci

To combat inaction, a group Catholic University Architecture students are stepping forward. We have teamed up with a non-profit organization, Global Architecture Brigades (http://www.globalbrigades.org/project/architecture/) to serve the Panamanian Community. The five students pictured (from left) are Sean Scofield, Daniel Rojo, Lauren Sobecki, Laura Keating, and Monika Chojnacki. We are putting together this blog to spread information about our cause and hopefully gain support! Thanks so much for stumbling upon this, and taking the time to read it!

About Global Architecture Brigades:

Global Architecture Brigades (GAB) is a volunteer student-led collaborative dedicated to the design and construction of socially responsible solutions to architectural problems in rural Panama. A think tank design approach utilizes extensive community dialogue and independent research to create efficient, appropriate, and elegant structures to be embraced and utilized by those for whom they were built (see link above).

Basically what we'll be doing is taking two separate trips down to Panama. The first trip will consist of us meeting with the client and community, conducting an extensive site survey, and then assisting in the construction of an in-process GAB project. This part of the process is known as the question brigade. With all that we have learned during the first trip, we will be able to compose an efficient and appropriate architectural solution to our client's problem. We will have approximately six months to finalize a design, compose construction documents, and gather materials. During the second trip, also known as the solution brigade, we will construct our design.

About the team:

Laura Keating, President
Monika Chojnacki, Vice President
Sean Scofield, Vice President
Lauren Sobecki, Treasurer
Daniel Rojo, Fundraising Chair

We'll each be updating this with some information about ourselves, as well as progress of our CUA chapter!

-Panimanian Architecture Front (PAF)