Initiative 02
In developmentNew Orleans Urban Design Framework
Designing a more connected, resilient, and future-ready city
NIA is developing a new urban design framework that explores how New Orleans can evolve its neighborhoods, districts, public spaces, infrastructure, and development patterns to better support quality of life, resilience, economic opportunity, and civic identity.
Partner with NIA ›Intended outcome
“A design framework capable of informing future public improvements, district strategies, pilot projects, and place-based investment.”
The initiative includes
WHAT THE WORK
CAN ENABLE.
The exact work is shaped with partners, residents, and the conditions of the challenge at hand.
- 01Neighborhood and district transformation
- 02Public realm and streetscape strategies
- 03Tactical urbanism
- 04Placemaking and civic identity
- 05Urban resilience
- 06Mobility and connectivity
- 07Adaptive infrastructure
- 08Underutilized land and asset activation
- 09City and community branding
- 10Demonstration-scale urban interventions
Why this matters now
The urban design framework is identified as one of NIA’s funded technology, product, and project initiatives in the current financial plan.
Help move this work forward
BUILD THE
PATHWAY.
NIA’s initiatives are designed to be developed with the partners, funders, and communities who will help bring them to life.