Role: Hand-Drawing Artist & Graphic Designer Leader

Photo Credit: Santiago Oviedo

In April 2016, a severe earthquake hit the coastal village of San Jose de Chamanga, Ecuador. The local organization Opción Más, which had been running cultural and educational programs for youth before the disaster, was left without a home. Their vision for a dance-studio, library, audio-studio and an office came to fruition through the design and construction of a Cultural Center. The project also included the design and construction of composting toilets, a critical infrastructure for Chamanga, which lacks a sewage system. In order to support the community in the use and operation of these first composting toilets in the town, a visual guide was needed. Due to the limited access to computers and internet connection on site, most of the drawings were completed by hand, and only later reproduced in a digital version.