2020 Faith & Urbanism International Design Award Winners

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Inaugurated in 2020, the Faith & Urbanism International Design Award is a celebration of design excellence by people of faith applying the design principles of New Urbanism and The Urban Guild.

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Winner: Student Category

INTSABA Children's Village

Hlatikulu, eSwatini

"​a self-supporting planned mountain village for orphans and vulnerable children"

Client
​Saving Orphans through Healthcare and Outreach

Project Team
Andrews University School of Architecture & Interior Design and Andrews University School of Population Health, Nutrition & Wellness

​Collaborating Advisor
​Wandile Mthiyane
Ubuntu Design Group

Project Summary

​INTSABA is a self-supporting planned mountain village for orphans and vulnerable children. The design is intentionally rooted in the best practices of historic Swazi community and building patterns – the homestead and its round “beehive” huts organized around the open “kraal”. These traditional patterns inform the entire design, which include social-enterprise workshops, a church, a school, a small clinic and counseling center, family-like compounds for the children and their caretakers, staff housing, and a working farm.

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Interview with the Students

Professor Andrew von Maur and two members of his graduate design studio share the incredible story of this mission-based design project, with emphasis on how it has and will continue to impact the lives of the people in this village. The interview is conducted by the chair of the jury, Brandt Hay.

Winner: Professional Category

Tuckahoe Village Center

Tuckahoe, Virginia, United States of America

"​an opportunity to put forth a vision for improving the entire neighborhood over time"

Client
Third Church

Charrette Leader
Michael Watkins & Scott Layton
Michael Watkins Architect

Additional Contributors
Eric O. Jacobsen
Author

Prof. Christopher Miller
Judson University School of Architecture

Andrew Moore
Glavé & Holmes Architecture

Ben Hurley Scarbro
Perkins Eastman

JJ Zanetta
Zanetta Illustration

Project Summary

For this project, a local church turned its need to expand its campus into something more: an opportunity to put forth a vision for improving the entire neighborhood over time. In doing so, it consciously exemplified the admonition of Jeremiah 29:7, to “...seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you...because if it prospers, you too will prosper”. The church’s design team led a community charrette to envision ways to meet the changing needs of both the congregation and neighbors by exploring options for reshaping the built environment to better facilitate community in the present as well as the future.

Interview with a Contributor

In this interview with Andrew Moore, member of Third Street Presbyterian Church, and the design team, he shares the story of this project, and how the design team worked together with the congregation and its surrounding community to deliver a design that was good for both. ​The interview is conducted by the chair of the jury, Brandt Hay.

Awards Jury

Brandt Hay

Chair
Design Principal, Stoa Studios

Geoffrey Mouen

Contributor
Architect, Geoffrey Mouen Architects