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jparchitectus
21-12-2005, 19:52
Competition - Designing the Future of New Orleans
Architectural Record in partnership with Tulane University School of Architecture announce two International Competitions (one for students, one for all) to generate housing proposals for New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. - via Architectural Record


Designing the Future of New Orleans
An international competition for new housing in New Orleans

Sponsored by Architectural Record and McGraw-Hill Construction in partnership with Tulane University School of Architecture.

Links:
• Registration form
• Inquiry/Questions page
• Competition rules
• The jury


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.

How to enter:
• Click on the link below for the entry form.
• Fill out, print and fax or mail in the form with the entry fees.
• All competition materials will be sent to entrants within two weeks after the entry form is received.

Schedule:
Questions Deadline - February 8, 2006
Answers Posted - February 15, 2006
Registration Deadline - February 1, 2006
Late Registration Deadline - February 15, 2006
Submission Deadline - March 1, 2006
Jury - March, 2006
Exhibition March 15-29, 2006


LINK (http://archrecord.construction.com/news/katrina/competition.asp)

digdoi
14-06-2006, 17:08
WINNERS ANNOUNCED (http://archrecord.construction.com/news/katrina/competition.asp)

jparchitectus
14-06-2006, 17:26
You can find these in this months architecture record as well.

Nice article.


(oops that is your actual link)

imasayer
14-06-2006, 17:38
Montana State took two of the student awards. Not bad for a hill billy (low brow, unsophisticated for those international members who may not know what hill billy means) university!

trogers
14-06-2006, 18:24
Montana State took two of the student awards. Not bad for a hill billy (low brow, unsophisticated for those international members who may not know what hill billy means) university!

way to play up the montana stereotype! :D

congrats.

jparchitectus
14-06-2006, 20:09
way to play up the montana stereotype! :D

congrats.

He is allowed. He is from there.

I love the floating sugar cubes! Brilliant and very poetic!

BruceWalker
14-06-2006, 22:09
Was one of the stipulations that you only model in SketchUp? :)

jparchitectus
14-06-2006, 22:38
Was one of the stipulations that you only model in SketchUp? :)

I thought they looked very sketchup like-

Why aren't they members !!!

Brian T
14-06-2006, 23:33
He is allowed. He is from there.

I love the floating sugar cubes! Brilliant and very poetic!

Really? I hated the cubes, much like MVRDV's proposal for a school that occupied a debri mound I thought it wasn't really that great and much too academic.... and why do people continue to use this dude in their renderings!! god sakes he's been everywhere and the further use of that image should be outlawed!!

GinSoakedBoy
15-06-2006, 00:11
and why do people continue to use this dude in their renderings!! god sakes he's been everywhere and the further use of that image should be outlawed!!
That gave me an idea, if that guy apears so much in different renders why not to create a new thread with a "where is waldo" game? off corse waldo would be this guy...

CurryPork
30-07-2006, 18:03
My firm participated in this competition. Unfortunately for us, we didn't get any recognition.

Here is the link to our presentation:

http://clemmonsarchitecture.com/norleans.htm

You can even download the presentation boards we worked on. What you guys think?

cacapis
30-07-2006, 23:29
The project looks very interesting CurryPork!
I suggest that if you want as much feedback as possible you post it in the projects forum following it's guidelines.
Welcome to the forum!! I hope you like it!

jparchitectus
01-08-2006, 02:21
Yeah post it seperatly...wow they do some big buildings