Island City Lab

We are seeking a motivated and organized Research & Publications Assistant to join our team. In this role, you will work closely with us to support ongoing initiatives, contribute to the advancement of our research objectives, and play a crucial part in our efforts to understand the contemporary urban issues affecting Caribbean cities. You will also support our editorial process and ensure the smooth publication of engaging research on our online platform. Applications close June 7th. https://tally.so/r/woABNP

Join us at the Artvark Centre in St. Ann, Jamaica, for a 5-Day Permaculture Course + Retreat. Learn More ➜ https://buff.ly/4cQjcdj In partnership with One Regeneration, we are able to offer 3 interested participants a 30% discount for the cost of the course-only. Sign Up ➜ https://buff.ly/4aVJHvU One Regeneration: Immerse yourself in Earth Care through the discovery and wonder of permaculture. 🌱 You will dive into creating whole-system design from the very first day. This unique program is a great way to get hands-on to develop your ecological 'designer's mind'. 🔅 There are two ways to participate: 📑Course Only ⛺Full Retreat (+accommodation). If you have any questions, or want to know more before you book- please email hello@oneregeneration.life

APPLY NOW! https://buff.ly/3Jc0dft Island City Lab is seeking a landscape architect, architect, or engineer with experience working in the Caribbean to develop construction documents for proposed rain garden(s) on the Abilities Foundation Campus, a school for the differently-abled here in Kingston, Jamaica. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) like this rain garden present a pathway to address local challenges like water supply, water quality, and flooding but lack recognition as a legitimate solution in Jamaica and much of the Caribbean. This project is part of ARUP's Global Challenge, a community engagement program that provides technical hours for projects that design, develop, and implement solutions to address society's most fundamental needs. The successful applicant will work closely with a team from ARUP and Island City Lab to assess our schematic proposal and develop construction drawings to bring them to 60% design and 100% design completion. As a "Living Lab," we intend to document, study, and publish the efficacy of the rain garden in reducing flooding and providing other benefits for the students and staff at the Abilities Foundation. But first things first— we have to get it built. This is a paid opportunity. Follow this link for more information on the scope of work. Applications are due by Friday, April 26, 2024. For any other questions or clarifications email us at info@islandcitylab.org.

Join us in conversation with Robert Thompson Principal at Ackee Workshop. RSVP bit.ly/ackee_workshop Ackee Workshop believes that good design is a right. Their purpose is to improve the accessibility of thoughtful design across the Caribbean for the next generation, regardless of their socioeconomic standing. Robert Thompson, a Jamaican-born architect, has cultivated a career deeply rooted in the principles of responsible building practices, with a special focus on hillside living. After earning his first degree in architecture from the Caribbean School of Architecture in Jamaica, Robert's journey took him to Trinidad and Tobago, where he contributed to the local architectural landscape from 2005 to 2007. Seeking further expertise and international exposure, he then moved to Germany in 2007 to pursue a Master’s of Architecture, completing the program in 2009.

Join us in conversation with Isabelle A. Jolicoeur, Principal at Ateliers Co_Lab. RSVP buff.ly/3wsdCwN Ateliers Co-Lab is a firm of dynamic architects whose personalities and skills complement each other. As visionaries of the profession, the members of Ateliers Co-Lab are also involved in the architectural community through inspiring initiatives and awareness-raising activities. Like the Aetypik platform that has energized the Haitian architectural environment since its inception, and introduced architecture into our daily conversations through events and videos. Its members represent a dedicated architectural relief and receive prestigious awards and scholarships. Ateliers Co-Lab aims to create an environment conducive to human thinking, creation, and interaction by creating a moving, sustainable architecture designed for its users, function and environment.

Delia Ferguson, AICP takes a look at the Gladstone Road Improvement Project in The Bahamas. https://buff.ly/3wPhCYk The recent Gladstone Road Improvement Project (GRIP) reveals a pattern of inappropriate and misguided infrastructure development. The government’s investment in this street-to-highway transformation as a singular solution to congestion suggests a lack of awareness about the social, economic, and environmental cost of developments like this and a de-prioritization of alternative investments in public transportation or pedestrianisation. How can these risks be taken when we have yet to determine a shared future vision for this community? Given the well-documented failures of road widening projects to solve problems (and create many more), the government should reconsider saddling generations of Bahamian taxpayers with the onerous debt associated with this project.

Join us in conversation with Isabelle A. Jolicoeur, Principal at Ateliers Co_Lab. RSVP buff.ly/3wsdCwN Ateliers Co-Lab is a firm of dynamic architects whose personalities and skills complement each other. As visionaries of the profession, the members of Ateliers Co-Lab are also involved in the architectural community through inspiring initiatives and awareness-raising activities. Like the Aetypik platform that has energized the Haitian architectural environment since its inception, and introduced architecture into our daily conversations through events and videos. Its members represent a dedicated architectural relief and receive prestigious awards and scholarships. Ateliers Co-Lab aims to create an environment conducive to human thinking, creation, and interaction by creating a moving, sustainable architecture designed for its users, function and environment.

Island City Lab is currently seeking dedicated and experienced community advocates, social workers, fundraisers, designers, artists, architects and engineers to join its Initiatives Committee. An essential part of Island City Lab’s mission is developing neighborhood-scale civic infrastructure for the social, ecological, economic, and climate transition necessary for Caribbean towns and cities. Island City Lab’s Initiatives aim to demonstrate how the retrofit of our homes, streets, and communities can be designed, owned, and governed by the people who live there now in systemic, tangible, and participatory ways. If you are interested in supporting our work in this way, please email us a letter of interest at office@islandcitylab.org.

RSVP https://lnkd.in/e42iUs2n Thursday Feb. 15 @ 2P EST(Jamaica Time). Join us for the first conversation in our Emerging Practice Lecture Series with Ravi Sittol, founder and principal at Sittol Architects Sittol Architects and Associates Limited is a team of dedicated designers committed to developing work informed by contextual forces and combining their client’s goals and visions for form, function, and enjoyment. Their design approach is rooted in collaboration across other disciplines and professions to create designs that are part of a greater picture for our neighbourhoods and cities. They design buildings that simply connect people to their environment and consider the best nature has to offer, whether through natural light, the natural flow of air, or considering means of bringing the “outside” in. The Emerging Practice Lecture Series is a collaboration between Island City Lab and the Caribbean Architecture Students Association that highlights recent Caribbean architectural practices with distinct methodologies. These practices produce accomplished bodies of work rooted in the praxis of designing in the Caribbean context and all that means, culturally, materially, economically, and politically. Beyond the body of work, the series looks at the experience of spatial practice in the Caribbean. It looks at the role of the architect in the production of space in the Caribbean and how we can re imagine that.

Late Post! We are incredibly excited to join the inaugural Practice Lab cohort with inspiring spatial practices from across the world working towards architectures of planetary well-being. The collaboration is supported by Re:arc Institute as part of their Practice-Based Funding experiment. With this support, we will work with the self-built community of Cassava Piece to develop a decentralised strategy to help manage their solid waste. This project aims to confront the lack of public services, which has led the community to rely on imperfect waste practices. Together, we will generate appropriate and community-driven solutions to improve waste collection and treatment. We hope this strategy will be scalable to meet the needs of many other self-built communities across Kingston, lacking publicly provided solid waste management services.