I-NOMA is looking for the next client for its Design Build 2019 project. Non-profit organizations that have a social mission and want some help redesigning and renovating some of their space should apply for a pro bono design consultation and renovation work.
I-NOMA is the Illinois chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects, and Design Build is a project that involves architecture-curious high school students in an intense learning, designing, and working program. During Design Build, students will learn how to project manage, design a new room in 3D software, and source materials and eventually assist in the build out.
INOMA needs non-profit organizations with a social mission to apply. Applicants should already own their space or have permission to modify it. The scope of work they want help with mustn’t require a permit — the program isn’t long enough to wait around for that.
The kind of spaces that are great for Design Build include rooms, offices, waiting areas, and classrooms that could benefit from more than a touch of paint. Last year, about 15 students from multiple high schools redesigned an underused space at the Chicago Child Care Society office in Hyde Park. Watch the video below to watch the transformation of that office space at the minds and hands of young people.
Ready to apply? Read the RFP, due April 26.