GETTING YOUR HOUSE RIGHT
The Notre
Dame School of Architecture graduate said Alaska’s stunning natural beauty taught her
about a sense of place.
“I remember
driving through sprawl in Anchorage
and telling my parents `I want to be an architect, but I don’t want to work at
a firm that designs strip malls.’ I was in seventh grade, but I somehow knew it
was wrong,” she recalled.
Fast forward
to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in late 2005 and Cusato was working with
Andres Duany and others to create a FEMA trailer alternative that would be safe,
affordable, able to built quickly and also be attractive and sustainable.
The quaint living spaces – both beautiful with little
porches and high roofs and practical by meeting hurricane wind standards and
easily elevated above the flood plain – start at 308 square feet and can be
delivered for a cost of about $70,000.
Katrina Cottage kits coming in sizes up to 1,800 square
feet, are being distributed by the giant retailer Lowe’s and have earned The
Smithsonian Institute's National Design Museum’s People's Design Award.
STORY CONTINUES TOMORROW -- FEBRUARY 19
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