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Brad Pitt annouces vision for Lower Ninth Ward

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Ima­ges by Pugh+Scarpa Architects

In De­cem­ber 2006, Brad Pitt con­ve­ned a group of ex­perts in New Or­leans to­brains­torm about buil­ding green af­for­da­ble hou­sing on a large scale to help­vic­tims of Hu­rri­cane Ka­trina. Ha­ving spent time with com­mu­nity lea­ders and­dis­pla­ced re­si­dents de­ter­mi­ned to re­turn home, Pitt rea­li­zed that anop­por­tu­nity exis­ted to build hou­ses that were not only stron­ger and healthier, but that had less im­pact on the en­vi­ron­ment. Af­ter dis­cus­sing the hurd­les as­so­cia­ted with re­buil­ding in a de­vas­ta­te­da­rea, the group de­ter­mi­ned that a large-scale re­de­ve­lop­ment pro­ject fo­cu­sed on green af­for­da­ble hou­sing and in­cor­po­ra­ting in­no­va­tive de­sign was in­deed pos­si­ble. Con­ti­nue rea­ding ‘Brad Pitt an­nou­ces vi­sion for Lo­wer Ninth Ward’