Sharon Davis Design

09/05/2023

07/25/2023

Our team is proud to announce that we have placed second in the Melnychuka 14-16 Ideas competition!

Tasked to develop an adaptive reuse proposal for a pair of university buildings from the mid 19-th century in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk, StoryHaven transforms the buildings into a space dedicated to chronicling the tales and traditions of Ivano-Frankivsk and preserving the collective memory for future generations.

Additionally, Sharon Davis Design intends to donate the prize winnings to “Women’s Perspectives”, A Ukraine-Based non profit that has been assisting women who have faced domestic violence, discrimination in the labor market, and promoting pro-equality gender policy within the nation since 1998.

Melnychuka 14-16 international architectural competition

07/10/2023

We are delighted to reveal we have been shortlisted for World Architecture Festival for our submission for the UN International Office of Migration in the Future Projects - Office category!
We’ll be presenting our project live at the World Architecture Festival and Inside taking place from the 29 November – 1 December 2023 at Marina Bay Sands.
See you in Singapore!

Marvel Designs NOMOS arquitectos Buro Happold

03/15/2023

Our work on Bayalpata Hospital in Nepal has been featured in "Contemporary Architecture: Masterpieces Around the World"! We're honored to be part of the showcase!

03/15/2023

Sharon Davis Design is thrilled to share our submittal for the new Institute of Migration office on the UN Geneva Campus!

The driving ideas behind our building reflect the organization it is designed to host. When entering the building, one is greeted by the majestic Baobab tree. Native to sub-Saharan Africa, the Baobab tree represents the hope of survival in local folklore, providing food, water, and shelter to those who seek it. The Baobab tree also serves an homage to Africa being the cradle of humanity, and the source of global diaspora through prehistoric movement and migration. This movement is captured in six floors of office space above, joined by alternating double-height communal spaces on the north and south wings, each representing an occupied continent through the ceremonial dusting of local soil into polished earthen floors, allowing users to follow the cycle of human migration from Africa to South America.

We’d also like to give a special thank you to our collaborators at: Marvel Designs Buro Happold and NOMOS arquitectos.

Check out our website to learn more!

07/25/2022

We are honored to have been selected by the 2021 The OPAL Award Jury Panel for the Special Award of Social Impact. Congratulations also to Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for winning the 2021 Special Award for Sustainability.

Watch the video interview here: https://youtu.be/k5Z-9QOflGE

03/04/2022

Our Bayalpata Hospital in Nepal has been featured in the 4th edition of Building with Earth: Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture written by Gernot Minke (Berlin: Birkhauser 2022). This edition focuses on Rammed earth as a “healthy, environment-friendly and economical building material.”

02/15/2022

We are honored to be named by Architizer as one of 6 design firms championing social impact through architecture! Proud to be listed amongst MASS Design Group, Inscape Publico, C-re-a.i.d., Project Little Dream and Diana Kellogg Architects.

Full Article: https://architizer.com/blog/inspiration/collections/architecture-firms-design-social-impact/

11/03/2021

We are excited that the Spanish publication Arquitectura Viva has featured the Bayalpata hospital in a selection of rammed earth architecture in their most recent issue.

Full article below:
https://arquitecturaviva.com/works/sharon-davis-design-hospital-bayalpata-en-achham-nepal-q1bus-0

The New York practice of Sharon Davis worked with the NGO Possible Health and the Nepalese government in raising new...

08/02/2021

Bamboo, though native to Nepal, traditionally has been reserved for the construction of Hindu religious and funerary structures (and scaffolding in general). But bamboo is locally available, strong, and rapidly renewable so, in response to the climate crisis, some Nepali, like our partner Sustainable future Nepal are increasingly building with bamboo. The last two photos show an interesting use of giant bamboo sliced lengthwise and “unrolled” to form a plank used for flooring.

Years ago, we explored bamboo construction with Back to Matter for our work in Rwanda. It would be great to find an application for it in our work here in Nepal, however structural bamboo is still a cottage industry and a specialty construction material here.

07/28/2021

Bamboo and earth are the primary materials for a local plaster technique for stud wall construction used by Arun and Narayan’s company Sustainable future Nepal, with whom we’re working on the Maya Universe Academy kindergarten and Devghat Center for the Healing Arts.

(1) An earthen scratch coat adhering to bamboo lath, as seen from the backside of the stud-wall before it’s closed up

(2) The scratch coat and chicken wire, as seen from the front, prior to the application of further plaster layers

(3) The final finish—one of many different textures and colors possible based on the troweling and type of earth used

07/28/2021

Great site visit today, alongside our longtime structural engineering partner OSD engineering, with the Maya Universe Academy in Damauli to review the design of their new kindergarten. Maya Universe Academy operates free schools that improve access to affordable and quality education for children living in rural Nepal.