CALL FOR TEAMS: Van Alen Institute's "Future Ground" land reuse competition for New Orleans
By Bustler Editors|
Wednesday, Aug 13, 2014
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Van Alen Institute is accepting applications for their recently launched "Future Ground" competition. The Institute and competition committees will collaborate with the winning interdisciplinary teams to develop innovative long-term strategies for sustainable land reuse of New Orleans' vacant lots caused by Hurricane Katrina.
All professionals in landscape design, architecture, planning, public policy, and other related fields are encouraged to apply. Teams will be selected from an international open Request for Qualifications process.
Applications are due September 29, 2014, and will be evaluated by a jury of national leaders in design and policy.
Read on to learn more about the competition.
"The competition is supported by the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA), which owns over 2,000 vacant lots and has become a regional and national leader in reuse of vacant lots for community resilience and development. Approximately 30,000 empty lots and abandoned structures dot the landscape of New Orleans today, many of them a legacy of Hurricane Katrina.
As the City nears the 10-year anniversary of the storm, Future Ground will generate flexible design and policy strategies to forecast and accommodate changes in density, demand, climate and landscape in New Orleans over the next half-century, thereby transforming these abandoned landscapes into resources for the near-term and future city.
In October 2014, three winning teams will each receive a $15,000 stipend, and will work closely in a six-month collaborative process with local stakeholders and national leaders to bring small, incremental projects to the neighborhood and citywide scale; develop policy to support promising design strategies; and make these strategies participatory and flexible enough to be sustained into the next generation. Teams will produce solutions that may be applied to sites citywide, and can also help catalyze strategies for change in other cities around the world."
Visit www.vanalen.org/futureground for the full RFQ, including details on the submission process. Applications are due September 29, 2014.
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