Research of construction recovery activities for Texas and peer states supported by the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program. Continuing our work towards topics of Resilience, Recovery, and Community.

As part of the Greener Gulfton initiative, UltraBarrio is developing a series of low impact structures that direct water to host nature, bridging the gap of shade equity where natural intervention can’t easily reach.

The collective goal is to build on recent planning efforts and put community members at the center of decision-making processes for building a stronger and resilient future.

Healthy Pasadena is an opportunity to build on recent planning efforts by creating an area plan which focuses on health and sustainability with recommendations for catalyst projects.

Responsive post-disaster housing strategies are increasingly necessary in our new climate normal. This work creates a guidebook for the evaluation, procurement, and testing of alternative post-disaster housing prototypes.

The proposal equips West Palm Beach with strategies for resilience grounded in the cycle of activities that constitute the community’s social infrastructure.

Like the regionally native Blue Heron, this high-performing home on the cusp of Buffalo Bayou is elevated to sit gently on native growth while intimately engaging its natural context.

On academic appointment, Amna Ansari led an architecture studio, creating a program at Houston’s Near North Side where multiple infrastructural flows connect and transition.

Shuffle City is an alternative framework for growing cities in America, exchanging limited patterns of ownership, land use, and transit space for a fluid coupling of mobility, urbanism, and ecology.

The Catalog emphasizes shared topics and opportunities throughout the document toward sites that blend ecology, safety, and equality with place making.

The Cycle District offers a mix of experiences for urbanites and wildlife alike. The new Erie Boulevard could become a lasting example for returning peripheral zones into a stable eco-urban fabric.

How can dredge material be a resource over time as an ecological resource, an economic tool manufacturing pathways and terrain, and be able to capture untapped social qualities?

Water is a medium that cuts across art, science, politics, and community. Event Co-Organized by Amna Ansari while at SWA Group.

A Graphic Case Study