URBANbuild 07 | 1909 Toledano

another successful collaboration with the tulane school of architecture and neighborhood housing services of new orleans (NHS).

URBANbuild 7 is a finely crafted home that raised the bar on expectations for all projects to follow. For this house, NHS gave the program two adjacent substandard lots, which allowed the students to pursue a different planning typology than those of many earlier URBANbuild homes. Students were not constrained by the typical narrow “shotgun” lot configuration so common to New Orleans and were able to pursue a wider, center-hall strategy. Members of this studio also expressed a particular interest in landscape strategies. As a result, the home features two porches intended to both celebrate the landscape and provide indoor/outdoor spaces that honor the city’s rich traditions of cooking, dining, and entertaining.

Project Team

Hannah Ambrose, Ann Ascherman, Aude Becheret, Chris Berends, Melinda Cohen, Katherine Delacey, Andrew Graham, Tyler Guidroz, Sophie Guilbault, Caleb Hicks, Kevin Jackson, Clayton Kaul, Jenny O’Leary, Jordan Matthews, Jacob McGregor, Caroline Meyer, Aaron Michael Mittman, Jared Morganstein, Michael Murray, Ian O’Cain, Arthur Ostroski, Jennifer Palumbo, Alex Ratliff, Abigail Readinger, Alexandra Seiersen, Mark Stauning, Guan Wang, Chris Wells, Grant Whitaker