Project Name: The Katrina Cottage
Project Type:
6.) architecture
Project Mission/Goal:
7.) other:
Multiple designers have helped contribute to this project which responds to Hurricane Katrina through transitional housing.
Project Description:
THE KATRINA COTTAGE is a small, sturdy house that can be delivered at the cost of a FEMA trailer. It may be temporary or permanent. Some permanent models are designed to expand into full-sized dwellings.
Katrina Cottages are built with hurricane-resistant materials and are designed to withstand hurricane force winds. A Katrina Cottage must meet the International Building Code (IBC) as adopted by Mississippi and Louisiana, and should be installed to FEMA flood elevation guidelines, if applicable. It may be built of any technology or delivery system, including mobile home standards, pre-manufactured elements, panelization, or site-built of any material. It is estimated that the 308 sf model can be delivered on the Gulf for about $70,000 per unit including construction, which is less than the dispiriting FEMA trailers have been costing American taxpayers during their brief 18-month life span.
THE KATRINA COTTAGE SERIES is available in plan or kit form to anyone, public or private. While designed at the Mississippi Renewal Forum immediately after Katrina for emergency housing, they may be useful as reasonably priced housing anywhere. The Cottages are useful for camps, beach houses, hunting lodges, guest cottages, and reasonably priced, well-designed primary housing in any part of the world.
Links and Captions:
http://www.katrinacottagehousing.org/
Project Details:
LOCATION OceanSprings,Mississippi,USA
DATE 2005–present
END USER Hurricane Katrina survivors
AGENCY State of MississippiGovernor’s Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding and Renewal
DESIGNER Marianne Cusato
ADVISORS MichaelBarranco, Andrés Duany
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS BenBrown, Jodie Cook, Diane Dorney, Susan Henderson, Cheryl Lewis, Connie Moran, Eric Moser, Steve Mouzon, National Association of Home Builders, Craig Savage, Bruce Tolar, Irina Woelfle
CONTRACTOR AndyMills, JasonSpellings
FUNDERS State of Mississippi Governor’s Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding and Renewal; James Hardie Building Products
PROTOTYPE COST $55000 USD
PROTOTYPEAREA 28sqm/308sqft
MANUFACTURED COST PER UNIT $33 000–$77 500 USD
SITE BUILT COST PER UNIT $112084–$152494 USD
UNIT TYPES 1bdrm,2bdrm,3bdrm
AREA PER UNIT 56sqm–167sqm/ 600 sq ft–1800 sq ft
NUMBER OF UNITS 2666(Mississippi); 479 (Louisiana)
PROGRAM COST $281.3millionUSD(Mississippi); $74.5 million USD (Louisiana)
Nominated by Kate Stohr
