Daniel Winkert — New Orleans, LA
Architect-in-residence, February 2003
"My
work with A Studio in the Woods has had a profound impact
on the way I approach design and in evaluating my role in
the built and natural environment. Having the chance to
live intimately in a setting, observing the patterns of
light, air, vegetation, water, and wildlife allowed me to
have a much greater understanding of our impact on the earth.
It also enabled me to focus on a task with much more depth
and clarity than had I been working in my office - removed
and detached from the environment of my work. The experience
has broadened my possibilities in the design profession,
expanding from the details of typical architecture to the
overall arching principles of planning and design - including
its full impact on our society and the environment."
Daniel Winkert is a New Orleans architect,
principal of New ERA Architecture, a firm focusing on environmentally-responsible
building and a Senior City Planner for New Orleans City
Planning Commission. He received a grant for the first funded
project under the EPA's Sustainable Development Challenge
Grant program to start a building materials recycling center
for The Green Project, a non-profit recycling organization
in New Orleans. In January 2003, Winkert organized a multi-disciplinary
symposium to create a physical master plan for A Studio
In The Woods. He then spent four weeks as architect-in-residence,
producing a master plan document using information gathered
during the symposium.
