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Words by Maria Sutherland

Location: New Orleans, LA, USA

Problem: To renovate and restore the House of Dance and Feathers, a neighborhood museum and cultural center in the Lower Ninth Ward that was demolished by Hurricane Katrina, while simultaneously preserving the cultural heritage of New Orleans and inspiring people to return to their neighborhoods.

Client: Ronald Lewis

Designers: Project Locus and Kansas State University Architecture students

Solution: A 384 square foot enclosed structure with gathering area, workspace, and display spaces and exhibition panels for cultural artifacts. Details include recycled galvanized metal roofing, recycled antique and aluminum doors, custom screen-printed and polyurethaned paper flooring, and recycled screen-print frames. Ronald Lewis' adjoining residence was also redesigned and rehabilitated.

Completion: 2006

For more info: [Project Locus] (www.projectlocus.org)

On view at: Design For The Other 90% at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York

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Posted May 10, 2007

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Sayulitas

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I like your response to the problem. Cheap, Sustainable development and nice design. Shape and use together. Very goood.

Posted March 15, 2010
By Ana Raquel Longares

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Restore the museum

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Yet another building Hurricane Katrina has destroyed. Anyways, what an interesting project to renovate and restore the museum and cultural center. It must have taken quite a long time to get it completed. I hope everything went well. Thank you for the sharing! Sarah - Interaction UK

Posted August 03, 2011
By Sarah Spacey

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For what it is, this building

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For what it is, this building is bound in creativity and a useful space for the given purpose. I like the colors and use of simple materials that inturn permits such entertainment and artistic expression.

John - ldj-lights

Posted August 29, 2011
By John Christmas

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Follow the footsteps of Madison and Mark

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I hope more social entrepreneurs can follow the footsteps of Madison and Mark and help more homeless youth out there. It is all about opening doors for them to lead a new and more meaningful life. In fact, not just homeless youth, but also young people who have trouble finding jobs. Some of them are so discouraged by the lack of jobs that they would simply give up and sit at home, staring at computer screens or TV screens every day. It’s all about giving hope to the younger generation.

Posted December 07, 2012
By Christopher Stoett

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