Wednesday, 8 February 2006 | Elif Sungur
Designing the Future of New Orleans
Architectural Record, in partnership with the Tulane School of Architecture, announces two International Competitions to generate housing proposals for New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
The dual competitions are: (1) New Orleans House Prototype, open to current architecture students; and (2) High-Density on the High-Ground, open to everyone.
Participants in these competitions will design much-needed housing for the city of New Orleans. The first competition will generate proposals for a house prototype, variations of which can be replicated throughout the city. In this competition, the house prototype will be demonstrated as an affordable single-family home on a typical New Orleans lot. The second competition will generate a 140-unit housing community with mixed-use components on a high-ground site by the Mississippi River. Winning designs will be published in Architectural Record and presented at the 2006 AIA Convention and Expo. Selected submissions will appear on McGraw-Hill Construction web sites.
Design Objectives
Participants are encouraged to consider the following issues:
- Climate, Geography and Culture of New Orleans
- Sustainability
- Pre-fabrication and/or Modular Systems
Important Note
While the competition welcomes visionary or hypothetical proposals, contestants are encouraged to consider that New Orleans faces a severe and immediate housing crisis, and is in need of practical, affordable solutions to this problem.
Schedule:
Questions Deadline - February 8, 2006
Answers Posted - February 15, 2006
Late Registration Deadline - February 15, 2006
Submission Deadline - March 1, 2006
Jury - March, 2006
Exhibition March 15-29, 2006
For more information, please visit http://archrecord.construction.com/news/ka...competition.asp
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