New Orleans, A City of Layers Preventing Extinction

Identifier

etd-04132015-104207

Author

William Francis Reinhardt, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegeFollow

Degree

Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA)

Department

Landscape Architecture

Document Type

Thesis

Abstract

Preventing the loss of New Orleans occupies the minds of many designers in Louisiana. Great efforts to preserve the city are targeting the slow return to naturalization of the engineered river to find a new balance determined by plan formulators of the Federal government. Throughout history, many experimental movements have been born from the landscape architecture practice, and may be key to the future of New Orleans. Separate chapters are devoted towards the movements created by William Kent, Fletcher Steele, and Jens Jensen to explore as inspiration to be applied to coastal living. Finally, the future of New Orleans is considered within its own experimental landscape and how it may supersede the current plan.

Date

2015

Document Availability at the Time of Submission

Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.

Recommended Citation

Reinhardt, William Francis, "New Orleans, A City of Layers Preventing Extinction" (2015). LSU Master's Theses. 1107.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/1107

Committee Chair

Sharky, Bruce

DOI

10.31390/gradschool_theses.1107