The Joan Mitchell Foundation commissioned an 8,000 square foot studio building for its artist residency program in New Orleans soon after Hurricane Katrina. The building is situated on the interior of the block and is the only new construction within a larger campus of historic structures owned by the foundation. The building’s L-shape frames a large communal green space, and the profile of the roof monitors for the studio volumes echo the scale, geometry, material and rhythm of neighboring houses.

Loisos and Ubbelohde assisted with the daylighting performance and shading of the studio building and studio spaces. View windows, clerestories and skylights in each studio were designed to deliver quality daylight and views without thermal stress in this hot humid climate.

Radiance simulation of large studio under clear sky conditions for June 21 at 12pm noon. The simulation results show three images for a perspective view looking East: human adaptation (left), false color luminance map (center), and perspective with iso-lux illuminance contours. For this particular study, the façade glass was clear insulated glass, the clerestory glass was clear insulated impact glass and the skylight glass was translucent glass.

Completed double-height studio as occupied, featuring skylights and large north-facing clerestories.

AWARDS

USGBC LEED Gold, 2017

AIA Louisiana Design Awards Merit Award, 2017

AIA New Orleans Design Awards Honor Award, 2016

AIA New Orleans Sustainable Design Honorable Mention, 2016

Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. Merit Gold Award, 2015