Nadav Malin, president of BuildingGreen, Inc., joined members of BNIM, local architects and Global Green’s Beth Galante on a tour of the Lower Ninth Ward during the recent AIA Convention in New Orleans. In addition to visiting the Make It Right project, he and the group learned about developments underway at the Holy Cross Project – sharing this observations on the blog BuildingGreen Sounds Off in “Making it Right in New Orleans”:
“A highlight of my time in New Orleans for AIA Convention last week was a tour of rebuilding efforts in the Lower Ninth Ward with the staff of BNIM Architects and a few invited guests. BNIM had a large contingent in town to receive their AIA Firm of the Year award, and took the opportunity to show this project to the rest of their team. Bob Berkebile (the “B” in BNIM and an Environmental Building News advisory board member) has been instrumental in these rebuilding efforts since just days after Katrina hit in August 2005.”
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“On the tour Beth Galante, director of Global Green USA’s New Orleans office, walked us through their Holy Cross Project showcase house, the first of five homes now standing on the site where Global Green is rebuilding. Holy Cross is a neighborhood adjacent to the Lower Ninth Ward that sits on even higher ground. The other four homes are being sold, but this one will remain an educational resource for the community. Global Green is also creating a showcase rainwater infiltration garden, a community center, and, hopefully, a multifamily building that can ease people’s fears about increasing the density in this notoriously spread out city.” READ THE FULL POST >>
