Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization building simple, decent, affordable housing in partnership with people in need. This time, DNA (Design Network Architects) together with the Habitat, helped the poor in Kampung Tun Haji, Kuching, Sarawak. Although a simple shelter, it meant a lot to us and the poor. To be part of the process is the best part. A 6 hours laborious brick-laying job can be fun with whole bunch of architectural students from (imported) west malaysian and east malaysian, under the lead of the person-in- charge, Eric from the Habitat and the architect, Min from DNA. Good job, good experience.
(Min with his cellphone behind the bars...)
Bricks laid by me and Freddie. A screw every 3 courses and keep the bricks straight to the orange line, a finger height between the line and the brick for every new course. Curve surface of the bricks always faces downwards.
Every profession needs to help the unfortunate ones in the society in order to create a balance in it. Malaysian is always unaware of this, social status is not about driving big cars, living in big houses, helping the poor is the main part of it.
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