Research
Current Projects
Sustainable Communities Initiave is a collaborative planning project intended to guide the economic growth and development of the Mississippi GUlf Coast and to improve housing, employment and transportation opportunities throughout the region. Sponsored by a grant from HUD.
Energy Conservation Design Tools, sponsored by Department of Energy. To develop and apply energy conservation design tools.
Floodproof Commercial Construction Research, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security and South Eastern Regional Research Initiative. The grant supports the GCCDS's research and educational outreach on floodproof construction for neighborhood-scale commercial buildings.
Shaw Homestead, in partnership with the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain and funded by the NEA. To create an interpretave exhibit and hold public community events about the history of the Shaw Homestead in Barth Mississippi.
Biloxi Housing Assessment Mapping of East Biloxi over 3 years.
Renaissance Builder & Developers Guild A partnership with Renaissance Corporation to promote healthy development along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. January 2010, January 2009, January 2008.
Moss Point Public Schools Design Education sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts to provide an environmental design education program working with Moss Point public schools.
Past Projects
Community Design
PRESENTATION. American Planning Association, Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 2010. Resilient Design with Climate in Mind. The Gulf Coast Community Design Studio work in East Biloxi demonstrates the needs and opportunities for subsidized professional services to work in partnership with municipal and non-profit organizations to improve immediate and long-term resiliency for vulnerable communities.
PRESENTATION. Structures for Inclusion 10, Washington DC, March 2010. Community Development: Who do we work for? The Gulf Coast Community Design Studio demonstrates the effectiveness of working in communities with multiple partners. East Biloxi Housing Project is included in the inaugural group of SEED evaluated projects. Social, Economic, Environmental Design criteria used to quantify the community impact of the GCCDS work in East Biloxi.
PRESENTATION. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 2010. Practicing Experience. The Gulf Coast Community Design Studio's example of creating a practice environment to work in an uncertain context. PUBLICATION of paper in conference proceedings.
PRESENTATION. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 2010. Special Topic Session on Community Design Centers. Organized and moderated session addressing the question, "How can university programs create service learning opportunities and at the same time provide useful assistance to communities?" Work of the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio presented as one example.
PRESENTATION. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 2010. Special Topic Session on The Logistics of Humanitarian Architecture. Lessons learned from the work of the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio on running an effective subsidized practice.
GRANT Moss Point Public Schools Design Education sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts to provide an environmental design education program working with Moss Point public schools. March 2010.
Mapping, Landscape, & Planning
PRESENTATION. Designing Resilient Communities, Mississippi Planner, Spring 2010.
Building Technology
COURSES and EXHIBITS. Mississippi Gulf Coast Resilient Home Building Conference, Biloxi, MS, March 2010. Assisted in the planning and participated in Resilient Home Building Conference in conjunction with Mississippi Gulf Coast Annual Home and Garden Exposition. The conference was organized by the Community and Regional Resiliency Institute (CARRI). The Gulf Coast Community Design Studio designed and built three sequential Full-scale Building Exhibits, demonstrating resilient building techniques for wood frame construction. In addition GCCDS professionals taught three courses on Resilient Building Principles for sites and foundations, framing, and building envelope.
PROJECT Renaissance Builder & Developer Guild. A partnership with Renaissance Corporation to promote healthy development along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. January 2010, January 2009, January 2008.
Affordable Housing Summit organized by Back Bay Mission
PROJECT East Biloxi Housing AssessmentMapping of East Biloxi over 3 years.
Community Design
PRESENTATION Association for Community Design, Shrinking Cities: Growing Communities, Annual Conference, Rochester, NY, June 2009. Invited Lecture. Models of Cooperation: Community Design and the Public Sector. The operation of the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio as a model for a sustained public practice.
PUBLICATION Uncertainty is not a problem to be solved. It is the working space of our time. Batture Volume 5, 2009, Louisiana State University, School of Architecture.
PRESENTATION Urban Adaptability: Sustaining Place in a Dynamic Environment, Bruner-Loeb Forum, Tulane School of Architecture, April 2009. Communities: The Social Dimension of Sustainability. Cultural sustainablity as part of the work of the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio's work in East Biloxi.
GRANT Moss Point Community Studiosponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts.
PUBLICATION A Useful Practice.Journal of Architecture Education, Vol 62 (Iss 4) May 2009, pages 64-71.
Mapping, Landscape, & Planning
PROJECT Renaissance Builder & Developer Guild A partnership with Renaissance Corporation to promote healthy development along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. January 2010, January 2009, January 2008.
PROJECT Bayou Aguste Spring Studio 2009 Colaboration with MIT
Building Technology
GRANT Floodproof Commercial Construction Research , sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security and South Eastern Regional Research Initiative. The grant supports the GCCDS' research and educational outreach on floodproof construction for neighborhood-scale commercial buildings, beginning July 2009.
GRANT North Gulfport Green Communities Planning sponsored by North Gulfport Community Land Trust. Sustainable Neighborhood planning working with North Gulfport Community Land Trust supported by Enterprise Community Partners. February 2009.
GRANT Energy Conservation Design Tools, sponsored by Department of Energy. To develop and apply energy conservation design tools. January 2009.
GRANT Housing Innovation sponsored by the Hearin Foundation. Innovation of housing building systems and economic development. January 2009. January 2008.
Community Design
PUBLICATION Working with Experience. Cityscape, Volume 10, Number 3, 2008, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Joint author with Christine Gaspar.
GRANT Long-term Work Force Housing Design Services sponsored by Housing and Urban Development through Mississippi Developmenat Agency to provide architectural design services for Phase I Long-term Work Force Housing projects. June 2008.
PRESENTATION American Institute of Architects Mississippi, Annual Convention, Philadelphia, MS, June 2008.Invited Lecture. A New Model of Community Design, the collaboative work of the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio.
PRESENTATION American Institute of Architects, South Carolina Chapter, Annual Convention, Columbia, SC, April 2008. Invited Lecture. Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, the collaboative work of the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio.
PRESENTATION Systems for Inclusion, SFI8 Annual Conference, Harvard Graduate School of Design, April 2008. Invited Lecture. Gulf Coast Community Design Studio Work. The pragmatic working philosophy of the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio.
PRESENTATION Southeastern Workshop for Disaster-Resilient Homes, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC. Sept 9-10, 2008
Beyond Grand Plans and Schemes: Practical Lessons from the Mississippi Coast
PRESENTATION AIA National Convention. Walter Wagner Forum. May 2008. How we come together: The role of architecture schools in mediating between the practical and the possible.
PRESENTATION Auburn University Rural Studio, February 2008. Invited Lecture. Work of the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, The Gulf Coast Community Design Studio and the design build student work of the Biloxi Studio.
PRESENTATION University of South Florida, School of Architecture and Community Design, November 10, 2008, Beyond Grand Plans and Schemes: Practical Lessons from the Mississippi Coast
Mapping, Landscape, & Planning
GRANT Main Street Neighborhood Planning funded by the Knight Foundation through an agreement with the Biloxi Housing Authority. Neighborhood planning for East Biloxi in partnership with the Housing Resource Network. June 2008.
GRANT Regional Planning sponsored by Institute for Sustainable Communities. Supported a summer planning intern and planning work in Moss Point. June 2008
PUBLICATION Individualized Inequality. Batture, Vol. 4, pages 24-36. 2008.
PRESENTATION MAST Monthly Meeting, July 2008. Mapping East Biloxi: The work of the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio. PROJECT East Biloxi Housing AssessmentMapping of East Biloxi over 3 years
Building Technology
PROJECT Renaissance Builder & Developer Guild A partnership with Renaissance Corporation to promote healthy development along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. January 2010, January 2009, January 2008.
GRANT Housing Innovation sponsored by the Hearin Foundation. Innovation of housing building systems and economic development. January 2009. January 2008.
PUBLICATION Biloxi Treehouse Project. Cityscape, Volume 10, Number 3, 2008, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Community Design
PRESENTATION Twin Cities Solutions, Volume 2, October 19, 2007, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Solutions Downriver: The Gulf Coast Community Design Studio. The current and recently completed work of the GCCDS and the work of the Spring 2007 Studio.
PRESENTATION College of Design, October 17, 2007, University of Minnesota. Design Downriver: The Gulf Coast Community Design Studio. The current and recently completed work of the GCCDS and the work of the Spring 2007 Studio.
PRESENTATION Association for Community Design Annual Conference, June, 2007, Baton Rouge. Rebuilding Biloxi with the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio and Architecture for Humanity, A presentation of the work in East Biloxi, by Bill Stallworth.
Mapping, Landscape, & Planning
PROJECT East Biloxi Housing AssessmentMapping of East Biloxi over 3 years.
PRESENTATION Gulf Coast Housing Resource Network, September, 2007. Biloxi Housing Assessment. A summary of our research on the status of all buildings in East Biloxi.
PRESENTATION New Directions for Louisiana, Center for Planning Excellence, August 2007, Baton Rouge. Smart Infill: Planning New Density in Existing Neighborhoods. The need and challenges of inner city redevelopment and strategies for infill development.
Building Technology
PRESENTATION Loeb Climate Change Forum, February 2007, Harvard Graduate School of Design. Climate Change and Predicting Risk. Describing the relationship between climate change and risk and its manifestations in the rebuilding of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
PRESENTATION Durability of Wood-Framed Housing, Lessons Learned from Natural Disasters, November 13, 2007, Biloxi, Mississippi. Practical Lessons from Working in East Biloxi.
Building A House for Patty A colaboration with Design Corps and Penn State to build Patty a house.
Community Design
PRESENTATION Pennsylvania State University Department of Architecture Invited Lecture, December 2006. Working in East Biloxi. A presentation of the work of the GCCDS.
PRESENTATION Association for Community Design Annual Conference, Los Angeles, June 2006. Working in East Biloxi. Telling the story of the establishment of the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio and working with the community.
PRESENTATION Community Outreach Partnership Grant Conference, Philadelphia, November 2006. East Biloxi Rebuilding Project. A report of the success of the East Biloxi work supported by the Universities Rebuilding America Partnership Grant.
PRESENTATION Architectural Research Centers Consortium Annual Conference, Philadelphia, June 2006. Designing to Improve Social Capital. A presentation of research from both the Jackson Community Design Center and the newly established Gulf Coast Community Design Studio on the manifestation of social capital in community redevelopment.
PRESENTATION The Soul of Place, Loeb Fellowship Reunion, Harvard Graduate School of Design, May 2006. Working in Biloxi. A description of the conditions of the East Biloxi community and the beginning work of the GCCDS.
PRESENTATION Structures for Inclusion VI, San Francisco, March 2006. Starting the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio. An explanation of how we found and established the partnership with the East Biloxi Coordination, Relief, & Redevelopment Agency.
GRANT Rebuilding East Biloxi, January 2006. HUD- University Rebuilding America Partnership Grant. We are one of 7 universities to recieve national funding to work with Hurricane Katrina recovery.
Mapping, Landscape, & Planning
PRESENTATION Convening the Conversation, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Affordable Housing Conference, Los Angeles, June 2006.
Designing the Future. A presentation of the challenges to replacing lost affordable housing on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Building Technology
PRESENTATION Mississippi State University College of Architecture, Art + Design Research Symposium, November 2006. Gulf Coast Community Design Studio. A presentation of the work of the GCCDS's design research on elevated houses.
RESEARCH GRANT Alternative Construction Research Guide Alternative building system research, and educational outreach sponsored by Small Business Administration. September 2006.
PRESENTATION Green Build Expo, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, May 2006.
Gulf Coast Community Design Studio Designs For Elevated Homes with Patios, Gardens, and Screened Porches on Small Lots in Flood Zones. A description of the factors affecting elevated house design.
