Brad Pitt’s Duplex Designs

Duplex design by Atelier Hitoshi Abe.

Brad Pitt’s Make It Right foundation in New Orleans breaks new green ground with fourteen duplex designs. Families from the Lower 9th Ward can now choose a duplex in the Make It Right neighborhood.

Fourteen acclaimed architects volunteered their time and creativity to come up with high quality green designs for the residents. Architects include; Atelier Hitoshi Abe, Bild Design, Billes, buildingstudio, BNIM, Constructs, Elemental, Gehry Partners GRAFT, Kappe Architects, MVRDV, Pugh + Scarpa, Waggonner & Ball Architects and William McDonough + Partners.

The design criteria for the duplexes included interchangeable floor plans, integration with the street while still maintaining elevation from possible future flooding, energy efficiency, maximizing shade and sun conditions, connection with outdoor space and affordability.

The new duplex designs will be part of the 150 houses slated to be built in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Building on two of the new duplex designs is expected to start in August 2009.

Visit: http://makeitrightnola.org

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I want to see Mr Pitts organization Design "after" the next "BIG" Hurricane. As much as I like him and his wifes helping minds and hands and attitude to put their money where the mouth is..These houses are ALL but designed for a strong Hurricane weather. They might survive a flooding but strong winds I am sorry to say NO NO and NO again. Houses with so many wing like structures ( I have seen other designs on other sites and in programs) me as Designer & Architect believe are NOT the right structures and surely NOT the adequate details and shapes. Lets pray for many years to come no Hurricane hits New Orleans again. On the other hand the faster it will hit the sooner they will stop building homes with such unpractical shapes that people are bound to loose sooner than later and all the effort may be seriously damaged or simply gone.
written by Vic Stapel , July 22, 2009

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