The Laura and Clark Boyce Gallery

The dynamic nature of Louisiana’s coast challenges the well-being of communities with both acute and chronic stressors. The capacity to adapt and thrive in the face of such stressors requires innovative frameworks focused on community well-being, responsive design and healthy environments. Addressing these critical challenges calls for creative and interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving. LSU faculty, with the generous support of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program (GRP), have led four semesters of community-based coursework focused on preparing the next generation of design, architecture and urban development professionals to identify, visualize, explore and propose interdisciplinary design solutions to critical issues. This exhibition highlights the work of LSU students from across the College of Art & Design and the university who have been working with Louisiana communities on some of the most pressing issues facing our state.