New Orleans 5 - City Design

New Orleans 5 - City Design

Rebuilding the Most Culturally-Rich City in the United States

Rebuilding the Most Culturally-Rich City in the United States

Original Team GoalsOriginal Team Goals

Project economic and racial demographics for a repopulated New Orleans

Create an ideal city and strip away the impractical characteristics to arrive at a plausible solution

Preserve the city’s history while accommodating modern social standards

Project economic and racial demographics for a repopulated New Orleans

Create an ideal city and strip away the impractical characteristics to arrive at a plausible solution

Preserve the city’s history while accommodating modern social standards

Revised GoalsRevised Goals

Obtain a comprehensive understanding of New Orleans’ cultural history

Investigate the city’s current cultural significance

Convey each neighborhood’s social and cultural importance to the city as a whole

Examine how other areas have dealt with similar disasters

Obtain a comprehensive understanding of New Orleans’ cultural history

Investigate the city’s current cultural significance

Convey each neighborhood’s social and cultural importance to the city as a whole

Examine how other areas have dealt with similar disasters

Answers to YOUR Questions

Answers to YOUR Questions

Q: Which neighborhoods, if any, should be reclaimed as wetlands?

A: Generally deserted areas, those most prone to future damage determined by the history of levee breaches and current level of disrepair

Q: Which neighborhoods, if any, should be reclaimed as wetlands?

A: Generally deserted areas, those most prone to future damage determined by the history of levee breaches and current level of disrepair

Answers to YOUR Questions

Answers to YOUR Questions

Consider the most damaged neighborhoods:

1) Lower Ninth Ward2) Chalmette3) New Orleans East4) Lakeview5) Ninth Ward

Consider the most damaged neighborhoods:

1) Lower Ninth Ward2) Chalmette3) New Orleans East4) Lakeview5) Ninth Ward

Answers to YOUR Questions

Answers to YOUR Questions

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Answers to YOUR Questions

Answers to YOUR Questions

Q: What is the political climate like in the city?

A: General discrimination against the poor and minorities of New Orleans by local, state, and federal authorities

Q: What is the political climate like in the city?

A: General discrimination against the poor and minorities of New Orleans by local, state, and federal authorities

Answers to YOUR Questions

Answers to YOUR Questions

More on political climate: Bribery and corruption run rampant, especially in regards to levee maintenance; result - little to none is being done to rebuild the city

Solution? Education would promote awareness, understanding, and productivity in an ever-struggling city

More on political climate: Bribery and corruption run rampant, especially in regards to levee maintenance; result - little to none is being done to rebuild the city

Solution? Education would promote awareness, understanding, and productivity in an ever-struggling city

Answers to YOUR Questions

Answers to YOUR Questions

Q: What is the breakdown of population and demographics in pre and post Katrina New Orleans?

A: Pre-Katrina population: 454,863 vs. Post-Katrina population: 187,525

Q: What is the breakdown of population and demographics in pre and post Katrina New Orleans?

A: Pre-Katrina population: 454,863 vs. Post-Katrina population: 187,525

Answers to YOUR Questions

Answers to YOUR Questions

2000: Blacks-325,947; Whites-135,956

Current: Blacks-86,917; Whites-82,048

General population predictions have suffered from overestimation

Great reference site: www.gnocdc.org

2000: Blacks-325,947; Whites-135,956

Current: Blacks-86,917; Whites-82,048

General population predictions have suffered from overestimation

Great reference site: www.gnocdc.org

Current PlanCurrent PlanPreserve as many neighborhoods as

possibleEncourage cultural events to continue

and growProvide adequate social services to the

returning populationBuild, stock, and staff public schoolsBegin changing people’s mindset at

the very basic level of compulsory elementary education and encourage safer alternatives for housing and energy

Preserve as many neighborhoods as possible

Encourage cultural events to continue and grow

Provide adequate social services to the returning population

Build, stock, and staff public schoolsBegin changing people’s mindset at

the very basic level of compulsory elementary education and encourage safer alternatives for housing and energy