Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # The Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design Tulane University ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://small.tulane.edu/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Pages - [Home Page](https://small.tulane.edu/) - Tulane’s Community Design Center We believe that each of us should be empowered to shape the places we live, work, and play. About Small Center Design/Build Projects Partners Each project begins as an idea from a community partner, centered in the fabric of New Orleans and the broader region. Our Process Projects Design Visioning Projects - [Brandon Surtain](https://small.tulane.edu/our-team/leadership/jose-cotto/) - With interests in art, architecture, and real estate development stemming primarily from a place of cultural preservation, Brandon brings broad experience to the Small Center team. As the Assistant Director of Community Engagement, Brandon leads the Center's exhibitions and public programming, cultivates partnerships with Tulane University and throughout the city, manages social media as well - [Community Partners](https://small.tulane.edu/community-partners/) - We are always interested in learning about other organizations’ work and how we can be of assistance through design and planning services. We work closely with our partner organizations to develop custom projects that serve their specific needs. Partners range from small and large nonprofit organizations to cities and towns. For New Orleans nonprofits, the - [About](https://small.tulane.edu/about/) - Mission + Values We operate at the intersection of design and civic engagement, redefining what design is, who it is for, and why it matters. We contend that innovative solutions to the most pressing problems facing our communities lie in giving voice to residents. We believe in the public necessity of design and its broad - [Publications and Press](https://small.tulane.edu/publications-and-press/) - The Small Center is committed to sharing our work to expand knowledge. Looking to better understand what we do and learn more about community engaged design? Explore our annual reports. Read a research paper. Check out the exhibition press. Reflecting the breadth of our work, our applied research spans topics ranging from understanding the impacts - [Awards](https://small.tulane.edu/our-work/awards/) - Small Center faculty, staff and students have garnered national and international awards for design and teaching. Among these are recognition from the American Institute of Architects, Don Norman Design Awards, Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, Design Educates, and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Explore Organization awards Project Awards Faculty/Staff grants & Awards - [Our Projects](https://small.tulane.edu/our-work/projects/) - We develop projects in collaboration with students, faculty, and professionals to create designs that advance the ongoing efforts of our partner organizations and strive for beauty, social justice and sustainability. - [How We Work](https://small.tulane.edu/our-team/how-we-work/) - We work with organizations that are deeply rooted in the communities they serve, and use the design process as a means to convene new allies and supporters for our partner organizations, expanding their organizational capacity, while strategically including their current stakeholders, staff, and end users. Once a partnership is started, the team holds multiple meetings - [FAQs](https://small.tulane.edu/faqs/) - [Annual Reports](https://small.tulane.edu/our-work/annual-reports/) - Current annual report 2024-25 Annual Report Past annual reports 2023-24 Annual Report 2022-23 Annual Report 2019-21 Annual Report 2018-19 Annual Report 2017-18 Annual Report 2016–17 Annual Report 2015–16 Annual Report - [Ann Yoachim](https://small.tulane.edu/our-team/leadership/ann-yoachim/) - Ann brings experience in building partnerships across campus-community boundaries as well as supporting meaningful change through research and interdisciplinary collaboration. She is focused on facilitating this collaboration to shape built, natural and social environments that impact health and wellness. Ann's wordy titles include Professor of Practice at the Tulane School of Architecture and Director of - [Nick Jenisch](https://small.tulane.edu/our-team/leadership/nick-jenisch/) - With experience in teaching, project management, and planning across continents, Nick brings a deep understanding of urban scale and the regional context of Small Center’s projects. As a Assistant Director for Urban Design, Nick keeps track of project schedules and budgets, and stewards relationships in both the public and private sector. He also conducts research - [Emilie Taylor Welty](https://small.tulane.edu/our-team/leadership/emilie-taylor-welty/) - Emilie brings experience and praxis in the making and teaching of design. She is a leader in the design/build field, and at Small Center, she focuses on teaching students how to be better designers, makers, and citizens. When she’s not wrangling Small Center’s Design/Build studios, Emilie helps provide structure, schedule, and nifty graphics for projects - [Application Process](https://small.tulane.edu/participate/application-process/) - [Leadership](https://small.tulane.edu/our-team/leadership/) - [Collaborators](https://small.tulane.edu/our-team/collaborators/) - [Supporters](https://small.tulane.edu/our-team/supporters/) - [Faculty](https://small.tulane.edu/our-team/faculty/) - [Students](https://small.tulane.edu/our-team/students/) - [PID Fellowship Booklets](https://small.tulane.edu/our-work/pid-fellowship-booklets/) - Past fellowship booklets 2021 PID Fellowship Booklet 2020 PID Fellowship Booklet 2020 PID Fellowship Foldable Zine 2019 PID Fellowship Booklet 2018 PID Fellowship Booklet 2017 PID Fellowship Booklet 2016 PID Fellowship Booklet 2015 PID Fellowship Booklet 2014 PID Fellowship Booklet - [Publications + Resources](https://small.tulane.edu/publications-resources/) - Annotated Stormwater Management in Louisiana Bibliography Designers, Citizens, and Citizen Designers: Charting New Modes of Engagement, Collaboration, and Project Outcomes at Tulane City Center Dick and Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design Notes on the Intersection of Architecture and Social Entrepreneurship Radical Incrementalism: An Open Letter in Defense of the Small Recovery to - [Student Opportunities](https://small.tulane.edu/participate/student-opportunities/) - [Donate Tulane](https://small.tulane.edu/donate-tulane/) - This page is set to automatically redirect to https://securetu.tulane.edu/s/1586/Giving/16/interior.aspx?sid=1586&gid=2&pgid=7420&cid=15186&appealcode=EGIW4 - [Our Story](https://small.tulane.edu/our-story/our-story/) - We operate at the intersection of design and civic engagement. We contend that innovative solutions to the most pressing problems facing our community lie in giving voice to residents. Our partner organizations bring their project ideas to us, and we bring our design expertise to bear in collaboration, supporting New Orleans residents in imagining and - [Press](https://small.tulane.edu/our-work/publications/) - [Our History](https://small.tulane.edu/our-story/our-history/) - In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans and the ensuing federal levee failure flooded 80% of the city, presenting an urgent and immediate need for this type of technical assistance. ‘Tulane City Center’ launched in late 2005 as a way to take part in the recovery of the city, educate students through applied projects, - [Submit an Idea](https://small.tulane.edu/submit-an-idea/) - [Contact Us](https://small.tulane.edu/contact-us/) - [Events](https://small.tulane.edu/events-page/) - [RFP Application](https://small.tulane.edu/rfp-application/) - [News](https://small.tulane.edu/news-page/) - [Our Story](https://small.tulane.edu/our-story/) - [Donate](https://small.tulane.edu/donate/) - [Participate](https://small.tulane.edu/participate/) - [Our Team](https://small.tulane.edu/our-team/) - [Our Work](https://small.tulane.edu/our-work/) ## Awards - [Excellence in Historic Preservation](https://small.tulane.edu/award/excellence-in-historic-preservation/) - [Award of Merit](https://small.tulane.edu/award/award-of-merit/) - [Award of Honor](https://small.tulane.edu/award/award-of-honor/) - [Award of Honor](https://small.tulane.edu/award/award-of-honor-2/) - [SEED Award](https://small.tulane.edu/award/seed-award/) - [People’s Choice Award](https://small.tulane.edu/award/peoples-choice-award/) - [Member’s Choice Award](https://small.tulane.edu/award/members-choice-award/) - [Merit Award in Divine Detail](https://small.tulane.edu/award/merit-award-in-divine-detail/) - [Award of Merit](https://small.tulane.edu/award/award-of-merit-2/) - [Interior Architecture Award of Merit](https://small.tulane.edu/award/interior-architecture-award-of-merit/) - [Excellence In Sustainability Honorable Mention](https://small.tulane.edu/award/excellence-in-sustainability-honorable-mention/) - [Architecture Honorable Mention](https://small.tulane.edu/award/architecture-honorable-mention/) - [Divine Detail Award of Merit](https://small.tulane.edu/award/divine-detail-award-of-merit/) - [Award of Merit](https://small.tulane.edu/award/award-of-merit-3/) - [SEED Award](https://small.tulane.edu/award/seed-award-2/) - [LEED Silver Certification](https://small.tulane.edu/award/leed-silver-certification/) - [Design Educates - Bronze Award for Responsive Design](https://small.tulane.edu/award/design-educates-bronze-award-for-responsive-design/) ## Events - [They Were the Community:](https://small.tulane.edu/event/they-were-the-community/) - [Organizing New Orleans:](https://small.tulane.edu/event/organizing-new-orleans/) - [DON’T STAND ALONE](https://small.tulane.edu/event/dontstandalone/) - The exhibit centers on 12 panels showcasing the wide range of labor organizing in New Orleans — from musicians and domestic workers to longshoreman and hospitality — as well as important campaigns and moments of greater solidarity as seen in the 1892 General Strike or the Campaign for a Living Wage. The exhibit will run - [2024 RFP Information Session](https://small.tulane.edu/event/2024-rfp-information-session/) - [The Spirituality of (HERE)](https://small.tulane.edu/event/the-spirituality-of-here/) - Sharita A. Sims (@thearielaqua), our current featured artist for “The Atmosp(HERE) of Space” will guide the conversation. Joining her will be Brotha Nick Holmes (@uptowngatekeeper), Alana Harris (@alanaharrisnola), Big Chief Demon Melancon (@qadamawi), Luther Gray (@babaluther), and Pastor Cary Payton Sr. If you haven’t made it by yet to see the current iteration of the - [2020-2021 RFP Information Session](https://small.tulane.edu/event/2020-2021-rfp-information-session/) - Got questions? We have answers! Learn more about the RFP Application and ask Small Center staff specific questions pertaining to your application needs and desires. - [DEPART-MENT Opening Reception](https://small.tulane.edu/event/depart-ment-opening-reception/) - To kickoff the Spring 2020 semester, the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design will launch a new programmatic initiative called DEPART-MENT. This new direction reimagines the exhibition and event space at 1725 Baronne Street into a launch pad for individual and collective journeys that propel us towards a more enriching, equitable, and connected world. Blurring the - [Vigil for Life: 10 Years of No Executions in Louisiana](https://small.tulane.edu/event/vigil-for-life-10-years-of-no-executions-in-louisiana/) - [Looters: Itinerant Images of West African Architecture](https://small.tulane.edu/event/looters-itinerant-images-of-west-african-architecture-2-2-2-2/) - Organized by art historian Adrian Anagnost and artist Manol Gueorguiev, along with artist Abdi Farah, the exhibition draws on archival images in European maps, prints, drawings, and photographs depicting West African architecture from the Kingdoms of Ouidah, Dahomey, and Benin (across the present-day Republic of Benin and Nigeria). Gueorguiev, a photographer and sculptor, re-photographed and - [Looters: Itinerant Images of West African Architecture](https://small.tulane.edu/event/looters-itinerant-images-of-west-african-architecture-2-2-2/) - Organized by art historian Adrian Anagnost and artist Manol Gueorguiev, along with artist Abdi Farah, the exhibition draws on archival images in European maps, prints, drawings, and photographs depicting West African architecture from the Kingdoms of Ouidah, Dahomey, and Benin (across the present-day Republic of Benin and Nigeria). Gueorguiev, a photographer and sculptor, re-photographed and - [Looters: Itinerant Images of West African Architecture](https://small.tulane.edu/event/looters-itinerant-images-of-west-african-architecture-2-2/) - Organized by art historian Adrian Anagnost and artist Manol Gueorguiev, along with artist Abdi Farah, the exhibition draws on archival images in European maps, prints, drawings, and photographs depicting West African architecture from the Kingdoms of Ouidah, Dahomey, and Benin (across the present-day Republic of Benin and Nigeria). Gueorguiev, a photographer and sculptor, re-photographed and - [Looters: Itinerant Images of West African Architecture](https://small.tulane.edu/event/looters-itinerant-images-of-west-african-architecture-2/) - Organized by art historian Adrian Anagnost and artist Manol Gueorguiev, along with artist Abdi Farah, the exhibition draws on archival images in European maps, prints, drawings, and photographs depicting West African architecture from the Kingdoms of Ouidah, Dahomey, and Benin (across the present-day Republic of Benin and Nigeria). Gueorguiev, a photographer and sculptor, re-photographed and - [Rudy Bruner Award Silver Medal Ceremony](https://small.tulane.edu/event/rudy-bruner-award-silver-medal-ceremony/) - [Reception & Panel Discussion: Making Rules, Breaking Rules: When People Design Parks](https://small.tulane.edu/event/reception-panel-discussion-making-rules-breaking-rules-when-people-design-parks/) - Panel Discussion will start at 6:30 p.m. Free and open to the public with food and drinks provided. We'll see you soon! - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/2965-2-2/) - Join us Monday, March 18th to discuss "How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood" with author Peter Moskowitz. Peter Moskowitz is a writer and journalist based in New Orleans. They've written for the New York Times, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, The Nation along with many other national outlets. - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/2965-2/) - Across the country's urban centers, disinvestment, displacement, and rising rents have created a housing crisis with many families paying half or more of their income in rent. Louisiana is no exception. Panelists will present on new data revealing the extent of the eviction epidemic in New Orleans, its impacts along race and gender lines, - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/2965/) - Join us to discuss Development without Displacement with Jeff Hebert, Jenga Mwendo, Melissa Lee and Moderator Caisus Pealer, Director of the Tulane Master of Sustainable Real Estate Program. Red Beans Roundtables are casual conversations. Small Center provides red beans and rice from Café Reconcile and great panels of speakers who have unique insights into the - [Fit for a King Reception](https://small.tulane.edu/event/fit-for-a-king-reception/) - Diane Nash, celebrated leader and strategist of the student wing of the Civil Rights Movement will be the keynote speaker for GNOFHAC's annual Fit for a King event. Tickets can be purchased for $50 and include specialty cocktails, wine, and hors d’oeuvres. Attendees will also have a chance to view the "Undesign the Redline" - [Fieldwork: Design/Build Conversations](https://small.tulane.edu/event/fieldwork-design-build-conversations/) - SAVE THE DATE! Leading educators and practitioners from across the country will share their perspectives on the context, methods, and contribution of design-build curricula, examining roles, works and impacts at diverse scales and geographies. We kick-off Friday at 1:00 pm and end the evening with a reception and gumbo. Saturday panels begin at 10:00 am - [Undesign the Redline Exhibit Opening Reception](https://small.tulane.edu/event/undesign-the-redline-exhibit-opening-reception/) - Join us November 1st for the opening reception of UnDesign the Redline, a traveling exhibit developed by Designing the WE and supported by Enterprise Community Partners and Foundation for Louisiana! UnDesign the Redline is an interactive exhibit exploring the history of racial segregation in U.S. housing policy and how these legacies of inequity and exclusion continue to shape our communities. - [Undesign the Redline Exhibit](https://small.tulane.edu/event/undesign-the-redline-exhibit-6/) - [Undesign the Redline Exhibit](https://small.tulane.edu/event/undesign-the-redline-exhibit-5/) - [Undesign the Redline Exhibit](https://small.tulane.edu/event/undesign-the-redline-exhibit-3/) - [Undesign the Redline Exhibit](https://small.tulane.edu/event/undesign-the-redline-exhibit-2/) - [Undesign the Redline Exhibit](https://small.tulane.edu/event/undesign-the-redline-exhibit-4/) - [Undesign the Redline Exhibit](https://small.tulane.edu/event/undesign-the-redline-exhibit/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-19/) - [Fall 2018 Mid-Review Exhibition](https://small.tulane.edu/event/fall-2018-mid-review-exhibition/) - [Homecoming Open House](https://small.tulane.edu/event/homecoming-open-house/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-18/) - [2018 PID Summer Fellowship Reception](https://small.tulane.edu/event/2018-pid-summer-fellowship-reception/) - Light refreshments provided. Free and open to the public. - [Adolph Reed Jr.: Black Politics in New Orleans + Beyond](https://small.tulane.edu/event/sites-of-resistance-3/) - [Final Celebration: City Park, Magnolia Drive](https://small.tulane.edu/event/final-celebration-city-park-magnolia-drive/) - Please join us on Saturday, February 3rd, 12-2pm to congratulate the students and enjoy a snack in this wonderful new waterfront gathering area. How to get to Magnolia Drive: The project site is located at the lagoon's edge, just north of the tennis courts. The parking lot is accessible from Marconi Drive, or turn onto - [Margot Ellis: Lecture, Book Signing, and Drawing Exhibit](https://small.tulane.edu/event/margot-ellis-lecture-book-signing-and-drawing-exhibit/) - [Sites of Resistance](https://small.tulane.edu/event/sites-of-resistance-4/) - [Sites of Resistance](https://small.tulane.edu/event/sites-of-resistance-5/) - Sites of Resistance and its associated events work to reframe a dominant narrative that has obscured New Orleans' historical role as a site of intense organizing, legal strategy, labor struggle, and civil rights activism. By elevating lineages and spaces of dissent and marginalized stories of inter-racial collaboration, as well as histories of direct conflict and - [Sites of Resistance: An exploration of the geographies and histories of social change in New Orleans](https://small.tulane.edu/event/sites-of-resistance/) - [Process + Practice: Lessons from the Construction Zone](https://small.tulane.edu/event/process-practice-lessons-from-the-construction-zone/) - [Sites of Resistance](https://small.tulane.edu/event/sites-of-resistance-cedric-johnson/) - [Sites of Resistance](https://small.tulane.edu/event/sites-of-resistance-2/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-17/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-16/) - [Center for Public Service Welcome Back Reception](https://small.tulane.edu/event/center-for-public-service-welcome-back-reception/) - [Engineers Without Borders](https://small.tulane.edu/event/engineers-without-borders/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-2/) - Join us as we discuss the new city budget with our panelists: Kelsey Foster, campaign director of Committee for a Better New Orleans; Andreanecia M. Morris, Executive Director of HousingNOLA; and Andy Kopplin, President and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation. Red Beans Roundtables are casual conversations. Small Center provides red beans and rice - [Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans Meeting](https://small.tulane.edu/event/water-collaborative-of-greater-new-orleans-meeting/) - [Climate-Smart Cities GIS Decision-Support Tool](https://small.tulane.edu/event/climate-smart-cities-gis-decision-support-tool/) - [Summer Public Interest Design Fellowship](https://small.tulane.edu/event/public-interest-design-fellowship-show-tell/) - [Think | Build](https://small.tulane.edu/event/think-build/) - [Dining with a Purpose](https://small.tulane.edu/event/dining-with-a-purpose/) - Help support the Small Center's new move to Central City so that Small Center can offer more programs and initiatives for the neighborhood! - [Future Ground Open House](https://small.tulane.edu/event/future-ground-open-house-2/) - [MaCCNO Teach-In on the draft CZO](https://small.tulane.edu/event/maccno-teach-in-on-the-draft-czo/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-15/) - [Future Ground Open House](https://small.tulane.edu/event/future-ground-open-house/) - [Artist Portfolio Reviews](https://small.tulane.edu/event/artist-portfolio-reviews/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-14/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-13/) - [Celebration](https://small.tulane.edu/event/celebration-4/) - [Exhibit Opening](https://small.tulane.edu/event/exhibit-opening/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-12/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-11/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-10/) - [Celebration](https://small.tulane.edu/event/celebration-3/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-9/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-8/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-7/) - [Info Session](https://small.tulane.edu/event/info-session-2/) - [Celebration](https://small.tulane.edu/event/celebration-2/) - [Songs of Home, Songs of Change](https://small.tulane.edu/event/songs-of-home-songs-of-change/) - [Info Session](https://small.tulane.edu/event/info-session/) - [Celebration](https://small.tulane.edu/event/celebration/) - [The Cost of Home](https://small.tulane.edu/event/the-cost-of-home-5/) - [The Cost of Home](https://small.tulane.edu/event/the-cost-of-home-4/) - [The Cost of Home](https://small.tulane.edu/event/the-cost-of-home-3/) - [The Cost of Home](https://small.tulane.edu/event/the-cost-of-home-2/) - [The Cost of Home](https://small.tulane.edu/event/the-cost-of-home/) - [Jane Jacobs Walk Along the Boulevard](https://small.tulane.edu/event/jane-jacobs-walk-along-the-boulevard/) - [Citizen Jane: Battle for the City](https://small.tulane.edu/event/citizen-jane-battle-for-the-city/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-6/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-5/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-3/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-privatizing-the-commons/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable/) - [Red Beans Roundtable](https://small.tulane.edu/event/red-beans-roundtable-4/) - [RFP: Q&A Session](https://small.tulane.edu/event/rfp-qa-session/) - To qualify for the program you must: -Be based in New Orleans -Be a non-profit organization (or operate under the sponsorship of another non-profit) -Have a specific design or planning project Join us for an information session on the 3-page application, the application process, the types of projeccts we're looking for, and timeline of a - [Hollygrove Greenline Ribbon Cutting](https://small.tulane.edu/event/hollygrove-greenline-ribbon-cutting/) - The Hollygrove Greenline opening event is a joint project of Small Center, Sewerage and Water Board, Carrollton-Hollygrove CDC, and Greater New Orleans Foundation. If you have any questions about the event, please contact Takena at santostakena@gmail.com or Jarvain at jarvain@tccno.org. - [Exhibit Opening – In Between: Architecture at the Local Scale](https://small.tulane.edu/event/exhibit-opening-in-between-architecture-at-the-local-scale/) - Tulane School of Architecture faculty Cordula Roser Gray has curated a show of recent work by emerging practices in New Orleans to showcase projects that specifically re-envision, activate and challenge the city by providing proposals for creative solutions within our local urban environment through place making and community-building at a variety of scales. - [Re-imagining Brown's Dairy](https://small.tulane.edu/event/re-imagining-browns-dairy/) - As part of Tulane School of Architecture faculty member Cordula Roser Gray's exhibit, In-Between: Architecture at the Local Scale, four emerging architectural practices paired with students YEP NOLA Design Works to reinvision Brown's Dairy as an asset to our shared community in Central City. - [Celebration – Ozanam Inn Day Space](https://small.tulane.edu/event/celebration-ozanam-inn-day-space/) - Small Center's Fall Design/Build Studio, led by Adjunct Professor Doug Harmon, has worked closely with the Ozanam Inn, a homeless shelter and services center, throughout the Fall 2016 semester. Food + Drinks provided. The architectural design and construction of the Ozanam Inn Day Space was a collaboration of Ozanam Inn, the Albert and Tina Small - [Exhibit Closing – The Cost of Home](https://small.tulane.edu/event/exhibit-closing-the-cost-of-home/) - Through our exhibit, The Cost of Home, we’ve examined the opportunities and limitations of affordable housing models in New Orleans and the nation. As we reach the end, we’re looking at other parallel endings and thinking about what the future holds. The Industrial Development Board of New Orleans provided $29 million in public dollars for - [Tulane School of Architecture: Exhibition of Thesis Projects](https://small.tulane.edu/event/tulane-school-of-architecture-exhibition-of-thesis-projects/) - The annual Tulane School of Architecture Exhibition of Thesis Projects (formerly the Ogden Exhibition) will be held on Monday, May 15 from 6pm-8pm at Small Center's headquarters at 1725 Baronne Street. Complimentary refreshments will be served. We would love to have you with us as we share our thesis students’ work with the New Orleans - [Celebration – Big Class Writers' Room](https://small.tulane.edu/event/celebration-big-class-writers-room/) - Join us as we celebrate the beautiful renovated classroom our students designed and built with Big Class! Food and beverages provided by Central City BBQ. The Writers' Room was completed by students from Tulane School of Architecture, led by Design/Build Manager, Emilie Taylor Welty, and in collaboration with Big Class and Sylvanie Williams College Prep. ## News - [2025 Request For Proposals Is Now Open!](https://small.tulane.edu/news/2025-request-for-proposals-is-now-open/) - Deadline to Submit is April 1st, 2025! Are you a non-profit or community organization in need of pro-bono design services to support your mission? Let's collaborate! To learn more, download the RFP Packet, determine which project category best fits your organization’s needs, and provide the required information listed on page 3, “Making a Proposal.” Submissions - [2024 Fall Exhibit Opens September 18!](https://small.tulane.edu/news/2024-fall-exhibit-opens-september-18/) - This immersive exhibit, supported by the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program, centers on material legacies throughout the Gulf Coast, exploring histories of resource extraction and showcasing transformative uses of steel, clay, glass and sand. What Matter's Here.?! emerged from a desire to create connections among local artists and designers working - [Summer Opportunities for Students!](https://small.tulane.edu/news/summer-opportunities-for-students/) - DESIGN FUTURES STUDENT LEADERSHIP FORUM (For all students) Design Futures Leadership Forum is a five-day interdisciplinary conference and training attended by 70+ student leaders and 25+ nationally recognized design practitioners. This year, the Washington University of St. Louis will host the forum from May 20th-May 24th. To apply for Design Futures 2024, please email a - [2024 Request for Proposals Now Open!](https://small.tulane.edu/news/2024rfp/) - To apply, download the RFP Packet, determine which project category best fits your organization's needs, and provide the required information listed on page 3, "Making a Proposal." Submissions must be submitted to Small Center no later than April 1, 2024. For digital proposals, please email your PDF to baronne@tulane.edu saved as “OrganizationName_RFP2024” with the subject - [2024 Spring Exhibition Opens March 14!](https://small.tulane.edu/news/2024springexhibitopens/) - "DON'T STAND ALONE": Black Labor Organizing in New Orleans MARCH 14, 5pm-9pm (Thursday) Small Center for Collaborative Design 1725 Baronne Street (Central City) Free Entrance - RSVP Light Refreshments Provided This mobile exhibit centers on 12 panels that showcase the wide range of labor organizing in New Orleans -- from musicians and domestic workers to longshoreman - [We're Hiring!](https://small.tulane.edu/news/vista/) - We’re hiring! Want to gain experience in public interest design? Ready to put your graphic design and writing skills to use? Come join the Small Center as a AmeriCorps VISTA Member. This position will be a vital part of the Small Center team and support our efforts to better reach potential and current partners, donors, - [DEPART-MENT Spring 23 Opening Reception](https://small.tulane.edu/news/d-m-spring23/) - Attention Small Center friends, supporters, and collaborators! Mark your calendars to join us February 9th, from 6-9pm, for the opening reception of our Spring 2023 exhibit "EXTRACTIVSM" curated by artist/filmmaker Jazmin Miller and artist/writer Anya Groner.⁠ ⁠ For the past two years Miller and Groner have been documenting the history of Cancer Alley, an 85-mile - [DEPART-MENT Fall 22 Kickoff Reception](https://small.tulane.edu/news/d-m-kickoff-f22/) - “While colonization and slavery were also driven by capitalist rationales, these processes were above all based on a colonial worldview that invented a hierarchy between races and different lands of the globe. In the colonial era, the lands of the Americas were subordinated to the lands of Europe. They were seen as a means of - [Small Center Named Finalist for Architizer 2022 A+ Product Awards](https://small.tulane.edu/news/small-center-named-finalist-for-architizer-2022-a-product-awards/) - [2022-2023 DEPART-MENT Open Call](https://small.tulane.edu/news/2022-2023-depart-ment-open-call/) - [Small Projects, Big Impact. Our 2022 WaveStarter Campaign Is Live!](https://small.tulane.edu/news/wavestarter/) - Dear Friends of the Small Center! Donate TODAY to our Small Projects, Big Impact campaign and help us raise $15,000 for our next design+build project.⁠ Over the past 17 years, the Center has completed over 140 high quality design projects with partners across New Orleans and trained over 650 students. None of this is possible - [2022 Request for Proposals Now Open!](https://small.tulane.edu/news/2022-request-for-proposals-now-open/) - To apply, download the RFP Packet, determine which project category best fits your organization's needs, and provide the required information listed on page 3, "Making a Proposal." Submissions must be submitted to Small Center no later than April 1, 2022. For digital proposals, please email your PDF to baronne@tulane.edu saved as “OrganizationName_RFP2022” with the subject - [Small Center selects 2021-22 Design/Build and Visioning Community Partners](https://small.tulane.edu/news/small-center-selects-2021-22-design-build-and-visioning-community-partners/) - Over the coming school year, Tulane architecture students and faculty will partner to design and build an outdoor kitchen classroom for community cooking and plant medicine classes, as well as a welcome space visioning plan for young people who have after having suffered homelessness and trafficking are moving toward a new positive chapter in their - [2021 Summer Fellows provide research and design for four Greater New Orleans nonprofits](https://small.tulane.edu/news/the-2021-summer-fellows-provide-research-and-design-for-five-greater-new-orleans-nonprofits/) - Each year, Small Center hires young designers from the Tulane School of Architecture to work in an eight-week intensive fellowship. This is an opportunity for students to put their education into practice by advancing community-based projects that respond to needs of New Orleans residents. Small Center engages with the fellows as thought partners on questions - [Next Generation Perspectives from young diverse designers - The Our Neighborhoods, Our Way Exhibit](https://small.tulane.edu/news/next-generation-perspectives-from-young-diverse-designers-the-our-neighborhoods-our-way-exhibit/) - On April 24th, The Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design, Dryades YMCA, and National Organization of Minority Architects – Louisiana came together to host an exhibition featuring the works of Tulane University and middle school students from across the Greater New Orleans area. The Our Neighborhoods, Our Way photo exhibition was a chance - [The 2021 Public Interest Design Fellowship is in full-swing!](https://small.tulane.edu/news/the-2021-public-interest-design-fellowship-is-in-full-swing/) - This year's Small Center Public Interest Design fellowship is a summer research intensive that explores socio-economic issues in New Orleans. The fellowship is an opportunity for students to put their education into practice by advancing community-based projects engaging and networking with designers and architects and working with the Small Center team to continue to challenge - [Identity and Agency in Architecture: Expansion of diversity pipelines and Exposure of diversity deficiencies in architecture](https://small.tulane.edu/news/identity-and-agency-in-architecture-expansion-of-diversity-pipelines-and-exposure-of-diversity-deficiencies-in-architecture/) - Is the built environment just if it does not consider identities of the non-- white, heterosexual, able-bodied, cis-gender, privileged male? What person or culture does the built environment prioritize, and what communities are afterthoughts of city planners, designers, and architects? And who is even represented en masse in the architecture profession? Some of the most - [2021 Design Futures Student Leadership Forum - Call for Applications](https://small.tulane.edu/news/2021-design-futures-student-leadership-forum-call-for-applications/) - Apply to represent TUSA at Design Futures today! When: June 9-12, 2021 Where: Online via Zoom, hosted by the University of Michigan and the Design Futures team Who can apply: all TUSA students in good standing (grad and undergrad students are both eligible) Due: Applications inclusive of resume and statement of interest are due by - [2018 Public Interest Design Fellows wade through regional water issues](https://small.tulane.edu/news/2018-public-interest-design-fellows-wade-through-regional-water-issues/) - Fellows spent eight weeks dissecting what it means to live with water, adapt to an uncertain future and work together with a focus on balancing water’s positive and negative traits. Their efforts centered on two project areas – graphic advocacy and tactical urbanism. To understand water management on a local level, fellows met with numerous - [Singing Oak Tree Design Competition - WINNER ANNOUNCED!!](https://small.tulane.edu/news/singing-oak-tree-design-competition-finalists-2/) - [Small Center celebrates 15-year anniversary with 15K for 15 Years Fundraiser](https://small.tulane.edu/news/small-center-celebrates-15-year-anniversary-with-15k-for-15-years-fundraiser/) - Over the past fifteen years, The Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design, the community design center of the Tulane School of Architecture, has completed over 130 engaged, high quality design projects with partners across New Orleans and trained over 600 students. The Center continues to challenge conventions on what design is, who it is - [Singing Oak Tree Design Competition - FINALISTS ANNOUNCED!!](https://small.tulane.edu/news/singing-oak-tree-design-competition-finalists/) - [Singing Oak Tree Design Competition - ENTRIES ON VIEW!!](https://small.tulane.edu/news/singing-oak-tree-design-competition-entries-on-view/) - [Singing Oak Tree Design Competition](https://small.tulane.edu/news/singing-oak-tree-design-competition/) - Held over the 2020-21 Winter Break, teams of Tulane School of Architecture students and/or faculty will utilize a design brief to propose a built occupiable surface around the City Park's beloved Singing Oak Tree. Finalists’ designs will be displayed underneath the tree and online in early 2021 to receive public input. City Park will work - [Small Center selects civil rights and equity-focused Design Build and Visioning Projects](https://small.tulane.edu/news/small-center-selects-civil-rights-and-equity-focused-design-build-and-visioning-projects/) - Over the coming school year, Tulane architecture students and faculty will partner to design and build a series of mobile herbal medicine carts that make healing, justice, and abolition visible and accessible in the city of New Orleans, as well as a visioning plan for an advocacy-centered community space that details the story of civil - [Work, Learn and Expand your skill set with Small Center this Summer](https://small.tulane.edu/news/work-learn-and-expand-your-skill-set-with-small-center-this-summer/) - We have two opportunities for students this summer- The Design Futures Student Leadership Forum, a week long forum focused on public interest design, and the Small Center Public Interest Design Fellowship . The deadline to apply for both opportunities has been extended to April 3, 2020. DESIGN FUTURES STUDENT FORUM (For all students) In 2020, the Design Futures Student - [Art, Water and Dialogue combine at DEPART-MENT Opening Reception](https://small.tulane.edu/news/art-water-and-dialogue-combine-at-depart-ment-opening-reception/) - More than 250 guests gathered at the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design on Feb. 6 to celebrate the opening of the latest DEPART-MENT exhibit, on display through June 2020. The exhibit is open to the public from 10am-5pm Monday through Friday. DEPART-MENT re-imagines the existing Small Center’s exhibition and event space at - ["A Safe Home-Going for Exonerees." Small Center re-designs "The RAE House" with restorative justice advocates to help support exonerated men and women in Louisiana.](https://small.tulane.edu/news/a-safe-home-going-for-exonerees-small-center-re-designs-the-rae-house-with-restorative-justice-advocates-to-help-support-exonerated-men-and-women-in-louisiana/) - A New Orleans nonprofit that supports those who’ve been wrongfully incarcerated recently worked closely with Tulane architecture students, staff and faculty to develop a vision for the nonprofit’s headquarters. The Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design at the Tulane School of Architecture conducted a series of meetings with Resurrection After Exoneration (RAE) to determine - [Architecture students work with youth, families, and justice advocates on design-build project](https://small.tulane.edu/news/architecture-students-work-with-youth-families-and-justice-advocates-on-design-build-project/) - This past fall, the sounds of drills, saws, and other power tools were heard around the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design. Under the lead of Tulane School of Architecture professor Emilie Taylor Welty, 12 Tulane students were busy at work to design and build a playspace Hotel Hope. "Working with Hotel Hope - [Small Center selects its 2019-20 RFP Design Build and Visioning Projects](https://small.tulane.edu/news/small-center-selects-its-2019-design-build-and-visioning-projects/) - Over the coming school year, Tulane architecture students and faculty will partner to design and build a recreation space for children and mothers experiencing homelessness, as well as a visioning plan for a community and office space for those working in criminal justice reform. The two projects are part of an annual program focused on - [Gold and Silver Medalists Announced for 2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence](https://small.tulane.edu/news/gold-and-silver-medalists-announced-for-2019-rudy-bruner-award-for-urban-excellence/) - Excerpted from Metropolis Magazine The Bruner Foundation named Crosstown Concourse in Memphis as the Gold Medal winner of its Rudy Bruner Award (RBA) for Urban Excellence. The project converted an old Sears, Roebuck & Company warehouse into a mixed-use hub and community anchor. The $210 million, 1.5 million-square-foot development began in 2017 and now includes - [Small Center nationally recognized for collaborative approach with ASCA award](https://small.tulane.edu/news/tulane-school-of-architectures-community-design-center-nationally-recognized-for-collaborative-approach/) - The award highlights the Small Center’s 13 years of design-build projects and engagement programs, in particular the Parasite Skatepark project, a New Orleans park that officially opened in 2015 following years of efforts by local skaters to establish a recreation space. The Small Center provided various types of technical assistance, such as convening stakeholders and - [Small Center Project named finalist for 2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence](https://small.tulane.edu/news/3030/) - “The range of issues addressed in this year’s submissions reflect the evolution of our understanding of placemaking in cities,” said RBA founder Simeon Bruner in a press release. “The five finalists illustrate the shifting role of design in response to the imperatives of social inclusivity and environmental resilience.” Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, RBA - [Small Center Project wins 2018 AIA Louisiana Design Award](https://small.tulane.edu/news/hollygrove-greenline-pavilion-wins-honor-award-aia-louisiana-awards/) - Every year, the awards celebrate the best of this state’s architecture, recognize achievement in a broad range of architectural work, and inform the public of the breadth and value of architectural practice. This award is a reflection of the hard work of our faculty, staff, students and community partners. Two Tulane School of Architecture faculty members, Judith Kinnard, FAIA, - [Small Center Case Study published in "Public Interest Design Education Guidebook"](https://small.tulane.edu/news/2854/) - “Public Interest Design Education Guidebook: Curricula, Strategies, and SEED Academic Case Studies” (Routledge, 2018) presents the work and ideas of more than 60 thought-leaders that together are shaping a broad curriculum of public interest design. Written in a guidebook format that includes projects from across design disciplines, the publication describes the learning critical to pursuing - [RFP 2018 Selected Projects](https://small.tulane.edu/news/rfp-2018-selected-projects/) - Thanks to generous support from Johnson Controls Incorporated, Small Center and Tulane School of Architecture faculty and students can provide pro-bono design and planning services to these two New Orleans nonprofit and community-based organizations during the 2018–19 school year. We’d like to thank Alexandra Miller, Alvin David, Andreanecia Morris, Ann Yoachim, Ben Smith, Casius Pealer, - [Iñaki Alday, named as the new dean of the Tulane University School of Architecture](https://small.tulane.edu/news/inaki-alday-named-as-the-new-dean-of-the-tulane-university-school-of-architecture/) - Alday holds a degree in architecture from Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, where he served as an associate professor of architecture. He was also a lecturer and visiting professor at several other universities. Alday joined UVA in 2011 and was chair of its School of Architecture until 2016. In 2016, he was appointed - [RUBARB Spring 2018 Design/Build Project featured in local news](https://small.tulane.edu/news/rubarb-spring-2018-design-build-project-featured-in-local-news/) - The project sought to create a more inviting space for the community, improve the functionality of the shop space, and enhance RUBARB's neighborhood presence. To read the full article written by Mary Johns and published in the Tulane New Wave, please click here. This project was made possible by the generous support of Johnson Controls Incorporated. - [Small Center Projects win two 2018 AIA New Orleans Design Awards](https://small.tulane.edu/news/small-center-projects-win-two-2018-aia-new-orleans-design-awards/) - Every year, the awards celebrate the best of this region’s architecture, recognize achievement in a broad range of architectural work, and inform the public of the breadth and value of architectural practice. This award is a reflection of the hard work of our students, faculty, staff, and partners who collaborated with us to make these projects a success. We thank you - [Small Center Welcomes New Director](https://small.tulane.edu/news/small-center-welcomes-new-director/) - As an educator, scholar and administrator, Ann has more than 15 years of experience building partnerships across campus-community boundaries and supporting meaningful change. Much of Ann’s work falls at the intersection of design, equity and ecology. She is focused on facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration and shaping built, natural and social environments that impact health and wellness. - [The 2018 RFP is now open!](https://small.tulane.edu/news/the-2018-rfp-is-now-open/) - To qualify for the program you must: Be based in New Orleans Have a specific design or planning project Be a nonprofit organization (or operate under the sponsorship of another nonprofit) This is a 3-page application process. Please click 2018 RFP Application to view the packet explaining the application process. If you have any questions, please - [Design Build Manager Recognized by Service Learning Teaching Award](https://small.tulane.edu/news/design-build-manager-recognized-with-barbara-e-moely-service-learning-teaching-award/) - Every year, the Center for Public Service recognizes one professor who embraces Dr. Moely’s exceptional dedication to bringing classrooms to life though engaged partnerships. This award is a reflection of Dr. Moely’s decades-long devotion of bridging the university-community divide by training students across disciplines to become compassionate and culturally competent leaders. A leader in the Design/Build - [Small Center is hiring student interns!](https://small.tulane.edu/news/small-center-is-hiring/) - Responsibilities may include: • Writing and design assignments, including creating press releases and flyers • Setting up and taking down chairs, tables, food, and AV equipment on event days • Preparing gallery for shows, including printing and cutting signs, and hanging pieces • Scheduling and contacting potential speakers through both email and phone • Photographing - [Design As Protest Workshop Convenes Makers, Doers](https://small.tulane.edu/news/design-as-protest-workshop-convenes-makers-doers/) - During the workshop, six different teams collaborated to answer core questions at the intersection of social justice and design, varying from education to making City Hall more accessible, through sketches, models, diagrams, and writings. The resulting renderings, imagery, and writing might be used both locally and nationally, drawing broad attention to the challenges we collectively - [Façade RENEW Wins 2017 Louisiana Landmark Society Award](https://small.tulane.edu/news/facade-renew-wins-2017-louisiana-landmark-society-award/) - Façade RENEW received a 2017 Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation Order by the Louisiana Landmark Society. Each of these awards honor projects completed in Orleans Parish in 2016 which represent outstanding examples of restoration or rehabilitation of historic buildings. An ongoing grant program since 2014, Façade RENEW is a collaboration between the New Orleans - [Summer 2017: Public Interest Design Fellows](https://small.tulane.edu/news/summer-2017-public-interest-design-fellows/) - This year, our staff had a difficult time selecting our six fellows from the range of qualified students. We're excited to work with these talented designers this summer: Carolyn Isaacson Christie Melgar Kekeli Dawes Kelsey Willis Ana Sandoval Ryan Shaaban If you're a current student at Tulane School of Architecture, and interested in applying for - [Design/Build Manager, Emilie Taylor Welty, Receives Malcolm Heard Award](https://small.tulane.edu/news/designbuild-manager-emilie-taylor-welty-receives-malcolm-heard-award/) - In 2005, as a Masters' student at Tulane School of Architecture, Emilie helped create Small Center (then Tulane City Center). For over 12 years now, she has worked to teach architecture students how to be better designers, makers, and citizens. Her most recent design projects at Small Center include the Big Class Writers' Room, Community Book - [First day of Summer 2017 PID Fellowship](https://small.tulane.edu/news/first-day-of-summer-2017-pid-fellowship/) - Our annual PID Fellowship is an intensive 8-week paid internship opportunity for students enrolled in the Tulane School of Architecture to work on real-world projects with community-based organizations in New Orleans. This summer's Fellows are: Kekeli Dawes Carolyn Isaacson Christie Melgar Ana Sandoval Ryan Shaaban Kelsey Willis We're also pleased to welcome Aron Chang, Project - [Summer Fellows Present Research at the Blue House](https://small.tulane.edu/news/summer-fellows-present-research-at-the-blue-house/) - Led by architect Aron Chang, the Fellows researched and designed both a stormwater management guide and a game that allow residents to explore different strategies for living with water in a subsiding city that sits below sea-level. About the Summer Fellowship Each summer, Small Center offers Tulane School of Architecture (TSA) students the opportunity to - [Small Center at ACD's 40th Annual Conference](https://small.tulane.edu/news/small-center-at-acds-40th-annual-conference/) - Small Center sent our Design/Build Manager, Emilie Taylor Welty, and our Program Assistant, Shoshana Gordon, to Dallas to share ideas and projects with over 100 designers, educators, architects, and planners. - [Director Maggie Hansen says farewell](https://small.tulane.edu/news/director-maggie-hansen-says-farewell/) - While we will miss working with Maggie, the team here at Small Center knows that her presence will continue to inform our design work and we look forward to our upcoming projects this fall, including an exhibit on sites of resistance and protest in New Orleans. Emilie Taylor Welty has often been described as the ‘heart’ of - [Summer Fellowship Celebration](https://small.tulane.edu/news/summer-fellowship-celebration/) - 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 - [RFP 2017 Selected Projects](https://small.tulane.edu/news/rfp-2017-selected-projects/) - Thanks to generous support from Johnson Controls Incorporated, Small Center and Tulane School of Architecture faculty and students can provide pro-bono design and planning services to these two New Orleans nonprofit and community-based organizations during the 2017–18 school year. This year, our jury had a truly difficult time selecting only two projects. We’d like to - [Roundtable Highlights Veteran Political Organizers](https://small.tulane.edu/news/roundtable-highlights-veteran-political-organizers/) - The panel is a part of the ongoing event series associated with our Fall Exhibit, Sites of Resistance: An Exhibit Exploring the Histories + Geographies of Social Change in New Orleans. Sites of Resistance works to reframe a dominant narrative that has obscured New Orleans’ historical role as a site of intense organizing, legal strategy, labor - [Map Room comes to New Orleans](https://small.tulane.edu/news/map-room-comes-to-new-orleans/) - The St. Louis Map Room was a collaboration between the Office of Creative Research, the St. Louis-based Center for Creative Arts, and St. Louis Public Schools in Spring 2017. If you're interested in helping create a Map Room in New Orleans, please reach out to us at baronne@tulane.edu, on Facebook, or send us a message - [Healthy Tremé Housing Research Highlighted in Local News](https://small.tulane.edu/news/healthy-treme-housing-research-highlighted-in-local-news/) - The project sought to define holistic redevelopment strategies and identify regulatory changes that could provided greater access to health-related amenities. To read the full article written by Mary Johns and published in the Tulane New Wave, please click here. This project was made possible by the generous support of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Louisiana - [Alum Returns to Speak on Process + Practice](https://small.tulane.edu/news/alum-returns-to-speak-on-process-practice/) - [Over 100 Attend Sites of Resistance Opening](https://small.tulane.edu/news/over-100-attend-sites-of-resistance-opening/) - Bill Quigley, professor of law and Director of the Law Clinic and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center at Loyola University, facilitated a lively discussion of current and past resistance movements in New Orleans. Sites of Resistance works to reframe a dominant narrative that has obscured New Orleans' historical role as a site of intense organizing, legal - [Red Beans Roundtable Illuminates City Budget](https://small.tulane.edu/news/red-beans-roundtable-illuminates-city-budget/) - Kelsey Foster, Campaign Director of Committee for a Better New Orleans; Andreanecia M. Morris, Executive Director of HousingNOLA; and Andy Kopplin, CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation broke down the current city budget for participants and explained how affordable housing fits into the budget. Red Beans Roundtables are organized by Small Center's Public Programs - [Small Center Welcomes New Assistant Director](https://small.tulane.edu/news/small-center-welcomes-new-assistant-director/) - An architect, urban planner, and graphic designer, Rashidah comes to Small Center with a keen sense of how design can serve as a catalyst for systemic change in the built environment. As the owner and principal of the graphic design firm, Rashidah Williams Design LLC, Rashidah has cross-disciplinary experience in leading community engaged projects for - [Summer Fellows present research at Eskew+Dumez+Ripple](https://small.tulane.edu/news/summer-fellows-present-research-at-eskewdumezripple/) - 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 - [Bus stop prototype installed in the Lower Nine](https://small.tulane.edu/news/bus-stop-prototype-installed-in-the-lower-nine/) - The fellows worked with the staff and Green Team members of Groundwork New Orleans to design, build, and install a solar-powered bus stop prototype. The bus stop was fully installed this week at the intersection of Caffin and Prieur. This summer fellowship is made possible by the generous support of Morris Adjmi, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, and the - [We're Hiring!](https://small.tulane.edu/news/were-hiring/) - The director will oversee continued progress of community‐based programs and design projects, raise the local and national prominence of the Center’s work, and develop sustained financial support ensuring the program’s future. The director will serve as project and staff leader, strategy creator, creative problem‐solver and relationship steward for the Small Center. For more information and to - [Small Center sends five students to Design Futures](https://small.tulane.edu/news/small-center-sends-five-students-to-design-futures/) - [Introducing Our 2017 Request For Proposals Jury](https://small.tulane.edu/news/introducing-our-2017-request-for-proposals-jury/) - Every year, we hold an annual Request for Proposals, where we invite proposals from New Orleans-based nonprofit and community-based organizations for pro-bono design and planning services. Each year, a jury – made up of past project partners, former students, leaders in local community-based organizations, design professionals, and Tulane University faculty – selects the projects we will - [Urban Orders Collaboration](https://small.tulane.edu/news/project-manager-nick-jenisch-collaborates-with-international-planning-group-urban-orders/) - This spring, our project manager, Nick, hosted the international city research group, Urban Orders, at Small Center for a week-long conference. Urban Orders (URO) is a transdisciplinary research network based at Aarhus University, Denmark, which focuses on the relationship between the appropriation of urban spaces and new forms of urban citizenship. Taking ‘urban order’ to - [Hollygrove Greenline Officially Opens](https://small.tulane.edu/news/hollygrove-greenline-officially-opens/) - After five years of hard work, we're so excited to officially open the Hollygrove Greenline! Throughout this process, several phases of development have been achieved, including site access, walking paths, rain gardens, shade trees, seating, and a shade pavilion with unique water collection devices used to demonstrate four ways of reducing stormwater runoff and local flooding - [2017 RFPs due TONIGHT](https://small.tulane.edu/news/2017-rfps-due-tonight/) - Friendly reminder: If you're a nonprofit or community based organization in New Orleans, and have a specific design project, applications for our 2017 RFP are due TODAY, May 9 at 5 pm! - [Small Center Hosts Tulane AIAS, NOMAS, & Women in Architecture](https://small.tulane.edu/news/small-center-hosts-tulane-aias-nomas-women-in-architecture/) - As part of AIA New Orleans' A-Week, we were excited to host Tulane's Women in Architecture, NOMAS, and AIAS! Thanks to Tulane Architecture students, Bryan Bradshaw, Keristen Edwards, and Chris Daemmrich, for an insightful presentation and discussion about the intersection of race, gender, and design of the built environment. - [Final Review – Big Class Writers' Room](https://small.tulane.edu/news/final-review-big-class-writers-room/) - Our design/build project for this spring semester, the Big Class Writers' Room, officially drew to a close today with a final review of the project by Emily Baker, Doug Keller, Charles Jones, Kentaro Tsubaki, Ashley Teamer, and Kristen Zeiber. We're grateful to each of the reviewers for their insightful questions and ideas about other possible ## Projects - [Monroe Louisiana Neighborhood Study](https://small.tulane.edu/project/monroe/) - A neighborhood planning study to develop design guidelines, signage, and increased pedestrian and bicycle accessibility. - [Lake Forest Boulevard Corridor Study](https://small.tulane.edu/project/lakeforest/) - A planning study to identify development potential alongside pedestrian and biking improvements. - [Growing Local Collaborative](https://small.tulane.edu/project/growing-local-collaborative/) - Small Center worked collaboratively with the Growing Local Collaborative (GLC) throughout Fall 2025 to engage with community, research, design, and build an outdoor classroom and shade pavilion at GLC's new Central City site. Context Located at the intersection of Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. and Thalia St., the Myrtle Banks Building is the future home to - [Broad Street Corridor Study](https://small.tulane.edu/project/broad/) - A neighborhood planning study to identify development opportunities, infrastructure improvements, and bolster cultural representation through art and branding. - [Sugar Roots Farm Outdoor Classroom](https://small.tulane.edu/project/sugarroots/) - An outdoor classroom space and water management strategy at Sugar Roots, a teaching farm located in Lower Algiers - [STEM Library Lab](https://small.tulane.edu/project/stem/) - An interior build-out of a STEM equipment lending library for use by teachers across the New Orleans Metro. - [RUBARB Community Bike Shop](https://small.tulane.edu/project/rubarb/) - Small Center worked with RUBARB, a community bike shop, to reimagine and upgrade their space in the upper ninth ward. The shaded outdoor "porch" adds a dynamic and welcoming entry and activity area, while bike racks, awnings, and interior furnishings improve functionality and reinforce the goals of sustainability, re-use and collective ownership of the space. - [Covenant House Care Center](https://small.tulane.edu/project/covenanthouse/) - An interior reimagining of Covenant House New Orleans' Care Center - [Hotel Hope Playscape](https://small.tulane.edu/project/hhplayscape/) - Hotel Hope, a non-profit, interfaith organization provides housing and services to women and children living through homelessness. Hotel Hope responded to Small Center’s yearly Request for Project Proposals with the goal to transform the courtyard at their emergency housing location from a harsh concrete slab into a play haven. - [Prisoner's Apothecarts](https://small.tulane.edu/project/apothecarts/) - Artist and activist jackie sumell responded to Small Center’s yearly Request For Proposals with the goal to create mobile apothecary carts used to educate the public around prison abolition. - [Lafreniere Neighborhood Revitalization Study](https://small.tulane.edu/project/lafreniere/) - neighborhood revitalization planning and architectural design for residential facade improvements - [Healthy Tremé Housing Research](https://small.tulane.edu/project/healthy-treme-housing-research/) - [Terrytown Neighborhood Revitalization Study](https://small.tulane.edu/project/ttown/) - neighborhood revitalization planning and architectural design for model homes - [DEPART-MENT](https://small.tulane.edu/project/depart-ment/) - DEPART-MENT engages pressing themes and questions through an interdisciplinary practice that brings together research & academia, art & design, and community & civic organizations. - [The RAE House](https://small.tulane.edu/project/the-rae-house/) - design visioning project in collaboration with an exoneree-support organization to revamp their headquarters - [Recharge NOLA](https://small.tulane.edu/project/recharge/) - visioning project providing research and graphic design to create educational boards explaining water management issues in southeast louisiana - [LURAC](https://small.tulane.edu/project/lurac/) - student and faculty network linking all university planning and architecture programs in Louisiana - [The Farmacia Wellness Hub](https://small.tulane.edu/project/the-farmacia-wellness-hub/) - [Groundwork Earth Lab](https://small.tulane.edu/project/groundwork/) - The Small Center team worked closely with Groundwork New Orleans to design and build an outdoor classroom, entryway, and event space to enhance the Earth Lab’s visibility and functionality for its educational programming. - [International High School of New Orleans](https://small.tulane.edu/project/warehouse-at-jane-place-2/) - [Bayou Sauvage Outlook](https://small.tulane.edu/project/bayou-sauvage-outlook/) - academic design-build pavilion project, steel CNC plasma - [Warehouse at Jane Place](https://small.tulane.edu/project/warehouse-at-jane-place/) - [Hollygrove Rain Gardens](https://small.tulane.edu/project/hollygrove-rain-gardens/) - [Hollygrove Greenline Shade-Water Pavilion](https://small.tulane.edu/project/hollygrove-greenline-pavilion/) - [Gander Point](https://small.tulane.edu/project/gander-point/) - [Ozanam Inn Day Space](https://small.tulane.edu/project/ozanam-inn-day-space/) - [Big Class Writers' Room](https://small.tulane.edu/project/big-class/) - [Mardi Gras Indian Cultural Campus](https://small.tulane.edu/project/mardi-gras-indian-cultural-campus/) - [LaSalle Street Cultural Corridor](https://small.tulane.edu/project/lasalle-street-cultural-corridor/) - [Eco Pavilion Sustainable Exhibition](https://small.tulane.edu/project/eco-pavilion-sustainable-exhibition/) - [Central City Neighborhood Guide](https://small.tulane.edu/project/central-city-neighborhood-guide/) - [Allison Montana Institute of Art, Culture and Tradition](https://small.tulane.edu/project/allison-montana-institute-of-art-culture-and-tradition/) - [A.L. Davis Park](https://small.tulane.edu/project/a-l-davis-park/) - [URBANbuild](https://small.tulane.edu/project/urbanbuild/) - [Holy Ghost House](https://small.tulane.edu/project/holy-ghost-house/) - [Edible Schoolyard Outdoor Classroom](https://small.tulane.edu/project/edible-schoolyard/) - [All Souls Altar](https://small.tulane.edu/project/all-souls-altar/) - [APEX Bleachers](https://small.tulane.edu/project/apex-bleachers/) - [CITYbuild Consortium of Schools](https://small.tulane.edu/project/citybuild-consortium-of-schools/) - [CSED Environmental Learning + Research Center](https://small.tulane.edu/project/csed-environmental-learning-research-center/) - [SMALL CENTER HEADQUARTERS (1725 BARONNE)](https://small.tulane.edu/project/small-center-headquarters-1725-baronne/) - [Backstreet Cultural Museum](https://small.tulane.edu/project/backstreet-cultural-museum/) - [Columbus Greenway](https://small.tulane.edu/project/columbus-greenway/) - [Mental Health Wellness: One in Six](https://small.tulane.edu/project/mental-wellness-one-in-six/) - [Ride New Orleans Transit Advocacy](https://small.tulane.edu/project/ride-new-orleans-transit-advocacy/) - [Sites of Resistance](https://small.tulane.edu/project/sites-of-resistance/) - [Pyramid Resources Wellness Institute](https://small.tulane.edu/project/pyramid-wellness-institute/) - [Stormwater Management: Community-based Planning and Design](https://small.tulane.edu/project/stormwater-management-community-based-planning-and-design/) - [Magellan Street Garden](https://small.tulane.edu/project/magellan/) - [LOOP NOLA Pavilion](https://small.tulane.edu/project/loop-nola-pavilion/) - [Community Book Center Renovation](https://small.tulane.edu/project/community-book-center-renovation/) - [Sankofa Mobile Market](https://small.tulane.edu/project/sankofa-mobile-market/) - [Dew Drop Inn](https://small.tulane.edu/project/dew-drop-inn/) - [Parisite Skate Park](https://small.tulane.edu/project/parisite-skate-park/) - [Hung Dao Heritage Garden](https://small.tulane.edu/project/hung-dao-heritage-garden/) - [Façade Renew](https://small.tulane.edu/project/facade-renew/) - [Grow Dat Youth Farm](https://small.tulane.edu/project/grow-dat-youth-farm/) - [Groundwork New Orleans Solar-Charging Bench](https://small.tulane.edu/project/groundwork-new-orleans-solar-charging-bench/) - [Cornerstones](https://small.tulane.edu/project/cornerstones/) - [Hagar's House: Project Ish](https://small.tulane.edu/project/hagars-house-project-ish/) - [Guardians Institute](https://small.tulane.edu/project/guardians-institute/) - [Bayou Road Initiative](https://small.tulane.edu/project/bayou-road-initiative/) - [Behavioral Health and Schools](https://small.tulane.edu/project/behavioral-health-and-schools/) - [HousingNOLA Advocacy](https://small.tulane.edu/project/housing-nola-advocacy/) - [Vision House](https://small.tulane.edu/project/vision-house/) - [Rental Conditions Advocacy](https://small.tulane.edu/project/renters-rights-campaign/) - [The Cost of Home: Local Models and National Policy for Affordability](https://small.tulane.edu/project/the-cost-of-home-local-models-and-national-policy-for-affordability/) - [Lead Study](https://small.tulane.edu/project/lead-study/) - [Guide to New Orleans Street Performance](https://small.tulane.edu/project/guide-to-new-orleans-street-performance/) - [Youth Design Partnerships](https://small.tulane.edu/project/ongoing-youth-design-partnerships/) - [Storypod](https://small.tulane.edu/project/storypod/) - [Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard: Past, Present, Future](https://small.tulane.edu/project/oretha-castle-haley-boulevard-past-present-future/) - [Locating New Orleans: An Exploration on Shaky Ground](https://small.tulane.edu/project/locating-new-orleans-an-exploration-on-shaky-ground/) - [L9 Visioning Coalition](https://small.tulane.edu/project/l9-visioning-coalition/) - [Vacant Land MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES](https://small.tulane.edu/project/vacant-land-management-strategies/) - [2739 Palmyra](https://small.tulane.edu/project/2739-palmyra/) - [Circle Food Store](https://small.tulane.edu/project/circle-food-store/) ## Publications - [2014 PID Fellowship Booklet](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/2014-pid-fellowship-booklet/) - [2015 PID Fellowship Booklet](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/2015-pid-fellowship-booklet/) - [2016 PID Fellowship Booklet](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/2016-pid-fellowship-booklet/) - [2017 PID Fellowship Booklet](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/2017-pid-fellowship-booklet/) - [2018 PID Fellowship Booklet](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/2018-pid-fellowship-booklet/) - [2019 PID Fellowship Booklet](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/2019-pid-fellowship-booklet/) - [2020 PID Fellowship Foldable Zine](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/2020-pid-fellowship-foldable-zine/) - [2020 PID Fellowship Booklet](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/2020-pid-fellowship-booklet/) - [2015–2016 Annual Report](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/2015-2016-annual-report/) - [2016–2017 Annual Report](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/2016-2017-annual-report/) - [2017–2018 Annual Report](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/2017-2018-annual-report/) - [2018–2019 Annual Report](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/2018-2019-annual-report/) - [2019-2021 Annual Report](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/2019-2021-annual-report/) - [2022–2023 Annual Report](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/2022-2023-annual-report/) - [2023–2024 Annual Report](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/2023-2024-annual-report/) - [2024–2025 Annual Report](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/2024-2025-annual-report/) - [Scale and Its Implications; Working out:Thinking While Building 2 web conference](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/scale-and-its-implications-working-outthinking-while-building-2-web-conference/) - [Refining Process, Expanding Practice: Public Interest Design Fieldnotes from the South](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/refining-process-expanding-practice-public-interest-design-fieldnotes-from-the-south/) - [Recovery to Resilience: Finding a Transdisciplinary Approach to Community-Based Design](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/recovery-to-resilience-finding-a-transdisciplinary-approach-to-community-based-design-2/) - [Radical Incrementalism: An Open Letter in Defense of the Small](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/radical-incrementalism-an-open-letter-in-defense-of-the-small/) - [Public Interest Design, Pragmatism, and Potentials in a Postdiluvian City.](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/public-interest-design-pragmatism-and-potentials-in-a-postdiluvian-city/) - ['Designers, Citizens, and Citizen-Designers; Charting New Modes of Engagement, Collaboration, and Project Outcomes at Tulane City Center'](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/designers-citizens-and-citizen-designers-charting-new-modes-of-engagement-collaboration-and-project-outcomes-at-tulane-city-center/) - [Design-Build Studio Outcomes: Researching Potential vs Practice; ACSA Teachers Conference, Practice of Teaching](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/design-build-studio-outcomes-researching-potential-vs-practice-acsa-teachers-conference-practice-of-teaching/) - [Collaborative Design; Supporting Lasting Social ChangeBottom-Up Social Change](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/collaborative-design-supporting-lasting-social-changebottom-up-social-change/) - [A Replicable Model for Educating Community Architects](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/a-replicable-model-for-educating-community-architects/) - [If:Then, Assessing the Impacts of 20 Years of a University-Based Community Design Center](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/ifthen-assessing-the-impacts-of-20-years-of-a-university-based-community-design-center/) - [Collaborating for Change in New Orleans: Small Center for Collaborative Design](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/collaborating-for-change-in-new-orleans-small-center-for-collaborative-design-in/) - [‘Hollygrove Shade Water Pavilion,’; Fabric[ated]](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/hollygrove-shade-water-pavilion-fabricated/) - [Smallx20: Twenty Years of Collaborative Design in New Orleans](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/smallx20-twenty-years-of-collaborative-design-in-new-orleans/) - (2025). Hansen, M., Jenisch, N, Yoachim, A. Welty, E.T ISBN: ‏196651509X - [Healthy Foundation](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/healthy-foundation/) - [Cultural, health, education programs find home with Guardians Institute’s new building](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/cultural-health-education-programs-find-home-with-guardians-institutes-new-building/) - [New Orleans announces $1 million in business-facelift money for blighted corridors](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/new-orleans-announces-1-million-in-business-facelift-money-for-blighted-corridors/) - [City program breathes life into Bayou Road, one of New Orleans’ oldest thoroughfares](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/city-program-breathes-life-into-bayou-road-one-of-new-orleans-oldest-thoroughfares/) - [Bayou Road Buildings Get Facade Improvements](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/bayou-road-buildings-get-facade-improvements/) - [Transforma New Orleans 2005-2010](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/transforma-new-orleans-2005-2010/) - [Grow Dat Youth Farm, Tulane City Center](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/grow-dat-youth-farm-tulane-city-center/) - [Hurricane recovery gave New Orleans reason to band together to offer more healthful food](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/hurricane-recovery-gave-new-orleans-reason-to-band-together-to-offer-more-healthful-food/) - [Out of Desert Dust, a Miracle on a Shoestring](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/out-of-desert-dust-a-miracle-on-a-shoestring/) - [Urban Oases](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/urban-oases/) - [An Urban Farm Puts New Orleans Teens to Work](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/an-urban-farm-puts-new-orleans-teens-to-work/) - [Circle Food Store shuttered after Hurricane Katrina reopens](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/circle-food-store-shuttered-after-hurricane-katrina-reopens/) - [Circle Food Store opens again after eight-year struggle to rebuild](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/circle-food-store-opens-again-after-eight-year-struggle-to-rebuild/) - [Circle Food Store Owner Presents Plans to City Council](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/circle-food-store-owner-presents-plans-to-city-council/) - [Saving Circle Food Store](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/saving-circle-food-store/) - [Creating “Permanently Affordable” Rental Housing in New Orleans](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/creating-permanently-affordable-rental-housing-in-new-orleans/) - [Affordable Housing Exhibit pops up at Tulane City Center](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/affordable-housing-exhibit-pops-up-at-tulane-city-center/) - [Algiers Vietnamese Community Planning Neighborhood Park](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/algiers-vietnamese-community-planning-neighborhood-park/) - [As New Orleans Recovers, Will The Dew Drop Inn Swing Again?](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/as-new-orleans-recovers-will-the-dew-drop-inn-swing-again/) - [Dew Drop Inn to reopen](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/dew-drop-inn-to-reopen/) - [Iconic Central City landmark to be resurrected](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/iconic-central-city-landmark-to-be-resurrected/) - [Storytelling Project Fosters Neighborhood Cohesion in Post-Katrina New Orleans](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/storytelling-project-fosters-neighborhood-cohesion-in-post-katrina-new-orleans/) - [Charting New Orleans Everday Landmarks](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/charting-new-orleans-everday-landmarks/) - [Tulane University Builds Big Chief’s Abode](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/tulane-university-builds-big-chiefs-abode/) - [A Tribute to the Big Chief: Donald Harrison Sr.'s Family Turn Their Yard into a Mardi Gras Indian Cultural Center](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/a-tribute-to-the-big-chief-donald-harrison-sr-s-family-turn-their-yard-into-a-mardi-gras-indian-cultural-center/) - [Ride New Orleans Calls on RTA to Build a Public Transportation Center in the CBD](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/ride-new-orleans-calls-on-rta-to-build-a-public-transportation-center-in-the-cbd/) - [Demonstration Leads RTA to Reveal Project Plans](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/demonstration-leads-rta-to-reveal-project-plans/) - [Busy Canal Street Bus Stop Lacks Infrastructure for Riders](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/busy-canal-street-bus-stop-lacks-infrastructure-for-riders/) - [Best New Architecture; 5 Blueprints to Success](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/best-new-architecture-5-blueprints-to-success/) - [Grow Dat Youth Farm Nurtures Leaders](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/grow-dat-youth-farm-nurtures-leaders/) - [Grow Dat Youth Farm nurtures young leaders amid planting](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/grow-dat-youth-farm-nurtures-young-leaders-amid-planting/) - [Sites of Resistance Chronicles New Orleans History of Dissent](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/sites-of-resistance-chronicles-new-orleans-history-of-dissent/) - [Teaming up for a healthier neighborhood](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/teaming-up-for-a-healthier-neighborhood/) - [Pilot program aims to update 1960s housing stock in Terrytown](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/pilot-program-aims-to-update-1960s-housing-stock-in-terrytown/) - [Parisite Ushers in a New Era of NOLA Skate Culture](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/parisite-ushers-in-a-new-era-of-nola-skate-culture/) - [How Katrina Sparked a Black Skateboarding Renaissance in New Orleans](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/how-katrina-sparked-a-black-skateboarding-renaissance-in-new-orleans/) - [Design for the Other 90%](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/design-for-the-other-90/) - [Insurgent Architecture: An Alternative Approach to Design-Build](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/insurgent-architecture-an-alternative-approach-to-design-build/) - [Reinventing New Orleans](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/reinventing-new-orleans/) - [“URBANbuild I” Exhibition](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/urbanbuild-i-exhibition/) - [URBANbuild Exhibit](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/urbanbuild-exhibit/) - [“URBANbuild II” Exhibition](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/urbanbuild-ii-exhibition/) - [URBANbuild.designBUILD studio work](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/urbanbuild-designbuild-studio-work/) - [Project New Orleans](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/project-new-orleans/) - [An Unsentimental Education](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/an-unsentimental-education/) - [URBANbuild: The Fourth Generation](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/urbanbuild-the-fourth-generation/) - ["Architecture School"](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/architecture-school/) - [Giving Shelter: Students Scramble to Design and Construct a New Orleans House](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/giving-shelter-students-scramble-to-design-and-construct-a-new-orleans-house/) - [Rebuilding New Orleans, Post Katrina Style](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/rebuilding-new-orleans-post-katrina-style/) - [URBANbuild Students Bring Hope to New Orleans](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/urbanbuild-students-bring-hope-to-new-orleans/) - ['Architecture School': Rebuilding New Orleans on Reality TV](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/architecture-school-rebuilding-new-orleans-on-reality-tv/) - ["Architecture School" Reality Show Premieres on Sundance](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/architecture-school-reality-show-premieres-on-sundance/) - [Tulane Nears Completion on Third New Orleans House](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/tulane-nears-completion-on-third-new-orleans-house/) - [Sites of Resistance in New Orleans](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/sites-of-resistance-in-new-orleans/) - [Ace Hotel, Sophie B. Wright School Among Winners of AIA New Orleans Architecture Awards](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/ace-hotel-sophie-b-wright-school-among-winners-of-aia-new-orleans-architecture-awards/) - [Hollygrove Greenline Plots Improvements](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/hollygrove-greenline-plots-improvements/) - [New Orleans Street Performer Guide Looks to Protect Musicians, Clarify Law](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/new-orleans-street-performer-guide-looks-to-protect-musicians-clarify-law/) - [New Custom-Designed Benches Raise Spirits of Homeless Men at Ozanam Inn](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/new-custom-designed-benches-raise-spirits-of-homeless-men-at-ozanam-inn/) - [New, More Welcoming Respite Spot at Ozanam Inn](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/new-more-welcoming-respite-spot-at-ozanam-inn/) - [Architecture Students Bring Life to Local Shelter](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/architecture-students-bring-life-to-local-shelter/) - [Adam Savage's Maker Tour: Small Center for Collaborative Design](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/adam-savages-maker-tour-small-center-for-collaborative-design/) - [Fighting Floodwater to Grow A Garden and a Healthy New Orleans](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/fighting-floodwater-to-grow-a-garden-and-a-healthy-new-orleans/) - [With Some Help From Tulane, a Community Garden Sprouts Into a Hub for Learning About Food and the Environment](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/with-some-help-from-tulane-a-community-garden-sprouts-into-a-hub-for-learning-about-food-and-the-environment/) - [After Katrina, Tulane's Architecture School became a Community Builder](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/after-katrina-tulanes-architecture-school-became-a-community-builder-2/) - [New Orleans Parisite Skatepark gets City Planning Commission Approval](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/new-orleans-parisite-skatepark-gets-city-planning-commission-approval/) - [This 7th Ward Skate Park Comes with a Water Management Plan](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/this-7th-ward-skate-park-comes-with-a-water-management-plan/) - [Parisite Skate Park Plans Are Set to Roll in Gentilly](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/parisite-skate-park-plans-are-set-to-roll-in-gentilly/) - [New Orleans Opens First Official Skatepark in Gentilly Neighborhood](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/new-orleans-opens-first-official-skatepark-in-gentilly-neighborhood/) - [$350,000 Skateboard Park, 'The Parisite,' Opens in Gentilly](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/350000-skateboard-park-the-parisite-opens-in-gentilly/) - [Check It Out: New Orleans Opens Parisite Skate Park -- the First Public Skate Park in City's History](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/check-it-out-new-orleans-opens-parisite-skate-park-the-first-public-skate-park-in-citys-history/) - [Mayor Landrieu Opens New Orleans' First Public Skate Park](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/mayor-landrieu-opens-new-orleans-first-public-skate-park/) - [New Parisite Skateboard Park, a $350,000 Project, Opens Saturday in Gentilly](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/new-parisite-skateboard-park-a-350000-project-opens-saturday-in-gentilly/) - [First Public Skate Park Comes to Gentilly](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/first-public-skate-park-comes-to-gentilly/) - [Parisite Skate Park Officially Opens in New Orleans](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/parisite-skate-park-officially-opens-in-new-orleans/) - [Ride New Orleans Hosts “Day of Action,” RTA Hosts its Own Press Conference](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/ride-new-orleans-hosts-day-of-action-rta-hosts-its-own-press-conference/) - [Demo Aims to Improve CBD Transit Hub](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/demo-aims-to-improve-cbd-transit-hub/) - [Is a permanent transit hub in the CBD’s Future?](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/is-a-permanent-transit-hub-in-the-cbds-future/) - [Group Says RTA Bus Stops Not Up to Par](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/group-says-rta-bus-stops-not-up-to-par/) - [One Year Later: Where Things Stand With The CBD Transit Hub](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/one-year-later-where-things-stand-with-the-cbd-transit-hub/) - [Ride New Orleans: Setting the Transit Agenda](https://small.tulane.edu/publication/ride-new-orleans-setting-the-transit-agenda/) - 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