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

 

Vision

The Vision of the 7th Ward Building Arts Gallery is to become a ray of hope and to assist New Orleans residents in the re-building of their neighborhoods and the resurrection of their city. One of the greatest impediments to returning and re-building is a the lack of information, skills, and tools needed to repair damaged homes. The Building Arts Gallery can be a meeting place and a resource center providing information about planning, funding, and carrying out the repairs necessary for residents to return to their homes.

 

Besides providing reliable information, the Gallery can host classes on building techniques, and provide a tool lending library. The goal is to inspire and empower residents to re-build their own homes to the greatest extent possible. With the tools, skills and knowledge available thanks to the Building Arts Gallery, the regeneration of New Orleans' neighborhoods can begin -one house, one street and one block at a time.

 

The initial proposal for the Gallery is to consist of a space for information sharing and question answering, a repository for tools and material samples, and a large, covered outdoor work-yard for classes, demonstrations and meetings. The structures should be simple, sturdy and handsome enough to inspire pride and generate hope. Ideally, the Gallery can be completely self-sustaining in terms of its use of energy and natural resources. Constructed of pre-manufactured components, it will also be flexible enough to be extended and adapted by its users in order to accommodate new or changing neighborhood needs.

 

Working with members of the 7th ward community, we propose a collaborative design process that will lead to the construction of building components in Kansas. Once complete, these building elements will be transported to New Orleans and assembled into the framework for the Gallery by a collective of residents working together with students from Kansas and local universities. Our inspiration is the Creole tradition of craftsmen coming together on weekends to host 'house-raisings' for one another.

 

For more information about the project click here for a 4 page PDF.

 

For information about the Seventh Ward Notice Board project click here for a 2 page PDF.

 

For photos of the Tool Shed and Shading Structure completed in May 2006 click here.

 

For Lawrence Journal World newspaper articles about the project, click here, and click here.

 

For a University Daily Kansan article about the project, 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.

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
  • Cottin's Hardware (Lawrence, KS)
  • Schutte Lumber (Kansas City)
  • Numerous individual donors

Key Participants


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

 

PROGRESS REPORT: ONE YEAR LATER

 

CHALLENGES

 

HOUSING PROJECTS - NEWS

9 Arrested in Action to Reopen New Orleans Public Housing

 

 

FEDERAL FUNDING ISSUES

Why The Delay In Louisiana Katrina, Rita Recovery

 

BANKS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

 

CULTURAL IMPACTS

A City's Changing Face

HURRICANE PROTECTION

Levee Board wants bids on 2 tracts- Merger election casts cloud over strategy

 

SEVENTH WARD

Seventh Ward Neighborhood: Housing & Housing Costs

Seventh Ward Snapshot

 

REGIONAL CONCERNS

 

OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS

 

RELOCATION STORIES

 

IMPACTS ON CRIME

New Orleans Area Gets Held Up With More Crime

 

 

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

 

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

As storms destroy, they can also renew

Canal sediment will go to landfill- Move appeals to both industry, activists

 

VOLUNTEER SYSTEM, (OTHER PROJECTS)

 

WHAT'S UP WITH FEMA?

FEMA closes recovery office in New Orleans, claiming local officials failed to meet their planning obligations after Hurricane Katrina.

FEMA Welches New Orleans

 

THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

 

THE FUTURE: DESIGN CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

 

THE PORT BUSINESS

 

HOW ABOUT SOMETHING OPTIMISTIC?

 

 

NEW ORLEANS GENERAL

SEVENTH WARD


Model Programs to Learn From

TOOL LENDING LIBRARY

WELL HOME PROGRAM

REUSABLE BUILDING MATERIALS EXCHANGE PROGRAM

PRESERVATION RESOURCES


 

 

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