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~RURAL BUILDING MODELS~

The simple two room buildings with Galri, The Ti Kay & the Kreyol Cottage  are the essential Haitian rural house models.  They often start out as transitional shelters, and over time are transformed into long-life homes.  Conventionally built with light frames, they are easily adapted to a variety of construction systems.

Whatever the construction, new or rebuilt, the best examples make for a secure and durable shelter, allow for owner participation and adaptation, and provide for expression of community and individual identity.  These buildings never stand alone.  They are always integrated into landscape and agricultural patterns, and most especially into the social context of the “Lakou.”

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