Tulane Regional Urban Design Center: PORTFOLIO

Tulane Regional Urban Design Center: Selected WorksTulane University School of ArchitectureNew Orleans, LA

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Urban Design:Longpao Low Carbon New Town Master Plan - Liuhe, ChinaLakefront Scenic Highway & Nodal Urban Development - Changxing, ChinaEco-Resort & New Village Plan - Changxing, ChinaStrategic Recovery Plan - St. Bernard Parish, LARegional Strategic Plan - Nantong, ChinaNanxu New Town Master Plan - Zhenjiang, ChinaMenxi Restoration & Redevelopment Master Plan - Nanjing, ChinaQianmen Hutong Neighborhood Restoration & Redevelopment Plan - Beijing, ChinaXiaoZhaZhen Development Master Plan - Shanghai, ChinaChildren’s Park Master Plan - Mandeville, LA

Preservation & Interpretation:Dew Drop Jazz & Social Hall - Mandeville, LAForks of the Road Slave Market Site - Natchez, MSPilgrimage Garden Club Historic Home Preservation - Natchez, MS

Workshops & Outreach:Mayors’ Institute on City DesignPreserve AmericaAmerican Planning Association - Assistance TeamDutch Dialogues

Contact:Tulane Regional Urban Design CenterSchool of Architecture6823 St. Charles Ave.New Orleans, LA 70118504.314.2376 office504.862.8798 [email protected]


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Design Center Team:Grover E. Mouton, III - DirectorNick Jenisch - Project DirectorRobert Bracken - Design AssociateKevin Muni - Student Associate

Past Team Members:James CarseKobe SackeyKatie Wells-DriscollAllison AlbericciLandon AndersonMax DeubleJake Brillhart

Students & Interns:Amber StewartMatt LeeKyle McCluskeyTiffany WoolleyFrances GuevaraKaren Wang

Tianjin Luo, Robert Bracken, Grover Mouton, & Kent Schuette join their hoststo tour a project site in ChangXing, China

Grover Mouton & Jake Brillhartwalk atop the Great Wall of China

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Jake Brillhart & James Carseexplore a historic site in ZhouZhuang

Karen Wang, Robert Bracken,Jeff Soule, Grover Mouton,

& Kent Schuetteenjoy a break in Shanghai


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Tianjin Luo, Grover Mouton, & James Carsetour a project site in ZhouZhuang

Grover Mouton, Nick Jenisch, & Tianjin Luoconclude a project presentation in ChangXing

The TRUDC team joins its mainland China colleaguesbefore a presentationin Shanghai


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The Tulane Regional Urban Design Center (TRUDC) was established with a grant from Arthur Q. Davis in the summer of 1996.

The TRUDC addresses critical issues of urban design and land use planning towards the development of a quality physical environment. The TRUDC provides institutional support to various local and regional civic officials, non-profit community groups, and other civic entities of all sizes: communities, districts, towns, and cities. Situated within Tulane University’s School of Architecture, the TRUDC conducts project-oriented research, planning ordinance & policy review, and advises clients regarding strategies for project implementation.

The primary goal of the TRUDC is to provide high quality, interdisciplinary, urban design capability. It serves as an independent catalyst for anticipating, exploring, and helping to resolve critical development issues facing cities around the globe. The work of the TRUDC expands the body of knowledge about urban design in general and about urban design issues in the New Orleans and Gulf Coast region in particular.

Projects undertaken by the TRUDC range from the Mayors’ Institute on City Design South to local and regional non-profit design work for entities including the City of New Orleans, community action groups, and regional municipalities such as Covington & Mandeville, Louisiana and Biloxi, Natchez, & Moss Point, Mississippi.

The need in both the City of New Orleans and the region is unparalleled. Most local communities and small towns are expanding at a tremendous growth rate with little or no urban design help. Local governments are simply not equipped to handle anything more than day to day code enforcement and project reviews. As the economy shifts gears and the coastal recovery effort continues, a fresh perspective must be applied to the urban development and planning challenges that emerge. The TRUDC helps communities face their most pressing is-sues using academic study along with professional analysis and design.

The office’s international profile has grown through its relationship with the American Planning Association’s China Division. Recent and current projects in China include planning and design projects within the cities of Shanghai, Nantong, Nanjing, Tianjin, Changxing, Beijing, and Zhenjiang. This work, performed over the past 8 years, has served to support and expand our local efforts. The opportunity to work on large-scale planning and urban design projects has been a wonderful experience for the TRUDC staff, and has exposed Tulane students to international design in one of the fastest-growing markets on the planet, attempting to face the challenges of ur-banization on an unprecedented timescale. The TRUDC in cooperation with the APA uses demonstration projects to educate government leadership and city agencies on the methods and benefits of quality urban design.


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Longpao Low Carbon Strategic Development Plan

Longpao, LiuHe, China

in cooperation with the American Planning Association

client: LiuHe County Government

Fall 2010 - Spring 2011

Working for the Chinese govern-ment Party Chairman for LiuHe, directly across the Yangtze River from historic Nanjing, the primary task given to the TRUDC was to create a strategic plan and urban design framework for a new “low-carbon” development at Longpao, a small existing town slated for expansion to nearly 1/2 million residents. The TRUDC conducted site analysis, regional positioning and urban design strategies, and recommendations within assigned 56, 30, and 5km study areas.

From the TRUDC’s study report:Longpao has the opportunity to become a premier site for new development in the Lower Yangtze Delta Region. If LiuHe executes development at Longpao correctly, the site will serve as a launching pad for other development projects in eastern LiuHe along the north/south “ecotourism corridor” linking Nanjing and Longpao with Golden Ox Lake and Mt. Ping Forest Park.

It is important to note that the concept of a low-carbon devel-opment involves many different features that work together to reduce energy use. If parts of this

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Above: Major industrial areas surrounding LongpaoLeft: Regional development strategy

Below: Longpao’s location in the Lower Yangtze Delta RegionOpposite: Regional and site analysis diagrams


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Existing Development建成区

Water Network水系

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strategy are not pursued by both government and private develop-ers, it will become unrealistic to market Longpao as a progressive, low-carbon new town, compromis-ing the long-term viability of the development. Because Longpao is located in an ideal location and will soon be accessible by several major highways and cross-river connections, it will experience a development boom regardless of the design approach.

However, this advantage will fade over time as infrastructure connec-tions continue to expand, reach-ing more and more people and regions. The long-term success of the region will be built upon the low-carbon principles outlined in this report and the pursuit of a high quality of life through envi-ronmental clean-up and preserva-tion. Creating a small develop-ment footprint, monitoring and mitigating water and air quality, preserving local ecosystems, at-tracting progressive and expanding businesses rather than declining industries, exploring sustainable energy sources, implementing sustainable agricultural practices, and improving the efficiency of mu-nicipal services should be consid-ered as a network of equal goals, pursued and implemented without sacrificing one for another. In this way, Longpao can create, market, and truly maintain the status of low-carbon new town with a high quality of life for its residents.

Above: Street Sections & Landuse MapBelow: Canalfront Renderings

Opposite: Downtown Waterfront District & Regional Layered Analysis


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Nanxu New Town Master Plan

Zhenjiang, China


client: Zhenjiang City Government


Nanxu New Town is located south-west of historic Zhenjiang, China, where poets, musicians, and the arts have been celebrated for cen-turies. This vibrant and important city faces the same growth pres-sures as most Chinese cities, plan-ning for millions of new residents in the coming decade.

The TRUDC urban design strat-egy was three-tiered: it aimed to preserve the existing city along the Yangtze River, consolidate new gov-ernment facilities and development in a “new town” that would take advantage of incoming high-speed rail and other infrastructure, and create links between the two areas to ensure efficiency and proper ac-cess to new and existing amenities.

The focal development zone for Nanxu consists of 30 sq. kilome-ters, designated in the 2002 Zhen-jiang City Master Plan.

The plan for Nanxu began with infrastructure analysis and ended with design guidelines, creating a comprehensive blueprint for devel-opment over the next 10-15 years.

Elements of the plan include the following:

1. Dense urban core with admin-istrative, financial, and cultural functions

-Admin. - 500,000 sq. meters -Communist Party Commission -City Government -City People’s Congress -City Political Consultative Conf. -Gov’t. Administrative Units -Auxiliary Offices/Facilities-Finance - 200,000 sq. meters -City Finance Institution -City Management Institution -City Information Institution -City Legal Institution-Culture - 300,000 sq. meters -City Convention Center -City Exhibition Center -International Exchange Center -City Library -City Modern Art Gallery -City Opera House -City Science & Tech. Center

2. Mixed-income residential and mixed-use development

3. Recreation using characteristics of urban forestry and the Runyang Bridge landscape

Location of Zhenjiang in Jiangsu Province

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Master Plan for Nanxu New Town

Conceptual Designs for Transportation Hub, Government Center and Mixed Commercial &

Residential Development

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Transportation Analysis with Street Sections

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Menxi Restoration & Redevelopment Master Plan

Nanjing, China


client: Nanjing City Government

Fall 2002 - Summer 2003

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Nanjing is located approximately 200 miles west of Shanghai. Itshistory is rooted in its foundation as a planned capital city under 4 separate rules: the ’six dynasties period’, the Tang dynasty, the Ming dynasty, and Republican rule. The result is a visible sequence of distinct attitudes in city planning within the historical city.

Planning is inseparable from the historical evolution of this city which is bound by the layeringof barriers (four distinct city walls: the palace wall, the imperial citywall, the capital city wall, and the outer city wall) along a rolling topography.

Nanjing is an ideal place in which to make a case for preservation, as the city has established a frame-work for growth that has, to some extent, protected the historical core of the city while providing growth and development possibilities in adjacent districts.

The Men Xi District is characterized by its relationship to the Mingcity wall and gate which still define its boundaries and the ambiance ofthe ’Li-Fang’ street system. Sec-ondary opportunities for preserva-tion exist in the restoration of a number of listed historical sites, possibilities offered by the inner Qin Hua River, and a Ming dynasty garden within the site.

A number of self-built additions within housing units and over pop-ulation in this relatively low density (large footprint) neighborhoodis threatening preservation.

Nanjing on the Yangtze River


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The City Walls of Nanjing The MenXi District: Preservation Focus Area

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Four Thousand Eight Hundred buildings and a populationof approximately Twenty Five Thou-sand residents make up the currentMenxi Site. Unbuilt space exists primarily in the form of the streetwith the central garden as an exception. Courtyards and street nodes such as public wells make up the remaining open space.

There is a clearly defined emphasis on internalized open space, the courtyard and the complex his-torical street pattern. To the north of the site [and in small pockets internal to the site] large scale development disrupts the historical image of the site. This large scale development is characterized by being larger than 5 stories inheight, having a modern, often concrete or tiled, facade and not maintaining the street edge.

The TRUDC team used the French Quarter as a tool to investigate ur-ban scale and density. The MenXi site is coincidentally about the same size as the French Quarter, and shares the tradition of court-yard buildings. Though much of MenXi should be preserved, the Quarter provides a good example of how the neighborhood might maintain its historic character while increasing density to accommodate an ever-rising population.

Tenets of the Master Plan:1. The development pattern will be mixed use commercial, civic andresidential as the area has always been historically2. Three basic sub zones will be created: the western developmentzone, transition zone and the his-toric zone3. The proposed transportation plan for the area must be aban-doned and our circulation system should become the new official transportation plan for the area4. Overall density of MenXi must remain the same, but should be re-arranged to provide the maximum economic value while staying within the historic context.5. The subway should add a station at the outer QinHuai River6. The area adjacent to the gate and where there is no city wall should be the highest commercial use for the entertainment and tour-ism function7. Factories must be moved out in order to achieve development needed to pay for improvements in the historic area and generate local demand for a new urban living area

Comparitive Overlays & Scale Analysis using the French Quarter


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Major Infrastructure & Reconstituted Western Avenues

Redevelopment on the Site’s Western Half Preservation to the East


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Qianmen Hutong Neighborhood Restoration & Redevelopment Master Plan

Beijing, China


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Beijing must be represented by the romance of the historical Hutong and the power of economic growth made evident through carefully placed and sensitively designed new developments. A unified view of the Qianmen East site should in-clude its potential for simultaneous development and preservation.

The type of urban place possible on site is determined and shaped by the use of its own existing ele-ments, but also those of greater central Beijing, defining and distin-guishing the image this neighbor-hood will ultimately convey. Spe-cific analysis tied directly to design and service elements such as traffic and parking, historic preservation, landscape, infrastructure, and de-velopment phasing are needed to ensure the aforementioned goals of the project are supported and met.

At the heart of any appropriate planning scheme for Qianmen East, must lie the preservation of the historic Hutong atmosphere; strict guidelines are needed in order to preserve this, the greatest natural resource the site has to offer.

Many of the Hutong streets can-not properly support the consis-tent vehicle traffic that should be expected given the planned market value of new or restored residences within the site. Intense analysis of individual street character, pedes-trian access, and the new uses of preserved historic sites must be considered, principally regarding access to both private and neigh-borhood parking. Further, infra-structural inputs to and outputs from the new 15m roads must cor-relate more closely with the spe-cific uses of each region, including consideration of vehicle usership, access to public transportation, and designated pedestrian ways.

A balanced range of commercial development is key to the over-all success of the site, providing the larger image being created and perceived by potential new residents, Beijing’s citizens, and tourists both international and domestic. Such a perception is shaped with the careful placement of high-end commercial/retail de-velopment mixed with art galler-ies, workshops, and neighborhood shopping.

Qianmen, outlined in blue, holds great importance as one of Beijing’s cultural districts, located directly adjacent to

Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City


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Parking Need AnalysisExisting Zoning Density

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XiaoZhaZhen Development Master Plan

Shanghai, China


client: Shanghai City Government & Private Developer

Spring 2004 - Spring 2005

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In July 2004, our design team, in collaboration with the APA, trav-eled to Shanghai, China in order to survey, analyze, and review both general strategies for de-velopment in Xuhui District and a proposed project on the site known as XiaoZhaZhen. Our conclusions should serve as a critique of plan-ning policy and methodologies and as an educational tool to aid in decision making regarding this and other large scale developments in Shanghai.

The impact of a large scale de-velopment reaches far beyond its physical form. These develop-ments can spur growth and invest-ment or clog highways and divide communities. The primary role of the urban designer is to study, on both, the district and site scale the current condition of the area and, further to understand the physi-cal impact such a development might have. The secondary role is to seek out the opportunities for development which promote smart sustainable growth. The tertiary role of the designer is to discover the identity of the area where it exists and to create that identity where it doesn’t. These three roles allow the Urban Designer to create a successful place rather than just an image on the horizon.

The residential typology repre-sented in this study is indicative of contemporary high end residen-tial projects occurring throughout Shanghai and China. Xuhui has historically existed as a high end residential area. The district itself is characterized by low rise resi-dential construction and a garden atmosphere.

This characterization only loosely holds true for the more modern developments. These modern developments are gated and filled with linear green spaces between buildings. Though aesthetically pleasing and attractive to residents this investment does not contribute to the public environment. Lack of character along the corridors is what distinguishes high rise residential developments from the historic development throughout the Xuhui District. Xuhui’s char-acter can be identified through the success of its streets and the potential for its corridors. Gated communities must address these corridors to be in keeping with the spirit of Xuhui.

Above: Major Commerical/Industrial Corridors leading to Shanghai & within the city proper

Opposite: Location of site in Shanghai’s French Concession


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Extensive Site Analysis & Resultant Preliminary Designs


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Waterfront Children’s Park

Mandeville, LA

client: Mandeville City Government

Summer 2005 - Fall 2007

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In 2005, the TRUDC undertook a unique project in the City of Mandeville, LA. Building on Direc-tor Grover Mouton’s experience creating public places in the city, including a trailhead along their 32-mile rails-to-trails pathway and a new town center, an interactive playscape was designed for fami-lies, including children of all ages.

Innovative musical play equipment, sustainable water features, shaded pergolas, and age-compartmen-talized play areas were all incor-porated into the design. Ground-scape changes and additions were also made to give the park further dimension and interest, along with a number of new trees and other plantings.

A phased approach makes the proj-ect affordable and implementable. After a significant delay and rede-sign following Hurricane Katrina, the park design has been funded and will be constructed in 2009. The success of the park plan has led Mandeville to ask the TRUDC to take on its entire lakefront plan, in-cluding signage, recreation, historic interpretation, landscaping, plazas, piers, and all other public aspects of the Lake Pontchartrain shoreline.

The park site is located on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, directly adjacent to the Mandeville Yacht Club, a public boat launch, Bayou Castaine, and Fontainebleau State Park. The site is approxi-mately 30 miles from New Orleans.


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Phase IItems Price Total LocationAngle Leg Park Bench (2) $254 $508 1Litter Receptacle (2) $560 $1120 2Loop Bike Rack (2) $215 $430 3 Bollard (2) $121 $242 8Pergola $12,000 6Pergola Base & Stairs $11,400 6Concrete Water Feature $5,000 4Running Water System (untreated) $10,000 4Concrete Surfacing $2,000 7Blue Stone Surfacing $7,000 5Estimated Installation Costs $20,000*

Phase Total $69,700


Dew Drop Jazz and Social Hall

Mandeville, Louisiana

client: City of Mandeville, Friends of the Dew Drop

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Natchez, Mississippi has been an important commercial and historic city from the beginning of westward expansion until today. From 1833-63, the slave market at the Forks of the Road was the second largest in the deep South, after New Orleans. Major Phillip West and the City of NaNatchez wanted to honor the history of the Forks in the Road site with a museum dedi-cated to the narrative of slavery.

The Tulane Regional Urban Design Center has been asked to assist in the planning, design, and design oversight in order to move this important opportunity forward

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Natchez Pilgrimage Garden Club:FFounded in 1932, the Natchez Pilgrimage Garden Club was established to preserve the cultural heritage of Natchez through the preservation of its historic homes. The club owns Stanton Hall (ca 1857) and unfin-ished Longwood (ca1860), two of the most important antebellum houses in the South, and and two Natchez’s most historic structures. We are providing a preservation analysis and resultant recommendations to pre-serve these significant National Historic Landmarks.

clockwise from top: Working with NPGC, Ruth Ellen Calhoun - member responsible for Longwood, Ethyl Banting - member re-sponsible for Stanton Hall. Stanton Hall. Longwood. Working in Stanton Hall cupola examining water damage with the NPGC superintendent for buliding and grounds.

The Mayors’ Institute on City Design was established in 1986 by the National Endowment for the Arts, US Conference of Mayors and American Architectural FFoundation. The purpose of this institute is to create a place where mayors can meet with city designers to discuss all aspects of city design.

TRUDC Director Grover Mouton has didirected and hosted more than 50 mayors at ten MICD sessions, including these recent events:

MICD Regional: South - August 14-16th, 2006Participating Mayors: Mayor Joey Durrel, Lafayette, LAMMayor Melvin ‘kip’ Holden, Baton Rouge,LAMayor Candice Watkins, Covington, LAMayor Ben Morris, Slidell, LAMayor Ronnie Harris, Gretna, LA

MICD Special Session: Gulf Coat Recovery: April 2007 Participating Mayors:MMayor Xavier Bishop, Moss Point, MSMayor AJ Holloway, Biloxi, MSMayor Henry J. Martinez, Zachary, LAMayor Connie Moran, Ocean Springs, MSMayor Eddie Price, Mandeville, LANickie Monica, St. John the Baptist Parish President

MICD Special MICD Special Session: Mississippi Mayor’s Conference on Historic Preservation: March 2009Special Sponsors: US. Department of Hous-ing and Urban Development, Washington DC, Preserve America: Advisory Council on Historic PreservationHosted by City of Natchez, Mississippi, Office of the Mayor and Historic Natchez FoundationParticipating Mayors:Mayor Jake Middleton, Natchez,MSMayor Brent Warr, Gulf Port, MSMayor Richard Howorth, Oxford MSMMayor Ed Neelly, Tueplo MSMayor Fred Reeves, Port Gibson, MSMayor John Smith, Meridian, MSMayor Johnny L. DuPree, Hattiesburg,MSMayor AJ Holloway, Biloxi,MSMayor Connie Moran, Ocean Springs, MSMayor Xavier Bishop, Moss Point, MS

RRegional: South: Scheduled for spring, 2010

Targeting the mayors in southern states of: Amabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Ken-tucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Caro-lina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Caro-lina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia


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Dutch Dialogues:Planning for Water and Infrastructure

TThe Urban Planning and Water Safety Workshop, an intensive planning workshop on the future of New Orleans developed by the Royal Netherlands Embassy Washing-ton DC, Netherlands Institute for Spatial Planning and housing, Dutch Institute for Inland Water Management, the Nether-lands Water Partnership, the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority, Loui-siana Economic Development, American Planning Association, the Universities at Delft, Rotterdam and Amsterdam and Tulane University.

Essentially a series of critical thinking work-shops and a public forum; The goal was to develop a plan for New Orleans water man-agement and infrastructure that answers to the dynamic landscape that characterize the city’s region. The water plan was inte-grated into the city’s land use plan. Developed policies and programs to persuade the general public, in order to establish a sustainable New Orleans.

There were three teams, each based on a section of the New Orleans landscape. Our section included Central City, specifically the area known as the Hoffman Triangle. Bound by Claiborne Ave, Martin Luther King Blvd. and Washington Avenue, this section of the city is at18 feet below sea lelevel and sustained 90% devastation.

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