UrbanBuild, City Park pavilions, New Orleans

May 31, 2011

In the morning we split up, some of us went to picked up two rental cars from Hertz, while the rest of the group took the streetcar to Tulane University library to get some articles for our debate. We met up at a store called Mushroom near the university, where we got some cds for the road. We split up again for lunch on Hampson St, at the riverbend (Refuel Cafe, Hana Japanese Restaurant, and La Macarena Pupuseria and Latin Cafe).
Afterwards we visited the New Orleans Mission. The facility provides emergency shelter for up to 300 people. The mission acts as a transitional living space that involves many of those who stay there in programs which help them find employment and regain financial security.
In the afternoon we visited a few more Tulane projects, then headed to the Musician's Village and the Lower Ninth Ward.

Duplantier Volunteer Pavilion

Eco Pavilion Sustainable Exhibition

Rural Studio, Animal Shelter, near Greensboro AL

May 30, 2010

DAY 12
The animal shelter is just outside Greensboro on highway 14 and was a thesis project by a Rural Studio student. Another example of a lamella structure. The lamella was also next to the county jail.

City Park Botanical Gardens

May 22, 2010

These first five photos are of the Green Pavilion by Tulane City Center in City Park's Botanical Gardens. The pavilion was built as a sustainable exhibition to showcase environmentally sensitive building strategies and technologies. The pavilion has a rainwater catching roof which drips down into a natural water filtration system. This water is then used to hydrate indigenous plants. The structure is also built from salvaged material.

A Japanese garden is also part of the Botanical Gardens.

This is another pavilion very close to the Green Pavilion, although we are not sure who constructed it.