12/21/2021
Some of you may know that I was a former Assistant Director of the The Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design. Well, the Small Center received the Provost's Award of Excellence in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Tulane's first Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Awards ceremony for the work done during my tenure there.
The Small Center is committed to collaborating with community partners — through providing pro bono design and architecture resources — on projects that address inequity in the built environment throughout the city of New Orleans.
During its 15+ year tenure, the center has worked with numerous nonprofits across Orleans Parish, including Operation Restoration, Parasite Skatepark, the Arts Council of New Orleans and Jericho Road, to name a few.
In a typical year, the center collaborates with over a dozen organizations in various capacities. Through the center’s annual “Requests For Proposals” process, community partners are identified. Then the center supports bringing the projects and ideas to fruition.
The Small Center also supports local governments through design and planning efforts and architecture firms as they work to embed engaged processes into professional practice.
