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Fischer Homes Hope VI <br />New Orleans, Louisiana <br />Client: New Orleans Housing Authority <br />Completion: 2002 <br />Bermello, Ajamil & Partners, as part of the National Housing <br />Group Team, developed the urban design plan and preliminary <br />architectural schematics for the HOPE VI application for the <br />Fischer Housing project which is located on the West Bank <br />of the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana. B&A was <br />responsible for the planning and architectural analysis required <br />to establish need for revitalization. Our effort involved extensive <br />site analysis, neighborhood analysis, context area analysis, and <br />building conditions evaluation. Additionally B&A evaluated the <br />architectural design typologies of the immediate neighborhood <br />to establish the architectural character of the future project. <br />Based on New Urbanism concepts the site plan design is based <br />on the extension of the city grid into the property to create easily <br />identifi able and defensible space, while providing a sense of <br />community. The program which consisted of 50 single family <br />homes, 111 townhouse units, 169 apartments, for a total of 330 <br />units. <br />23