Acadiana Outreach Center Projects
Lafayette, Louisiana
In the Fall of 2003, the Center’s director, requested the help of the School of Architecture in designing a storage system to aid in organizing donations; however, as a result of several visits to the site–a city block full of sprawled and disconnected structures–the students and faculty observed a terrible contradiction: while the Center’s mission is “Giving People Back Their God-Given Dignity,” the physical environment and facilities were depressing, coarse, and spiritually degrading. After an initial master plan the students immediate began building small installations which eventually led to several large scale projects.
Project Delivery:
Undergraduate Elective Courses and Paid Internships for Student Leaders
Square Footage:
Varies (4sf to 5,000sf)
Budget:
$200,000
View Projects:
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- Parking Lot
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- Performance Space
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- Meditation Garden
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- WellMart Facade
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- Storage Wall
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- Garden Gate
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- Garden Gazebo
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- Parking Sentinels
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- Parasol Bench
Clients:
Acadiana Outreach Center- 2,348 people in shelters and an additional 10,238 people in community programs ewere affected by the projects. Valerie Keller, Executive Director.
Faculty Leads:
Hector LaSala and W. Geoff Gjertson
Other Faculty:
Edward Cazayoux, Jean Edwards, Corey Saft, Thomas Sammons, Robert McKinney (Director), Gordon Brooks (Dean), Andy Loewy, Michael McClure, and Scott Shall
Supporters and Donors:
Lafayette Consolidated Government
Community Development Director
Chris Williams, Lafayette Parish Councilmen
Bruce Conque, Lafayette Parish Counclmen
Sheriff’s Trustees (inmate work program)
Local Businesses and Non-Profit Organizations
Acme Brick
Anonymous Material Donors
Artist Galleries
Barry Concrete
Acadiana Arts Council
Begnaud Manufacturing
Bell Fencing
Carl Pollack
Demand Tracks
Domingue Sand & Gravel
Elk Concrete
Guidry Hardware
Indoff
Interior Plant Services
Jay Cole
JB Mouton Contractors
LA Digital
Lemoine Company
Lafayette Children’s Museum
Lowe’s Home Improvement
M&E Consultants
Spangler
Montgomery Electric
Norris Rader’s
SW Scrap
3D Chemicals
Students:
Ahmad Al-Ateyyeh
Brian Ansel
Jeff Arkell
Steven Bellanger
Gabrielle Boykin
Ashley Braquet
Guy Brignac
Brandon Burr
Denisse Castro
Nicholas Choate
Bryan Clopton
Kip Cormier
Jeremy Credeur
Brian Daigle
Lee Degeyter
Ryan Delahousaye
Alex Deshotels
Barrett Dupuis
Jeremy Durham
Joey Flynn
Brian Foley
Tim Green
Christine Gregory
Eddie Guidry
Scott Hurst
Beverly Istre
Greg Jefferson
Chaz Kemp
Achilleas Kitsios
Karen Koska
Miguel LaSala
Ricardo LaSala
Eric Lastrapes
Cullen LeBeouf
Ashley LeBlanc
Jonathon Marcantel
Joey Marx
Mickey Mazerac
Silvanna Membreno
Mike Menozzi
Annika Miller
Paul Morvant
Charles Mouton
Steven Murphy
Jessalyn Newton
Josh Newton
Sarah O’Brian
Casey Orillion
Brad Priekulis
Hamid Qabazard
Max Rollo
Nash Romero
Javier Salazar
Brian Shaver
Drew Shawver
Ed Smith
Erica Thibodeaux
Jose Thompson
Shea Trahan
Kristy Vanderlick
Aaron Vice
Karla Werneck
Amber Zipposh Newton
