FLOAT House Research
UCLA Spring 2008 - Spring 2009
Instructor: Thom Mayne
with UCLA team (Linda Fu, Saji Matuk, Ian Ream, Monica Ream, Erin Smith, Jeanne Legier Stahl)
and Morphosis Architects (Thom Mayne, Brandon Welling, Andrea Manning)
As a part of the design & fabrication of the FLOAT House in New Orleans for Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation, the seven-member UCLA student design team in coordination with instructor Thom Mayne and m0rphosis undertook an extensive study of prefabricated housing techniques from around the world as well as seeing how the home best fit in with a larger region-wide redevelopment plan.
Instructor: Thom Mayne
with UCLA team (Linda Fu, Saji Matuk, Ian Ream, Monica Ream, Erin Smith, Jeanne Legier Stahl)
and Morphosis Architects (Thom Mayne, Brandon Welling, Andrea Manning)
As a part of the design & fabrication of the FLOAT House in New Orleans for Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation, the seven-member UCLA student design team in coordination with instructor Thom Mayne and m0rphosis undertook an extensive study of prefabricated housing techniques from around the world as well as seeing how the home best fit in with a larger region-wide redevelopment plan.
world housing study
prefabrication strategies
New Orleans city & demographic data mapping
phased resettlement of New Orleans
New Orleans as proposed in 2050 vs today