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Planning / Infrastructure

With a growing portfolio of civic, infrastructure, and large-scale planning work, Studio West takes a methodological and holistic approach. Integrating research, analysis, and collaboration with local communities and key stakeholders, our work is centered on creating socially, culturally, and environmentally sustainable strategies that make a lasting impact on civic life and economic development.

Link to Algiers Ferry Terminal project page. Rendering of Algiers Ferry Terminal building, ferry entrance, landscape design for community plaza, and new bus stop.
Algiers Ferry Terminal

In order to increase ridership of the Algiers Canal ferry route and to accommodate the city’s new accessible and pedestrian-only ferry boats, a multidisciplinary collaboration inspired the vision for a sustainable, multimodal community hub including an extensive renovation to the existing terminal.

Link to Tulane Avenue Streetscape and Plazas project page.
Tulane Avenue Streetscape and Plazas

As part of Tulane University’s multi-year, $1 billion commitment to cutting edge research, Studio West paired with the landscape architecture office, SCAPE, to lead, design, and construct a two-part comprehensive urban design that blended campus wayfinding and strategic signage placement with new plaza paving, landscaping, and compliant stormwater retention to bring the entirety of the Downtown Tulane campus as one cohesive unit.

Link to Lafayette Street Lighting project page.
Lafayette Street Lighting

In collaboration with the Downtown Development District of New Orleans, The Light Up Lafayette Street project aimed to reimagine the Lafayette Street Corridor by introducing a design concept that is at once engaging while encouraging safety and security within the area.

Link to Rampart Street Development project page.
Rampart Street Development

Designing and planning the new construction and historic renovation of the 400 block of South Rampart, including four new construction buildings: the reconstruction of the Karnofsky Tailor Shop, as well as the renovation of the historic Iroquois Theatre and Eagle Saloon.

Link to French Door Master Plan project page.
French Doors Master Plan

Through lighting installations, facade restoration, and surgical interventions, Studio West performed a variety of streetscape improvements to New Orleans’ French Quarter ahead of Super Bowl LIX. In addition to these property-based projects, two new murals and three street art installations were featured across various blocks.

Link to BioDistrict Lighting Master Plan project page.
BioDistrict Lighting Master Plan

Identifying critical lighting deficiencies affecting safety and the pedestrian experience in downtown New Orleans, this plan offers scalable design solutions that enhance wayfinding, place branding, and urban identity.

Link to Tulane Downtown Lighting Plan project page.
Downtown Campus Building Lighting

Part of a multi-year transformation of Tulane’s downtown campus, this facade upgrade improves lighting for three campus buildings: the J. Bennett Johnson Building, the Hutchinson Building, and Deming Pavilion. The color-changing, programmable lighting enhances safety on campus and increases brand presence around the Tulane University Downtown Campus and along the Tulane Avenue corridor.

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