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A Collaborative Design/Build Project in New Orleans's Seventh Ward

 

Vision

The projects represented on these pages are the product of collaboration between the University of Kansas (KU) School of Architecture and Urban Planning, KU Architecture Students for Social Action, the Porch Cultural Organization of New Orleans's Seventh Ward, The Neighborhood Story Project, and Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans. The projects are intended to garner community support for rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Katrina, and to promote the cultural traditions and arts of the Seventh Ward.

 

Working with members of the Seventh Ward community, we have initiated a collaborative design process that has resulted in the installation of several building projects. The projects were all designed and pre-fabricated on the campus of the University of Kansas and transported to their final site in New Orleans. The completed projects include community Notice Boards, a community garden Shade Structure, a community garden Tool Shed, and a Mobile Stage.

 

Current projects include another Shade Structure and an Outdoor Classroom.

 

Our inspiration for these projects in this Creole neighborhood is the Creole tradition of craftsmen coming together on weekends to host 'house-raisings' for one another.


Project Documentation

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  • Click Here for a 1 page PDF synopsis about the first year's work installed in the Seventh Ward.
  • Click Here for a 56 page (9mb) PDF about the first semester of work installed in the Community Garden.

 

Project Photos and Video

  • For photos of the recently completed Outdoor Classroom, click here.
  • For photos of the recently completed Mobile Stage, click here.
  • For photos of the Community Garden taken in Fall 2006, click here.
  • For photos of the Tool Shed completed in May 2006, click here.
  • For photos of the Shade Structure completed in May 2006, click here.
  • For January 2006 photos of New Orleans, click here.
  • For February 2006 photos of New Orleans, click here.
  • For video shot at a 7th Ward Community Meeting in February 2006, click here.
  • For Images selected for City Build's Annual Report, click here.

 

Media Coverage


Donate!

  • We are accepting cash and in-kind donations to bring this project to completion. All donations are fully tax-deductible through Studio 804, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. If you would like to contribute please contact Nils Gore. Thanks in advance for your support.

Acknowledgements

Grateful acknowledgement is made to those who have contributed time and money to our cause:

  • The William T. Kemper Foundation (Kansas City)
  • The Students of Central Junior High School (Lawrence, KS)
  • University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Design
  • Yemm and Hart Green Building Materials (Marquand, MO)
  • The Kuehn Foundation (Fairway, KS)
  • Cottin's Hardware (Lawrence, KS)
  • Servalite Hardware (East Moline, IL)
  • Schutte Lumber (Kansas City)
  • Roseburg Forest Products (Roseburg, OR)
  • Royal Metals (Olathe, KS)
  • Danny Zeck Ford Lincoln Mercury (Leavenworth, KS)
  • Horizon Systems, Inc. (Lawrence, KS)
  • Numerous individual donors

Key Participants


Articles about the 7th Ward and the rebuilding of New Orleans:

SEVENTH WARD

 

NEW ORLEANS GENERAL

 

PROGRESS REPORT: ONE YEAR LATER

CHALLENGES

 

HOUSING PROJECTS - NEWS

 

FEDERAL FUNDING ISSUES

 

BANKS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

 

CULTURAL IMPACTS

 

HURRICANE PROTECTION

 

SEVENTH WARD

 

OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS

 

RELOCATION STORIES

 

IMPACTS ON CRIME

 

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

 

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

 

VOLUNTEER SYSTEM, (OTHER PROJECTS)

 

WHAT'S UP WITH FEMA?

 

THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

 

THE FUTURE: DESIGN CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

 

THE PORT BUSINESS

 

HOW ABOUT SOMETHING OPTIMISTIC?

 


Model Programs to Learn From

TOOL LENDING LIBRARY

WELL HOME PROGRAM

REUSABLE BUILDING MATERIALS EXCHANGE PROGRAM

PRESERVATION RESOURCES


 

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