About
October 10, 2011 - We are looking to hire our next Public Design Intern. Application Deadline: November 5, 2011. Position to begin in December. For more information about the program, go here.
Apply here (search for post number 5840).
June 2, 2011. Construction begins on the Bayou Auguste Greenway Restoration project. Volunteers and a crew from the City of Biloxi Public Works break ground. Read more about the project here.View the article by WLOX here.
April 2, 2011- GCCDS and the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain are hosting a community event on Homestead Life at the Shaw Homestead. View the invitation here.View the press release here. View the booklet here.
March 19, 2011- GCCDS and the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain are hosting a community event on the Piney Woods timber industry at the Shaw Homestead. View the invitation here.View the press release here. View the booklet here.
March 14, 2011 - Join us for a presentation at the test site demonstrating the research, design and testing procedures of commercial dry floodproof wall assemblies.View the invitation here. View the press release here.
February 16, 2011 - GCCDS Director David Perkes awarded 2011 AIA Latrobe Prize. David, along with three coauthors, submitted the winning proposal to the AIA's biennial competition, examining the possibilities of a public-interest design practice. The award goes to research that significantly advances the architecture profession. Read the official AIA press release here.
January 7, 2011 - New GCCDS Housing Assessment shows continued vacancy. The studio's 2010 Housing Assessment, the latest in the series begun shortly after Katrina, is released to show continued vacant lots across East Biloxi. Additional maps show residential condition and repopulation since the storm. See the official press release here and the six final maps in pdf form here.
The Gulf Coast Community Design Studio is hosting a Bayou Clean-Up Day on November 20th. The ongoing Bayou Auguste restoration team invites all local residents and friends of the Bayou to come out and help clean up this important habitat. More info here.
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The Gulf Coast Community Design Studio (GCCDS) is a professional service and outreach program of Mississippi State University’s College of Architecture, Art + Design. The GCCDS was established in Biloxi, Mississippi in response to Hurricane Katrina to provide architectural design services, landscape and planning assistance, educational opportunities and research to organizations and communities along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The GCCDS works through close, pragmatic partnerships with local organizations and communities. In Biloxi, the GCCDS shares work space with a key local partner, the Hope Community Development Agency – a relationship that brings the office into direct and continuous contact with the community’s needs and resources. The GCCDS works with non-profit organizations, local governments, universities, developers and other partners in all three of Mississippi’s coastal counties, putting professional expertise to work in order to shape vibrant and resilient Gulf Coast communities.
To provide leadership that advances the local, regional, and national dialogue on issues of design, affordable housing, coastal resiliency, and sustainable development.
To expand design education by providing opportunities for students and interns to explore community-based design, design-build, and sustainability.
Partnerships
Enterprise Community Partners supports a Rose Fellow in the GCCDS. Seth Welty works on various housing projects and interacts with other Gulf Coast partners to create affordable and sustainable housing.
Link to Seth's page on the Rose Fellow Website.
Link to The Rose Fellow Blog.
American Institute of Architecture Mississippi
Architecture for Humanity
Apostolic Christian World Relief
Auburn University
Back Bay Mission
Biloxi Housing Authority
Boston Architectural College
Carl Small Town Center
CARRI
The City of Biloxi
The City of Moss Point
Compassion First - BFS Relief
Department of Energy
Department of Homeland Security
Design Corps
ESRI
Enterprise Community Partners
Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellowship
Fuller Center
GISCorps
Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Habitat for Humanity Bay-Waveland
Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Gulf Coast
Hancock Housing Resource Center
Hands On Gulf Coast
Hope CDA
Hope Force International
HUD’s Universities Rebuilding America
Partnership
Institute for Sustainable Communities
Knight Foundation
Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Mercy Housing & Human Development
Mississippi State University
Mississippi Center for Justice
MIT Department of Urban Studies & Planning
MSU College of Architecture, Art + Design
National Endowment for the Arts
NAVASA
North Gulfport Community Land Trust
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
Renaissance Corporation
The Salvation Army
Samaritan's Purse
SERRI
Small Business Administration
South Central Arc User Group
State of Mississippi
University of Minnesota
Urban Life Ministries
Warm Welcome Gulf Coast
Warnke Community Consulting
Youth Build
