Metabolizing Katrina’s Memory
an exploration of how somatic landscape design can support New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward to process grief, cultivate joy, and heal trauma with water
Trauma-Responsive Design Framework
The Porch as a Metabolic Agent for Trauma-Responsive Somatic Landscape Design
"Pendulating Public Pool" conceptual collage
Progression of Pendulating Public Pool depths scaffolds relationship with water
"Rest” section vignette, collage includes painting by AnnieLee
"Dip” section vignette, collage includes painting by Brandon Surtain
“Soak” section vignette
“Soaking feet in community” collage
“Wade” section vignette
“Float” section vignette, collage includes painting by Calida Rawles
“Float Oasis” section perspective collage including paintings by Calida Rawles
“Swim” section vignette, collage includes painting by Calida Rawles
“Tread” section vignette, collage includes painting by Calida Rawles
“Dive” section vignette, collage includes painting by Noah Davis
Water Depth Chart
Fountain River perspective collage
Handmade clay model of pool topography at 1:20 scale
Pendulating Public Pool Site Plan
Journey 1: Learning to Swim
Journey 2: Going Fishing
Journey 3: Diving In
“Eternal Seeds Memorial Plaza” redesign collage includes photographs by David Joshua Jennings and granite wall image generated by OpenAI’s ChatGPT (GPT-5.6 Luna) based on PWP Landscape Architecture’s photo of Jamison Square
Collage combining a somatic site mapping of interpretations of post-Katrina oral histories
"Memory Beads," a somatic site analysis mapping my interpretation of a post-Katrina oral history; collage includes portrait illustration by Francesco di Santis
"Listening to Gary's Katrina," a somatic site analysis mapping my interpretation of a post-Katrina oral history with shingles, tire, wood, metal, mud, and wheat paste on canvas
"Black Water," a somatic site analysis mapping my interpretation of a post-Katrina oral history
"I saved about 40 people," a somatic site analysis mapping my interpretation of a post-Katrina oral history
"Weaving Water Infrastructure," a collage exploring flexible infrastructure to rebuild wetlands
“Larger than Life Porch at 2415 Forstall,” digital collage including photographs by David Joshua Jennings
Industrial Canal Floodwall, 2025
Katrina Memorial Mural on the Industrial Canal floodwall by local artist Brandan 'BMIKE' Odums and Eternal Seeds Emerging Artist Collective
Industrial Canal Lock, 2025
Lake Borgne Surge Barrier, 2025
Pile from pre-Katrina home in the Lower Ninth Ward, 2025
Sidewalk in the Lower Ninth Ward, 2025
Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, 2025