The rectilinear concrete structure, with columns and beams in one direction and two-story shear walls at its ends, was "highly inspired" by an example given in the seminar, says Filiatrault, who had reviewed the drawings and offered suggestions to Wolfield. "When I taught in August, I didn't have to show [the class] drawings," says Filiatrault, whose new classroom was on the second floor. "I could point to [the elements]."
The building, 120 ft x 40 ft in plan, stands as "an example of improvement coming from teaching," adds Filiatrault. UniQ, the second-largest university in Haiti, had dedicated its new campus in Port-au- Prince about three weeks before the Jan. 12 quake. The temblor destroyed all the buildings, save a gate house. The 2,000-student university was the first to reopen after the quake, in April 2010. At first, professors taught without pay.
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