Designing for Families Displaced by Hurricane Katrina

We've all had our heads to the grindstone of late finishing up houses for clients on the Gulf Coast.  Take a look at the rehab and addition by Loci Architecture for the Guillen Residence. (Thank you David Briggs and all the folks at Loci for helping to bring the Guillen's home.) Or, this house by the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio for a family in Biloxi, Mississippi.  Or, some of the work done by Design Director John Dwyer for the Design Studio at NENA.

Now that we've gotten our head around how to design for the Gulf Coast, we're sharing many of the program materials we developed for NENA and the Biloxi Model Home Program on the Open Architecture Network.  If you are a designer interested in learning about how to implement a family selection process—we've got you covered. Check out the files sections of both of these projects. We'll continue to update them as we move forward. 

Architecture for Humanity is helping communities rebuild across the Gulf Coast. Since the storm we have supported a wide range of projects from supporting historic preservation to funding community design centers to pairing clients with architects willing to offer their services on a pro bono basis.

Projects completed and in progress include: The Guardians Institute designed by Rockwell Group, Hand-on Preservation Workshops, and the Calhoun Residence and Back House designed by Shelter Architecture.