Colorado Real Estate Journal - June 17, 2015
Travis Hughbanks, a designer with SlaterPaull|Hord Coplan Macht, will travel to Kenya to oversee construction of a Women’s Resource Center in Naro Moru. Hughbanks and his coworker, Tim Reinen, have been designing the center as part of a pro bono service project/humanitarian architecture effort. They will oversee local skilled workers as they build the facility out of compressed earth blocks. The center will provide private education for women of all ages, including computer courses and local trades skills. SlaterPaull|Hord Coplan Macht donated more than 150 hours of time for Hughbanks & Reinen to design the 2,400-square-foot building, which will include four classrooms plus an open-air market for women to sell their products. The design process included charrettes and a collaborative effort by other members of the firm. Denverbased Edge of Seven is the nonprofit organization funding the project. Hughbanks is a board member of Edge of Seven. SlaterPaull|Hord Coplan Macht also has raised funds to purchase medical supplies from Denver-based Project CURE. Hughbanks and Reinen each personally delivered a CURE kit to the village in Kenya.