Hung Dao Community Gardens

HUNG DAO COMMUNITY GARDENS ALGIERS, NEW ORLEANS, LA

A Project Of

HUNG DAO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TULANE CITY CENTER LSU URBAN LANDSCAPE LAB Made Possible By

NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL HARRAH’S NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA LAND TRUST

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In 2010, when the former Southwood Homes development in New Orleans’ Lower Algiers neighborhood became vacant, community leaders began searching for a remedy to the blight the buildings represented. With the leadership of thenCouncilwoman Kristin Palmer, the City worked closely with the Louisiana Land Trust to facilitate a partnership that would demolish the decaying development, clear the property, and transfer the newly open land to the community for use as a park and gardens.

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The community and councilwoman reached out to the Tulane City Center in the Fall of 2013 in an effort to understand the design challenges that would face the neighborhood (Hung Dao CDC) as new owners of the property. Landscape Architect Elizabeth Mossop and the LSU Urban Landscape Lab provided expertise in landscape design for the large open site. The team began by identifying and mapping the site’s significant trees to ensure their preservation during demolition. Lead Architect Tiffany Lin and the Tulane City Center worked closely with the Hung Dao CDC to adapt community-provided initial designs into a full proposal laid out on the following pages.

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Finally, in early 2014, demolition on the property began. After nine months that included demolition, drainage work, sidewalk repair, and soil replacement, the site was prepared for transfer to the Hung Dao CDC. The design team worked concurrently to create a dynamic design for the community center, sports and festival structure, park, playground, pathways, and gardens. Hung Dao CDC has recently begun a fundraising campaign to secure construction and operational funding for what will become the largest community-run park in New Orleans.

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FROM 11 JAN 2014

Advocate staff photo by MATTHEW HINTON-- Workers begin the demolition of the blighted Southwood

Patio Homes, background, after a press conference where demolition began of the vacant blighted property in Algiers in New Orleans, La. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. The demolition will make way for the HUNG

Ð?O Community Development Corporation, a Louisiana nonproÞt corporation organized by residents of the neighborhood adjacent to the former Southwood Patio Homes site, to take responsibility for managing the property for public beneÞt as an Algiers community garden, park, and open space area.

Blighted Algiers property to community become Blighted Algiers property to become park community park

BY CHAD CALDER

ccalder@theadvocate.com

When the bucket of a hulking Hyundai backhoe tore into unit 10-A of Southwood Patio Homes in lower Algiers on Tuesday morning, it marked a new beginning for the dozen Vietnamese residents gathered from the adjacent neighborhood and an ending of sorts for City Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer.

After the demolition of Southwood’s 132 blighted units is completed in March, work

will begin on converting the six-acre site into a park with a playground, walking trails and a community garden to serve New Orleans’ oldest Vietnamese community, nestled at the base of the Woodland Highway bridge over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

For Palmer, who hosted Tuesday’s outdoor news conference in mid-20s weather amid patches of ice in the Sullen Avenue development, it was a chance to watch the demolition of a property that’s been vexing her since she took office in 2010.

For Palmer, who hosted Tuesday’s outdoor news conference in mid-20s weather amid patches of ice in the Sullen Avenue development, it was a chance to watch the demolition of a property that’s been vexing her since she took office in 2010.

“It was horrible,” she said of the years she spent driving by the development, which had been only partially inhabited since Hurricane Katrina and was completely vacant since 2010.

But with the efforts of the Algiers Blight Committee, Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration, the Louisiana Land Trust and the Vietnamese community, the legally complicated, halting process of getting the building torn down passed its biggest milestone Tuesday.

Nearby resident Van Pham said his mother-in-law once lived in the Southwood complex, before it became the eyesore that has frustrated neighbors.

Children now play basketball on a single hoop with a broken backboard in a nearby cul-de-sac, and Pham said he is hoping the park will soon be home to the community’s annual cultural festival.

The community created the Hung Dao Community Development Corp. and will use a $54,000 bank loan to buy the property from the Louisiana Land Trust, which is paying for the $900,000 demolition project using Community Development Block Grant money.

Palmer, who will leave office in May, said the demolition and transfer of the land to the community “speak to the reason I got into government.”

“It was horrible,” she said of the years she spent driving by the development, which Advocate staff photo by MATTHEW HINTON-- Workers begin the demolition of the blighted Southwood had only partially inhabited since Hurricane Katrina was completely Patio been Homes, background, after a press conference where demolition beganand of the vacant blighted vacant property in Algiers in New Orleans, La. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. The demolition will make way for the HUNG since 2010.

She said there were several times when the effort to tear the building down almost fell apart, and she praised the community for coming forward and raising the money to complete the transformation of Southwood.

neighborhood thethe former Southwood Patio Homes site, Mayor to take responsibility for managing the But with theadjacent effortstoof Algiers Blight Committee, Mitch Landrieu’s property for public beneÞt as an Algiers community garden, park, and open space area. administration, the Louisiana Land Trust and the Vietnamese community, the legally complicated, halting process of getting the building torn down passed its biggest milestone Tuesday.

Algiers has been hit hard by blight in recent years, as the post-Katrina reconstruction of the East Bank has drawn many residents who had moved to the less damaged West Bank right after the storm.

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Blighted Algiers property to become community

Nearby parkresident Van Pham said his mother-in-law once lived in the Southwood complex, before it became the eyesore that has frustrated neighbors.

BY CHAD CALDER

Children now play basketball on a single hoop with a broken backboard in a nearby ccalder@theadvocate.com cul-de-sac, and Pham said he is hoping the park will soon be home to the community’s When the bucketfestival. of a hulking Hyundai backhoe tore into unit 10-A of Southwood Patio annual cultural Homes in lower Algiers on Tuesday morning, it marked a new beginning for the dozen The community created the Hung Community Development and of will use a Vietnamese residents gathered fromDao the adjacent neighborhood and Corp. an ending sorts for City Councilwoman Kristin $54,000 bank loan to buy the Gisleson propertyPalmer. from the Louisiana Land Trust, which is paying for the $900,000 demolition project using Community Development Block Grant After the demolition of Southwood’s 132 blighted units is completed in March, work money.

Palmer, who will leave office in May, said the demolition and transfer of the land to the community “speak to the reason I got into government.”

She said there were several times when the effort to tear the building down almost fell apart, and she praised the community for coming forward and raising the money to complete the transformation of Southwood.

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will begin on converting the six-acre site into a park with a playground, walking trails and a community garden to serve New Orleans’ oldest Vietnamese community, nestled at the base of the Woodland Highway bridge over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

Algiers has been hit hard by blight in recent years, as the post-Katrina reconstruction of the East Bank has drawn many residents who had moved to the less damaged West Bank right after the storm.

Palmer said that while a lot of work remains to be done, changes in the law and the

Palmer said that while a lot of work remains to be done, changes in the law and the efforts of entities involved in the Southwood demolition have taken about 500 units offline in Algiers.

“If we can keep this going, it stabilizes the marketplace and allows for new development to come in that is good for everybody,” she said.

Landrieu told the roughly 50 people gathered at the event that, pending final verification of the numbers, he will announce on Thursday that his administration has hit its goal of eliminating 10,000 of the parish’s 40,000 blighted properties, with 2,000 of that number being units forced into code compliance.

He stressed that Southwood was a problem created by a private company, not the government, explaining later that he always takes the opportunity to point out that blight usually is a problem created by private interests who walk away from their responsibilities and leave it to taxpayers to foot the bill.

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HUNG DAO COMMUNITY Established in the 1970s by refugees from the Vietnam War, New Orleans’ Vietnamese communities represent some of the strongest ethnic cultures in the region, maintaining their heritage through community farming, traditional food, festivals, and chosen trades, most notably fishing.

The Hung Dao community in Lower Algiers is New Orleans’ oldest Vietnamese neighborhood, and tells its foundational story this way:

After the fall of Saigon, Vietnam on April 30, 1975, many of the Vietnamese fled as ‘boat people’ to search for freedom. American ships rescued them from the sea and brought them to various refugee camps throughout the United States.

In May 1975, Most Reverend Philip M. Hannan, the Archbishop of New Orleans, through US Catholic Charities was able to sponsor settlement of some refugee Vietnamese families in New Orleans. These refugees lived in our small neighborhood of Woodlawn in Algiers known as Cong Doan Hung Dao under the guidance of Rev. Joseph Pham Van Tue, their chaplain at that time. Both nuns and lay people of different religions volunteered their time to help these newcomers learn English and adapt to the new culture. Adjusting was incredibly tough, but through the help of both religious and government agencies, the new refugees soon learned to succeed.

Over time, the Vietnamese Community of Cong Doan Hung Dao continued to grow. Today there are approximately 350 families who belong to the community.

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COLLABORATION

NICK JENISCH

Project Manager (Tulane City Center)

The design for the Hung Dao Community Gardens is the product of a collaboration between the LSU Urban Landscape Lab and Tulane City Center. Working together they conceived an overall site strategy, which was then developed by the specialized teams. Major landscape features and garden design were completed

by Elizabeth Mossop, assisted by Michael Averitt. The festival pavilion and expanded community center were developed by lead architect Tiffany Lin, assisted by Stuart Hurt. The project was overseen by Nick Jenisch, Project Manager at Tulane City Center.

TIFFANY LIN

Lead Architect (Tulane City Center)

STUART HURT

Tulane Architecture Graduate Student

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ELIZABETH MOSSOP

Lead Landscape Architect (LSU Urban Landscape Lab)

MICHAEL AVERITT

LSU Landscape Architecture Student

TOP SOIL PLACED IN FUTURE GARDEN AREAS

EXISTING TREES TAGGED AND SAVED DURING DEMOLITION

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INITIAL PLANS FROM COMMUNITY 14

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MASTERPLAN PHASING DIAGRAMS

The masterplan for the site was developed with the specific needs of Hung Dao Community Develeopment Corporation in mind. Upon transfer from the Louisana Land Trust, the site is to be secured by fencing to prevent dumping and the gardens can be planted immediately. In later phases, as funding allows, the site elements that will provide the most immediate benefit to the community will be installed. In the final phase, the final elements will be installed and ongoing maintenance of the gardens will continue. Phasing the project in this way ensures that it can serve the needs and meet the goals set by Hung Dao CDC at the outset even as project fundraising continues.

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Algiers Vietnamese community

COMMUNITY DESIGN MEETING: MAY 16, 2014

planning neighborhood park

Advocate photo by CHAD CALDER -- New Orleans City Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson-Palmer, left, and Van Pham, right, of the Hung Dao Community Development Corp look over a draft plan of a park for the Lower Algeirs community as Tulane University's Tiffany Lin looks on.

Effort to develop 7-acre park in Hung Dao underway

BY CHAD CALDER

ccalder@theadvocate.com

When neighborhood children gather to play basketball after school or on weekends in the Vietnamese community of Hung Dao in Lower Algiers, they do it on a concrete island in the cul-de-sac of Kathy Court, under the shadow of St. Joseph Mission Church.

The space also functions as a football field and volleyball court, when it’s not being used by the children’s parents as a parking lot.

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Hung Dao receives property title from Louisiana Land Trust

PROJECT PHASING DIAGRAM PHASE 1

• Drainage

Fix existing pump to alleviate ponding on central parking lot

• Property Fence

Construct temporary fence along Sullen Place to prevent vandalism

• Existing Community Building Tulane City Center and LSU Landscape Lab produces VISIONING DOCUMENT for masterplan of Hung Dao Community Gardens

Repair existing building enclosure Hook up water and power to building

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PHASE 2

• Community Gardens

Start planting community gardens

• Storage Shed

Build shed for gardening equipment

• Bathrooms

Add outdoor bathrooms, possibly (composting toilets)

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Secure grants for site improvements

PHASE 3

• Heritage Garden

Plant heritage garden to showcase regional vegetation of Vietnam

• Small Pavilions

Build small pavilions to provide gateways and shade through park

Secure major grant for Community Center and Large Pavilion Construction

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PHASE 4

• Basketball Court / Large Shade Pavilion Build large shade structure over basketball court Design event space for temporary stage

• Expand Community Center

Redesign and expand existing community center building to include classrooms, teaching kitchen and additional community programs TBD

• Paths and Trees Complete site vision with trees and paths

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HUNG DAO COMMUNITY GARDENS

PROJECT PHASING PROPOSAL

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site of the former Southwood Apartments from the Louisiana Land Trust next month.

It is working with the Tulane City Center program at the Tulane University School of Architecture on designs for what neighborhood leaders hope will become the home not just for casual recreation but also for the community’s annual festival.

FROM 29 2014 Algiers Vietnamese community planning neighborhood park Advocate photo by CHAD CALDER -- New Orleans City Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson-Palmer, left, and Van Pham, right, of the Hung Dao Community Development Corp look over a draft plan of a park for the Lower Algeirs community as Tulane University's Tiffany Lin looks on.

Effort to develop 7-acre park in Hung Dao underway

BY CHAD CALDER

ccalder@theadvocate.com

When neighborhood children gather to play basketball after school or on weekends in the Vietnamese community of Hung Dao in Lower Algiers, they do it on a concrete island in the cul-de-sac of Kathy Court, under the shadow of St. Joseph Mission Church.

The space also functions as a football field and volleyball court, when it’s not being used by the children’s parents as a parking lot.

“It is all-purpose cement,” joked James Nguyen, whose four boys — ages 16, 15, 12 and 9 — play regularly on the spot, which is in the heart of the Hung Dao neighborhood of about 80 homes just north of the western end of the Woodland Highway bridge over Advocate photo by CHAD CALDER -- New Orleans City Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson-Palmer, left, and the Waterway.

Van Gulf Pham,Intracoastal right, of the Hung Dao Community Development Corp look over a draft plan of a park for the Lower Algeirs community as Tulane University's Tiffany Lin looks on.

Soon, though, the children could have a better place to play. A movement is underway to turn the nearby site of a blighted apartment complex torn down by the city in January into a 7-acre park that would allow children to play sports, the elderly to tend Effort to develop 7-acre park in Hung Dao a community garden and residents of all ages to reflect on the culture that spawned underway one of the oldest Vietnamese communities in the metro area.

The HungCALDER Dao Community Development Corp. expects to take over the mostly empty

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“Some of the younger generation, they are passing by there and asking, ‘Can we go in there and play?’ ” CDC board said of thecourt, site, which now The space also functions as amember footballVan fieldPham and volleyball when is it’s notvacant being except a single building that as it is hoped will used byfor the children’s parents a parking lot.become a community center. “We’re saying, ‘Soon, when we have the property into our hands.’ They say, ‘Can we have a picnic day?’ and we say, ‘Yes, we can, when we have it done.’ ” Pham said the city, led by then-District C Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer, moved quickly with the demolition after the community began talking last summer about putting the site to use. Before that, however, the apartments there had languished for the better part of a decade and had been completely empty since 2010.

“For years that property was just like an eyesore,” Pham said. “It was blighted for years, and after Katrina, it was even worse. It just needed to go away.”

The group has begun to work with Tulane City Center, which organizes collaborative efforts between the university’s students and faculty and community groups looking to create and improve public amenities.

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On Tuesday, four representatives of the Tulane group met with roughly two dozen members of the community to go over a plan of the park featuring green space, a walking path, a picnic and play area, a garden, the community center and a covered

“Some of the younger generation, they are passing by there and asking, ‘Can we go in there and play?’ ” CDC board member Van Pham said of the site, which is now vacant except for a single building that it is hoped will become a community center. “We’re saying, ‘Soon, when we have the property into our hands.’ They say, ‘Can we have a picnic day?’ and we say, ‘Yes, we can, when we have it done.’ ” Pham said the city, led by then-District C Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer, moved quickly with the demolition after the community began talking last summer about putting the site to use. Before that, however, the apartments there had languished for the better part of a decade and had been completely empty since 2010.

“For years that property was just like an eyesore,” Pham said. “It was blighted for years, and after Katrina, it was even worse. It just needed to go away.”

The group has begun to work with Tulane City Center, which organizes collaborative efforts between the university’s students and faculty and community groups looking to create and improve public amenities.

On Tuesday, four representatives of the Tulane group met with roughly two dozen members of the community to go over a plan of the park featuring green space, a walking path, a picnic and play area, a garden, the community center and a covered pavilion that would function as a basketball court and a home for the annual Vietnamese cultural festival. changecomment that appears is upgrading a proposed members rectangular heritage gardenspend into a Public waslikely modest, but the community said they would one that shaped like over Vietnam, withamong northern, central and southern portions thatOne couple ofisweeks going the plan themselves and make suggestions. would include replicas of regional landmarks.

Money, however, will be the next hurdle. The final plan, which will be completed later this year, will include a list of potential funding sources. Dividing the project into several phases is expected to improve its chances of attracting grants and other funding.

The total cost is still unclear and will depend largely on how ambitious the plan is, though Pham and Tiffany Lin, a Tulane assistant professor of architecture, noted elements in the proposed first phase of work, including the community garden, are relatively inexpensive.

Pham said the group may work with the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority in the meantime to fence in the property. The former apartment complex’s office building has already been stripped by vandals.

Lin said Tulane has programs that use landscape architecture students to help build projects, noting the popular Grow Dat educational community garden in City Park was built by students working on a project that reused large building containers.

The Hung Dao CDC also will hold fundraisers, beginning with a pair of Sunday pho sales on April 27 and May 4 that will bring in some money by selling the popular Vietnamese noodle soup.

“Mainly, we want to have the community aware of the property and what’s going on,” Pham said. “We want to get everyone’s support.”

He said some of the neighborhood’s elderly residents are still a little skeptical that anything will happen because Southwood was allowed to remain in deplorable condition for so long.

The children, however, are understandably excited.

“They were playing on concrete. Now they will get to play on real grass,” Pham said.

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BASKETBALL COURT

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PROPOSED EXPANSION

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COMMUNITY CENTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT

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DESIGN CONCEPT

RAINWATER HARVEST FOR GARDEN USE The design of the community center responds sensitively to the needs and program of the site.

The major concept behind the design is an inverted roof to capture rainwater and channel it into a central pool. This inversion reduces the linear length of gutter required to catch and channel the heavy, intense rains of southeastern Louisiana. The captured rainwater can then be filtered and stored in a closed, hermetic system until it is delivered to the gardens on site, thereby reducing demand on the city’s water system and reducing utility cost for the Hung Dao CDC. In addition to the inverted roof, the building’s massing is organized to ensure uninterrupted visual access between the community garden plots and the heritage teaching garden. The large roof also shelters an expansive porch on the side nearest the community garden, creating a pleasant condition between indoors and outdoors to foster greater interactions between those in the garden and those using the community center.

CONCEPT DIAGRAM

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COMMUNITY CENTER STUDY MODELS

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COMMUNITY CENTER STUDY MODELS

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EXPANDED COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING PLAN

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VIEW OF COMMUNITY CENTER FROM COURTYARD

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INTERIOR VIEW OF COMMUNITY CENTER MEETING ROOM

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PARTNERSHIP 4-18 EXISTING CONDITION 4-7 HUNG DAO CDC 8-11 COLLABORATION 12-18 PROJECT OVERVIEW 19-21 PROJECT PHASING 19-20 PRELIMINARY PLAN 21 COMMUNITY CENTER 22-35 PLAN DEVELOPMENT 22-23 DESIGN CONCEPT 24 DESIGN PROCESS 25-26 BUILDING PLAN 27 RENDERINGS 29-33 PRECEDENTS 34-35 FESTIVAL PAVILION 36-37 PAVILION STUDIES 36 DIAGRAMS 37 HERITAGE GARDENS 38-48 PLAN DEVELOPMENT 38-39

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MEETING ROOM

HERITAGE GARDEN GARDEN DESIGN 42-48 HERITAGE GARDEN 31

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PAVILION PRECEDENTS FOR COVERED BASKETBALL COURT

SONGDO CONVENSIA HALL - KOHN PEDERSEN FOX ASSOCIATES

SYDNEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL NEW HALL - PTW ARCHITECTS

HARMONIE HALL - TAKENAKA CORPOPATION

GENERAL TRADE SCHOOL - HERMANN BAUR

AKRON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB II - RURAL STUDIO

YOUNTVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER - SIEGEL AND STRAIN ARCHITECTS

PLEATS M - HIRONAKA OGAWA & ASSOCIATES

GYMNASIUM RÉGIS RACINE - ATELIER d’ARCHITECTURE ALEXANDRE DREYSSÉ

YOKOHAMA FERRY TERMINAL HALL - FOREIGN OFFICE ARCHITECTS

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PARTNERSHIP 4-18 EXISTING CONDITION 4-7 HUNG DAO CDC 8-11 COLLABORATION 12-18 PROJECT OVERVIEW 19-21 PROJECT PHASING 19-20 PRELIMINARY PLAN 21 SHADE STRUCTURE OVER OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURT (Blackwell, Dezeen, Racine, Thompson)

COMMUNITY CENTER 22-35 PLAN DEVELOPMENT 22-23 DESIGN CONCEPT 24 DESIGN PROCESS 25-26 BUILDING PLAN 27 RENDERINGS 29-33 PRECEDENTS 34-35 FESTIVAL PAVILION 36-37

MOCK-UP GRAPHICS BASKETBALL COURT FLOOR (Map of Vietnam could be integral to the rubber foor of the basketball court rather than as a figural garden as suggested at last meeting)

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Sample graphic surfaces of basketball courts

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ELIZABETH MOSSOP Urban Landscape Lab

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BASKETBALL COURT DESIGN PROCESS

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ARTICULATED ROOF STUDIES FOR BASKETBALL PAVILION

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PAVILION DIAGRAMS

PARTNERSHIP 4-18 EXISTING CONDITION 4-7 HUNG DAO CDC 8-11 COLLABORATION 12-18 PROJECT OVERVIEW 19-21 PROJECT PHASING 19-20 PRELIMINARY PLAN 21 COMMUNITY CENTER 22-35 PLAN DEVELOPMENT 22-23 DESIGN CONCEPT 24

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PRECEDENTS 34-35 FESTIVAL PAVILION 36-37 PAVILION STUDIES 36 DIAGRAMS 37 HERITAGE GARDENS 38-48

MODULARITY AND USE OF SIMPLE, OFF-THE-RACK MATERIALS IN THE LAMELLA SCHEME ALLOW FAST, EFFICIENT CONSTRUCTION WHILE MINIMISING MATERIAL AND LABOR COST.

MODULAR ELEMENTS CREATE A STRUCTURAL LAMELLA

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HERITAGE GARDENS Hung Dao CDC stressed the importance of passing down its cultural traditions to the next generation and beyond. The design team collaborated with the CDC to develop the idea of a heritage garden that would tell the story of the community through plantings native to all regions of Vietnam.

As neighborhood residents, other locals, and visitors walk through the park, they will be able to learn about the Vietnamese heritage of the Hung Dao community by learning about the flora specific to different regions of the country and how these plants relate to regional differences in food and culture.

BATHROOM PAVILION

Hung Dao CDC has identified cultural translation as the greatest opportunity they have been given with ownership of this large, open space. The Heritage Gardens will benefit both everyday users and visitors to the site, and will enhance the cultural events to be held here, including the Lunar New Year (Tet Festival).

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Ca Mau

Kien Giang

Bac Lieu

An Giang

Hau Giang

Dong Thap Soc Vinh Trang Long Tien Long Tay Ninh Tra Giang An Vinh Ben Binh Tre Duong Saigon Binh Ba RiaVung Tau

Dong Nai Binh Thuan

Phuoc

Lam Dong

Ninh Thuan

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Kon Tum

Dak Lak

Khanh Hoa

Gia Lai

Phu Yen

Binh Dinh

Quang Ngai

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Dien Bien

Son La

COLLABORATION 12-18 PROJECT OVERVIEW 19-21

Lao Cai

PROJECT PHASING 19-20

Yen Bai Nghe An Thanh Hoa Ha Tinh Quang Binh Quang Tri Thua Thien-Hue Quang Nam

Da Nang

Ninh Binh Nam Dinh

Phu Tho Hoa Binh Ha Ha Tay Nam Hung Yen Thai Binh

Vinh Phuo

Tuyen Quang

Bac Thai Nguyen Kan

Ha Noi Bac Ninh

Hai Duong

Hai Phong

PRELIMINARY PLAN 21

Bac Giang Quang Ninh

Lang Son

Ha Giang

COMMUNITY CENTER 22-35 PLAN DEVELOPMENT 22-23

Cao Bang

DESIGN CONCEPT 24 DESIGN PROCESS 25-26 BUILDING PLAN 27 RENDERINGS 29-33 PRECEDENTS 34-35 FESTIVAL PAVILION 36-37 PAVILION STUDIES 36 DIAGRAMS 37 HERITAGE GARDENS 38-48 PLAN DEVELOPMENT 38-39 INSPIRATION 40-41 GARDEN DESIGN 42-48 41

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PARTNERSHIP 4-18 EXISTING CONDITION 4-7 HUNG DAO CDC 8-11 COLLABORATION 12-18 PROJECT OVERVIEW 19-21 PROJECT PHASING 19-20 PRELIMINARY PLAN 21 COMMUNITY CENTER 22-35 PLAN DEVELOPMENT 22-23 DESIGN CONCEPT 24 DESIGN PROCESS 25-26 BUILDING PLAN 27 RENDERINGS 29-33 PRECEDENTS 34-35 FESTIVAL PAVILION 36-37 PAVILION STUDIES 36 DIAGRAMS 37 HERITAGE GARDENS 38-48 PLAN DEVELOPMENT 38-39 INSPIRATION 40-41 GARDEN DESIGN 42-48 47

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PARTNERS: HUNG DAO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Son Nguyen, Co-chair Van Pham, Co-chair TULANE CITY CENTER Tiffany Lin, Assistant Professor, Tulane School of Architecture Stuart Hurt, Graduate Student, Tulane School of Architecture Nick Jenisch, Project Manager, Tulane City Center LSU URBAN LANDSCAPE LAB Elizabeth Mossop, Co-Director Michael Averitt, Graduate Student, LSU

SUPPORTERS: New Orleans City Council Harrah’s New Orleans Louisiana Land Trust

MORE INFORMATION: Hung Dao CDC snguyen202@yahoo.com / duyduyvy@hotmail.com Tulane City Center tulanecitycenter@gmail.com LSU Urban Landscape Lab emossop@lsu.edu 49