Infrastructural Ecologies for FouchŽ, Haiti

Infrastructural Ecologies for FouchŽ, HaitiHow might a small Haitian village lacking basic power, sanitation, waste collection and a limited water supply, achieve a measure of infrastructural self sufficiency? What means might be developed to provide these basic services relying primarily on local natural resources? Could these services create local jobs? This was the problem statement set out for the farming settlement of Fouch, a hamlet spread out along a main road running through Les Palmes

How might a small Haitian village lacking basic power, sanitation, waste collection and a limited water supply, achieve a measure of infrastructural self-sufficiency? What means might be developed to provide these basic services relying primarily on local natural resources? Could these services create local jobs? This was the problem statement set out for the farming settlement of FouchŽ, a hamlet spread out along a main road running through Les Palmes district in the central/SW region of Haiti. FouchŽ lies on the coast about 10 miles west from LŽog‰ne, the epicenter of the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake.

Infrastructural Ecologies for FouchŽ, Haiti adopts a multi-objective, holistic design approach reliant on an integrated planning process. Exchanges across the sectors of agriculture, water, energy and waste Òclose the loopsÓ of energy and resource flows.

Editors: Hillary Brown, Alvaro Munoz Hansen, & Arthur Getman