PROJECT TYPE
- Mixed-use
- Re-development Plan
- Urban
Environmental Benefits
- Circulates Water
- Cleans Water
- Conserves Water
- Creates Urban Farm
- Ecologically Manages Stormwater
- Reduces Urban Heat
- Removes Toxic Chemicals
- Restores Soils
- Sequesters Carbon
- Solar Powered
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Viet Village Urban Farm
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Close Me!Viet Village Urban Farm is an urban farming project located in New Orleans East, an area hard hit by Hurricane Katrina. The location is in the northeast corner of the city.
ASLA Award of Excellence Recipient, Viet Village Urban Farm by Mossop + Michaels (Photo: Mossop + Michaels)
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Close Me!The new 28-acre farm will sit in the middle of a dense urban environment, continuing a tradition of urban farming that Vietnamese immigrants started there in the 1970s to grow fruits and vegetables not available locally.
ASLA Award of Excellence Recipient, Viet Village Urban Farm by Mossop + Michaels (Photo: Mossop + Michaels)
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Close Me!Before the devastation of Katrina, there were over 30 acres being farmed throughout the community. There was also a well-established tradition of informal markets in the community, developed as an outlet to sell produce local growers did not consume. The new plan centralizes the farming and market.
ASLA Award of Excellence Recipient, Viet Village Urban Farm by Mossop + Michaels (Photo: Mossop + Michaels)
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Close Me!The first phase of the project includes the establishment of farm plots and a central reservoir to sustainably irrigate the fields. The plans will eventually incorporate solar and/or wind power to provide energy to the farm and market.
ASLA Award of Excellence Recipient, Viet Village Urban Farm by Mossop + Michaels (Photo: Mossop + Michaels)
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Close Me!A cross-section shows the farm plots, paths and sustainable irrigation system. Water is pumped to the fields from a centralized reservoir via a windmill and water tower system powered by electrical pumps. The water then flows into a bioswale — a system designed to naturally filter the water through soil and plants as it heads back towards the reservoir for reuse.
ASLA Award of Excellence Recipient, Viet Village Urban Farm by Mossop + Michaels (Photo: Mossop + Michaels)
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Close Me!Eventually the organically grown crops will be sold at a new farmer’s market (seen in the background), accommodating an estimated 3,000 shoppers each Saturday.
ASLA Award of Excellence Recipient, Viet Village Urban Farm by Mossop + Michaels (Photo: Mossop + Michaels)
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Project Facts
- Before the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, there were over 30 acres of community-farmed land growing traditional Vietnamese fruits and vegetables.
- The new farm will use sustainable irrigation techniques that require little or no electricity to pump and filter water used in the fields.
- Locally-grown organic crops will be sold in a new on-site farmer’s market that will accommodate the estimated 3,000 Saturday shoppers who used to buy foods before Hurricane Katrina hit.
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