这个经济适用房产生于卡特里娜飓风过后新奥尔良市内急需新住处的重新安置工作。buildingstudio正在与科罗拉多州博尔德市的一个富裕客户合作，该客户对风暴过后新奥尔良市缺乏努力表示非常关注。因此，我们问他们是否愿意为卡特里娜飓风难民提供一个可负担得起的住房。客户不仅慷慨地捐出自己的钱，还邀请他们的朋友和同事参与建造一个经济适用房的费用。捐款总额为50,000.00美元。这笔慷慨的捐款使在新奥尔良经济困难地区推广和销售低成本房产的邻里住房服务公司能够以大幅降低的价格提供这所房子。buildingstudio也贡献了全部的设计和协调服务。

This affordable home arose out of the post-Katrina re-housing effort in New Orleans for an inner city neighborhood in dour need of new places to live. buildingstudio was working with an affluent client in Boulder, CO who voiced great concern for the lack of effort being made in New Orleans after the storm. As result we asked if they’d be willing to contribute toward an affordable home for a Katrina refugee. Not only did the clients generously give their own money, they invited their friends and colleagues to participate towards the cost of constructing an affordable home. The total sum contributed was $50,000.00. This generous contribution allows Neighborhood Housing Services, who promotes and markets low-cost properties in economically-strapped neighborhoods of New Orleans, to offer the house at a vastly reduced rate. buildingstudio, contributed its full design and coordination services as well.

该项目位于中央城，一个位于中央商务区和繁华的上城区之间的贫穷的城市内部社区。虽然中心城的基础设施在暴风雨前就已经严重恶化，而且它是全国人均涉毒谋杀率最高的地区之一，但坚韧不拔的社区精神依然存在。填充住房正在几个方面积极进行。非营利组织和基于信仰的团体已经为希望迁回的新居民建造了几十所房屋。大多数结构都是板式或模块式的，很少考虑到设计问题。

The project is located in Central City, an impoverished inner-city neighborhood situated between the CBD and the prosperous Uptown area. Though Central City’s infrastructure was severely deteriorating before the storm and it has one of the highest per capita of drug-related murder rates in the country, a resilient community fortitude still abounds. Infill housing is actively taking place on several fronts. Non-profits and faith-based groups have built several dozen homes for new residents hoping to move back. Most structures are either panelized or modular with little concern for design.

虽然这些房子是出于最好的意图，但它们的结构令人失望。这限制了它们的寿命，并破坏了该地区的长期生存能力。杜兰大学建筑学院也在该地区完成了四个实验性的设计/建造项目，作为更好地研究可负担的建筑策略的工具。

And while the best intentions went into these, they’re disappointingly constructed. This limits their lifespan and undermines the long-term viability of the neighborhood. Tulane University School of Architecture has also completed four experimental design/build projects in the area as tools to better research affordable construction strategies.

由于地块宽度异常狭窄，只有19英尺，最宽13英尺的方案是被允许的。这就产生了一个9600 SF的两室一厅的方案。绰号 “鳄鱼”，因为它的 “张嘴 “轮廓，它基于新奥尔良地区一个非常常见的传统类型–猎枪。这种布局是指所有的房间从前到后排成一排，以适应该市典型的狭长地段。在这个设计中，为了克服猎枪式住宅通常要求的中间卧室缺乏隐私的问题，一组滚动门允许隐私，并允许通过后方的卧室和浴室。在像中心城这样的老街区，前门廊是关键，因为很多社区活动都是在街上进行的。它是一个共同的聚会场所，邻居们在这里见面并相互娱乐。为此，金属栅栏台阶延伸到房子的前面，以便在与邻居交谈时随意坐下。街道的外墙在螺柱结构的每一侧都用半透明的白色绝缘塑料板覆盖。在这些面板之间，荧光灯为外部和内部客厅提供间接照明。在后部的主卧室旁，有一个狭窄的后门廊，与房屋的宽度相同。虽然被认为是低成本，但预算仍然允许在浴室里铺设人造硬木地板和瓷砖。该住宅符合抗飓风的要求，有隔热窗和有效的热封套，以降低水电费。外墙和屋顶采用工厂喷漆的预制金属壁板，便于维护和长期耐用。

With an unusually narrow lot width of 19-ft, a maximum 13-ft wide scheme was all that was allowed. This resulted in an 9600 SF two-bedroom, bath-and-a-half scheme. Nicknamed “Alligator”, because of its “open-mouth” profile, its based on a very common traditional typology in the New Orleans area— the shotgun. This layout is where all rooms align in a single row, front to back, in order to fit the long narrow lots typical of the City. In this design though, to overcome the lack of privacy for the middle bedroom that a shotgun typically demands, a set of rolling doors permits privacy and allows passage to the rear bedroom and bath. In older neighborhoods like Central City, the front stoop is key since so much community involvement takes place on the street. It’s the common gathering place where neighbors meet and entertain each other. For that purpose, metal grate steps stretch across the front of the house for casual sitting while visiting with neighbors. The street facade is clad in translucent white insulated plastic panels on each side of the stud structure. Between these panels, fluorescent fixtures provide indirect lighting both for the exterior and interior living room. Off the rear main bedroom there is a narrow rear porch the width of the home. While considered low-cost, the budget still allowed for engineered hardwood flooring and ceramic tile in the bathrooms. The home, meeting hurricane resistance requirements, has insulated windows with an efficient thermal envelope to lower utility bills. Exterior walls and roof are clad in factory-painted, preformed metal siding for ease of maintenance and long-term durability.

Architects: buildingstudio
Area : 960 ft²
Year : 2010
Photographs :Will Crocker, Undine Prohl
City：NEW ORLEANS
Country：UNITED STATES