Rebuilding New Orleans
Holy Cross Project
After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Global Green made a dedicated commitment to sustainable building in New Orleans. In 2006, we launched the Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans in partnership with Brad Pitt, and the winning design was for a zero-energy, affordable housing development in the Holy Cross Neighborhood of the Lower 9th Ward. Visit the site for the Holy Cross Project.
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New Orleans Sustainable Design Competition
August 28, 2011-- At the same time we mark the 6th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we celebrate the 5th anniversary of Global Green’s Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans.
As part of our commitment to the sustainable rebuilding of New Orleans and demonstrating green building as a solution to global warming nationally, Global Green USA -- in collaboration with Brad Pitt as jury chairman -- sponsored an international design competition during the summer of 2006. More than 125 entries were submitted, with each design representing a net zero energy affordable housing and community center development in the Holy Cross neighborhood of the Lower 9th Ward.
The design jury selected six finalists, including three teams with New Orleans connections. The teams then worked with the technical jury and met several times with the Holy Cross residents to refine their designs. The finalists presented their refined concepts and designs to the design jury on August 29 and 30, 2006. The design jury selected the design by Workshop/apd, a young NYC firm.
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