Katrina destroyed or severely damaged over 130,000 homes in new Orleans . As of mid 2006 less than 30,000 of those houses had been repaired or rebuilt. If New Orleans is to become a whole city again then there is a real and rapid need for innovative new housing construction. This offers an unprecedented opportunity that few cities have had, to rebuild in responsible and imaginative new ways. To benefit this rebuilding, the studio will research, develop and construct an inventive and experimental prototypical house.