General Architecture Collaborative creates inclusive, thoughtfully designed spaces that sustain communities and the environment. We are a 501c-3 nonprofit in the United States and a social enterprise in Rwanda. We work with individuals, organizations, institutions, communities, and industries dedicated to the creation of a more equitable and just world through design, research, and advocacy.
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We are an award winning nonprofit design group with expertise in architecture, landscape architecture, and strategic design. Our work is focused on designing housing, healthcare, educational and cultural projects that serve underrepresented and developing communities which use the entire project life cycle for research to construction to create thoughtful and inclusive processes. Our goal is to bring together individuals and organizations interested in contributing to innovative, impactful and empowering design projects that build sustainable and socially equitable spaces, with communities most often overlooked by contemporary design practices and global development.
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Our research is focused on sustainable materials and making practices which combine innovative techniques, technologies, and methods with regional and cultural making traditions that are human-centered, life-cycle conscious, fair, and equitable. This work has produced a series of collaborations with institutions and industries as well as reports for the World Bank, and the United Nations. Research also includes developing methods for skill-building, communication, and innovation. Sharing innovative research and development, and using the job sites as training grounds, so that community members are empowered with skills to build houses that are more sustainable for themselves, their families, their communities and the environment.
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We work with communities and organizations on strategic planning, project research and development, and implementation. We help funders navigate unfamiliar building processes and cultures, and work to ensure a community’s needs and aspirations are part of a collaborative process and reflected in the spaces we create. Our approach to community and project advocacy is grounded in community engagement, training & education, and best practices. These three principles guide our design process and project implementation. Collaboration and community-centered spaces are made possible through the interplay of exceptional design, superior and sustainable construction, and dynamic research and development.
A Different Approach to Practice
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We are an award winning nonprofit design group with expertise in architecture, landscape architecture, and strategic design. Our work is focused on designing housing, healthcare, educational and cultural projects that serve underrepresented and developing communities which use the entire project life cycle for research to construction to create thoughtful and inclusive processes. Our goal is to bring together individuals and organizations interested in contributing to innovative, impactful and empowering design projects that build sustainable and socially equitable spaces, with communities most often overlooked by contemporary design practices and global development.
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Our research is focused on sustainable materials and making practices which combine innovative techniques, technologies, and methods with regional and cultural making traditions that are human-centered, life-cycle conscious, fair, and equitable. This work has produced a series of collaborations with institutions and industries as well as reports for the World Bank, and the United Nations. Research also includes developing methods for skill-building, communication, and innovation. Sharing innovative research and development, and using the job sites as training grounds, so that community members are empowered with skills to build houses that are more sustainable for themselves, their families, their communities and the environment.
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We work with communities and organizations on strategic planning, project research and development, and implementation. We help funders navigate unfamiliar building processes and cultures, and work to ensure a community’s needs and aspirations are part of a collaborative process and reflected in the spaces we create. Our approach to community and project advocacy is grounded in community engagement, training & education, and best practices. These three principles guide our design process and project implementation. Collaboration and community-centered spaces are made possible through the interplay of exceptional design, superior and sustainable construction, and dynamic research and development.
Innovation + Inclusion
Sharing innovative research and development, and using the jobsites as training grounds, so that people in Rwanda can are empowered with skills to build houses that are more sustainable for themselves, their families, and the environment.
Craft + Community
Prioritizing the welfare of every team member beyond simply paying their wages (Rwanda standard), including contributing too their pensions and providing food, and safety equipment.
Research + Practice
Making communities our clients. In the context of development, projects can be focused on funder rather than community needs. Through research, GAC identifies the community’s unique challenges and engages all partners, to create a design that reflects the true needs of the end-users. Through partnership, GAC identifies the true needs of the community it is designing for and tailors its work accordingly
Our Team
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