GLOBAL GREEN NEW ORLEAN
Semi-Finalist
Development begins at the Holy Cross site in conjunction with the Info Box. The site opens upward from its center allowing landscape and building to coexist. The entrance is a continuation of the plaza, inviting the neighborhood to join in at the community activates. A glass entry leads the visitors and residents through to the community center, daycare center and apartments. The landscape plaza holds many events including live performances and art exhibits while servicing the daycare center.
The Holy Center Center responds to the site by first taking the lot size and creating an inner garden enclosed by the single family housing to the north and the Holy Cross complex to the south. The landscaped plates rise above allowing the functional spaces below while keeping the site footprint to a minimum. The plaza also is the main entrance to the retail space located to the north below the landscape plates. This opportunity allows for local business to service both the Holy Cross Center and adjacent residents.
