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let me continue on sustainability. just for a little longer. it is hard not to think about it, considering that not only it seems that it is the buzzword of the week, or month. recently i read about brad pitt's project, "make it right". his actions appeal to me in many ways. first, is that he invited many big name and not so big name architects, to develop new concepts of home, which to someone who is not trained as an architect, some may look undesirable aesthetically, but i bet to a family that lost everything in hurricane katrina, as well as got shunned by FEMA and the government, the gift of one of these houses would be more than welcome. aesthetics aside, another great feature of these houses is that the architects incorporated technology that increases sustainability, and decreases their chances of any future flood damage.

let me back up here for a second. brad pitt's organization has coordinated, designed, and built dozens of new homes for katrina victims, by architects from around the world. which leads me to the second thing that caught my attention about this project, and that is the generosity and initiative that mr. pitt has taken to reconcile the people of new orleans. brad pitt kicked everything into gear with his initial donation of 5 million of his own money. excuse me, mr. president, how come it takes one individual less money and less time to build new homes for the people of new orleans? these are not just factory built, ungreen, tralers that FEMA has people wait months to get. these homes are not only good for the environment, but they are good for the homeowner too. alot of these homes imcorporate passive sustainable features, so that the users can spend their hard earned money on better things, and not the electricity to power the air conditioner.

i will continue to follow the progress of this great project, an i suggest you, my few readers, check it out for yourselves. even a former instructor of mine was a contributing architect, his firm name is called constructsLLC. his project and all the others on on the link below.

www.makeitrightnola.org