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URBANbuild16. 

2721 Baronne St. New Orleans, LA
A STUDY OF AFFORDABILITY  AND EFFICIENCY 

Fall 2020

Tulane Master's of Architecture Program

Research Studio

"In 2005, a group of students conceived of a design/build program at Tulane University, not knowing that Hurricane Katrina would give rebuilding in New Orleans a greater weight and urgency. Since that year, the URBANbuild program has worked to help revitalize New Orleans neighborhoods that faced particular hardships both before and after Hurricane Katrina, one design/build project at a time."

- URBANbuild 

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NEW ORLEANS

Defining affordability is a complicated endeavor: a home might be affordably fabricated, but not efficient to operate; a home might have a higher initial cost of construction but be easy to maintain.

 

The following project was an initial first draft, after an examination of previous URBANbuild proposals, in the hopes of creating an efficienct and affordable home while still aiming to provide outcomes of quality thought and design.

 

In partnership with Zach Braaten.

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Context

URBANbuild 15 Analysis

Program Variables

lack of light

non-celebrated exterior interventions

complicated movement

public

service

private

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Sun Studies

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organization experiments

Final Plan

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Plan Variations

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two bedroom/two bath

one bedroom/income generating rental space

three bedroom/two bath

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Section 1a

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View 2a

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Section 2a

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