Research
Our university is committed to work that brings innovation by crossing disciplinary boundaries.
Tulane University is the only top research university located in a region that deals with the most pressing social, environmental, economic challenges. Solving these urgent problems – housing people, working with communities to bring them back, developing new scenarios to inhabit our rivers and deltas – are deeply rooted in Tulane’s identity. Our university is committed to work that brings innovation by crossing disciplinary boundaries.
Tulane School of Architecture has a long history of commitment to addressing real issues and generating new knowledge, especially after Hurricane Katrina and our leadership in helping our communities rebuild. As architects and professionals working in the built environment, trained to lead complex teams to deal with complex issues, our work is fundamentally interdisciplinary and inventive.
Research and innovation at Tulane School of Architecture is focused in two main areas: 1) Empowerment of Communities through Architecture and 2) River and Delta Urbanism, which are accomplished through professional design excellence and leadership in design education.
Student Work
Across all programs, students engage in impactful research and work.
Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design
The Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design is the community design center of the Tulane School of Architecture. We work with community-based organizations to provide design services for constituencies who are underserved by the architecture and design professions.
URBANbuild
URBANbuild is a design/build program in which teams of students take on the design and construction of prototypical homes for New Orleans’ neighborhoods.
Gulf Climate Futures Program
This design research program, funded by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Gulf Research Program, seeks to prepare the next generation of professionals to identify, visualize, explore, and propose interdisciplinary design-based interventions to critical challenges in the Gulf of Mexico.
Preservation Timeline Project
View a diversity of milestones organized chronologically, and browse the various preservationists and organizations who played a role in safeguarding the incredible city of New Orleans.
Research Studios
Students at Tulane School of Architecture participate in design research that tackles some of the world’s most pressing contemporary problems through architecture and historic preservation.
Research Publications
Many of our faculty serve as authors and editors for books, book chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles and compilations.
River and Delta Urbanism
The River and Delta Urbanism Platform is a multi-project initiative comprising the Quilmes Urban Water and Social Integration research project and the Yamuna River research projects, including the The Rajasthan Cities Studio, a Mintz Global Research Studio.