Funded Projects
Fire House Initiative with Waves 4 Water
Sandy Relief Update #1: In partnering with Waves 4 Water to restore the Coney Island fire house, we at Fashion Girls for Humanity have kick started our first Sandy Relief initiative by providing equipment, furniture and tools lost due to Sandy to fire stations in Brooklyn and Queens. One of the first fire stations we [...]
Rizukentkata Home for All opens
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Japan: “Home for All”
On March 11th, 2011, the North-Eastern coast of Japan was struck by a terrible earthquake, followed a few minutes later by a tsunami that laid waste to cities and villages in the whole region. Many buildings were destroyed and many people died in the event. In the aftermaths of the catastrophe, and before the reconstruction [...]
Toyo Ito’s Lecture
We have sponsored Toyo Ito’s lecture on Architecture’s Direction Post-March 11 on Monday, October 15, at Japan Society. He has shown images of Tohoku, showing the reality of delayed reconstruction. His volunteer projects, however, are becoming realized primarily through private funding such as that of Fashion Girls for Humanity. He has shown images of realized [...]
Rikuzentakata Project @ Biennale
Over 100 designs and models for the fifth “Home for All” with construction expenses primarily funded by Fashion Girls were shown at the 13th Architecture Biennale in the Japan Pavilion which was awarded the Golden Lion Prize.
Japan Society’s Earthquake Fund
We have donated a total of $267,000 to Japan Soceity’s Earthquake Fund in 2011.
