Building After Katrina: Visions for the Gulf Coast

Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia School of Architecture, 2007. 1st ed. 160 pages: color illustrations; 31 cm. As new; very fine. Paperback. ISBN: 9780977102457, 0977102459

"How does one design an intervention for a specific culture, ecology, and time? How do we respond to both disaster relief and long-term restoration? This work defines these questions and presents strategies for rebuilding Gulf Coast communities."—Publisher. // Contents: Preface "The architecture of urgent matters" / Karen Van Lengen. Making the invisible visible / Betsy Roettger. Reflost NOLA: "what's in the cards for rebuilding New Orleans infrastructure" / William R. Morrish. Urban landscape infrastructure for the Broadmoor neighborhood / Robin Dripps. A big picture high school for Broadmoor / Lucia Phinney. Rebuilding community on the London Avenue Canal / Azadeh Rashidi. Mat & canopy: opportunities / Celia Hernandez Nichols. Noah's ARC: New Orleans Alternative High*School as reconstructed community / Peter Waldman. Building matters / Jenny Lovell. Seeking higher density on higher ground / Maurice Cox. Ground rules: living above the street / Judith Kinnard. ecoMOD2: the preHAB house / John Quale. Two public art projects / Sanda Iliescu. Postscript / William Sherman. // Hurricanes. Disasters. Global Warming. Climate Change. Environmental Disasters