Students:

Megan Barnes
Austin Berke
Mike Brown
Anne Bruce
Sarah Bueltmann
Hugo Cabrera
Carole Cline
Katie Danner
Brandi Hamilton
Lauren Keefer
Mike Kelly
Rey Lastimosa
Brett Lawrence
Simon Mance
Leo Mulvehill
Paul Sanders

Seventh Ward Mobile Stage• New Orleans

The Mobile Stage was designed and constructed by professor Nils Gore’s ARCH400 Studio in the Fall of 2006 for use by the Porch Cultural Organization to assist them in community organizing and outreach after Hurricane Katrina.

The stage is a flat trailer with a set of deployable panels that can be configured for a variety of activities, and easily moved into the neighborhood for events.

It was built by adding a steel-framed deck and flaps onto a pre-existing utility trailer. The flaps close for hauling and open up to a 13’x16’ stage area. The overhead proscenium structure, for a wide variety of sets, backdrops and coverings, is made of steel and attaches to slots in the deck surface. The lockable storage space below the deck houses the stairs, proscenium and sets when not in use. The stage can be deployed by 2 people in about 10 minutes.

It was completed in January 2007.

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