Engineering

• A New Changing Course: From the Last Naturally Active to a New Naturally Active and Sustainable Mississippi Delta

  Formalize a new framework to promote safe and sustainable development in coastal Louisiana Reinitiate a functioning delta by reactivating to some extent all major distributaries Redesign a new New Orleans...
  Research
• Earth Blocks: Feasibility Study for Low-Cost Hurricane-Resistant Buildings

  Demonstrate the feasibility of CSEB (Compressed Stabilized Earth Blocks) systems as hurricane-resistant low-cost housing, through the design of a proof-of-concept CSEB house on Louisiana’s coast. This proof-of- concept design includes...
  Research
• Delta Ranch: Resilient Structures for the Coast

  This project integrates architecture, coastal bioengineering, and coastal plant science to develop solutions for structures that can sustain themselves and the coast. Specifically, we look to design a habitable structure...
  Research
• In the Mississippi Delta: Constructing with Water 2010 Venice Biennale Project
  Design Speculation
• Fort Proctor: A Conditional Preservation
  Design Speculation
• Changing Course Competition: The Giving Delta

  The design competition “Changing Course” chose three multi-disciplinary design teams in a search for a bold, yet implementable, plan of action for addressing the next century on the Louisiana Delta...
  Design Speculation
• River to Bayou: Restoration and Resilience – The Central Wetland Unit and the Lower 9th Ward

  A team of architecture, landscape architecture, coastal ecology, economics, and engineering faculty and students designed new strategies for the Lower 9th Ward’s future. The project also engaged in community outreach...
  Community Planning
• Center for River Studies and Exhibition Design

  The design of a 9,000 square foot exhibition space and development of exhibit content on coastal protection and restoration to be housed in the Center for River Studies.
  Visual Communication
• DredgeFest Collaborative

  The Dredge Research Collaborative (DRC) investigates human sediment handling practices, through publications, an event series, and various other projects. DredgeFest Louisiana was a three-day symposium field expedition, and speculative design...
  Visual Communication