MenuNews July 22, 2017
Summer Fellowship Celebration
This past Friday marked the culmination of Small Center’s annual Summer Public Interest Design Fellowship, an 8-week full-time prestigious internship that allows Tulane School of Architecture students the opportunity to work on real, community-based projects in New Orleans.
This summer, Small Center chose Kekeli Dawes, Christie Melgar, Ryan Shabaan, Carolyn Isaacson, Ana Sandoval Aguilar, and Kelsey Willis as the 2017 Summer fellows.
Projects included:
- Planning for storm water in the 7th Ward, by studying water management and flooding mitigation techniques and meeting with residents to design a community engagement tool that might be replicable for similar issues across the city.
- Working with Groundworks NOLA to plan, design, and build a shade structure with bench and phone charging station.
- Mapping in Treme to show the advantages of historically/contextually appropriate density to address affordable housing needs.
The summer public interest design fellowship is made possible through the generous support of Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, Morris Adjmi, and the Sizeler family.
