Initiatives

Live Oak

Live Oak is a 245-acre former plantation located in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. The property holds many histories in its soil, from the ancient Tunica trading path, to the centuries of forced labor in the plantation fields, to the many stories of those who have travelled up its 200-year old Oak Allée. Trahan Architects is leading a team of professionals to research and reveal Live Oak’s history with the goal of conservation and healing based on a belief in our shared humanity.

Fondation Trahan is working as stewards of the land to authentically unearth these stories – carefully uncovering and conserving the house’s original 1808 details and form, re-orienting the entry and allowing the Oak Allee to return to nature, removing invasive species and planting historic seed types indigenous to the land. Live Oak invites research, reflection, and healing.

Live Oak

Live Oak is a 245-acre former plantation located in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. The property holds many histories in its soil, from the ancient Tunica trading path, to the centuries of forced labor in the plantation fields, to the many stories of those who have travelled up its 200-year old Oak Allée. Trahan Architects is leading a team of professionals to research and reveal Live Oak’s history with the goal of conservation and healing based on a belief in our shared humanity.

Fondation Trahan is working as stewards of the land to authentically unearth these stories – carefully uncovering and conserving the house’s original 1808 details and form, re-orienting the entry and allowing the Oak Allee to return to nature, removing invasive species and planting historic seed types indigenous to the land. Live Oak invites research, reflection, and healing.

The Trahan Collection

With a focus on Japanese art, especially pieces that reflect the best of each maker, united by the power of art to connect people – The Trahan Collection represents over 350 pieces that span mediums, continents, and centuries. Fondation Trahan oversees the documentation, curation, and acquisition of pieces aligned with our belief in the authenticity of human creation. The quiet stillness of the Trahan Collection values history, embracing the old and new as one, rooted in authentic material exploration that deeply inspires our practice of Architecture.

The Trahan Collection

With a focus on Japanese art, especially pieces that reflect the best of each maker, united by the power of art to connect people – The Trahan Collection represents over 350 pieces that span mediums, continents, and centuries. Fondation Trahan oversees the documentation, curation, and acquisition of pieces aligned with our belief in the authenticity of human creation. The quiet stillness of the Trahan Collection values history, embracing the old and new as one, rooted in authentic material exploration that deeply inspires our practice of Architecture.

Magazine Street Museum

As a home for the Trahan Collection, Magazine Street Museum began with the acquisition of an urban plot in the Central Business District of New Orleans. Fondation Trahan is actively developing a community museum to host this significant contemporary Japanese art collection, rotating exhibits, talks, educational programs and events. With architectural design by Trahan Architects, the museum initiative seeks to expand cultural access in New Orleans by providing a purpose built space for public contemplation.

Magazine Street Museum

As a home for the Trahan Collection, Magazine Street Museum began with the acquisition of an urban plot in the Central Business District of New Orleans. Fondation Trahan is actively developing a community museum to host this significant contemporary Japanese art collection, rotating exhibits, talks, educational programs and events. With architectural design by Trahan Architects, the museum initiative seeks to expand cultural access in New Orleans by providing a purpose built space for public contemplation.

St. Ann

Located in the French Quarter of New Orleans, St. Ann is a 200-year-old property that serves as an archaeological site revealing the layered history of New Orleans domestic life. Fondation Trahan is carefully stewarding this important cultural site to enable its future public activation. Functioning as an active lab for historic restoration, this initiative crosses boundaries of architecture, preservation, and archeology to shape our connection to the past and inform how we intervene in the future.

St. Ann

Located in the French Quarter of New Orleans, St. Ann is a 200-year-old property that serves as an archaeological site revealing the layered history of New Orleans domestic life. Fondation Trahan is carefully stewarding this important cultural site to enable its future public activation. Functioning as an active lab for historic restoration, this initiative crosses boundaries of architecture, preservation, and archeology to shape our connection to the past and inform how we intervene in the future.

Fundo Tic Toc

When the late Doug Tompkins, founder of North Face, purchased over half a million acres of untouched land in southern Chile and set it aside as Corcovado National Park, he operated under the belief that humans have an ethical obligation to share the planet with other species, and that we must reorient our values and activities so that all forms of life can flourish. When it became necessary for Tompkins to consider the future of his generous contribution to Chile’s conservation network, he turned to his friend, Trey Trahan, to inherit the stewardship of both the land and his ideals. Through Fondation Trahan, Fundo Tic Toc is an ecological laboratory that will be protected for future generations.

The Tic Toc Framework Plan, led by Trahan Architects in collaboration with Reed Hilderbrand, proposes a careful and deliberate strategy for maintenance and occupation with goals, principles and operations founded on a thorough process of ecological investigation and personal discovery.

Fundo Tic Toc

When the late Doug Tompkins, founder of North Face, purchased over half a million acres of untouched land in southern Chile and set it aside as Corcovado National Park, he operated under the belief that humans have an ethical obligation to share the planet with other species, and that we must reorient our values and activities so that all forms of life can flourish. When it became necessary for Tompkins to consider the future of his generous contribution to Chile’s conservation network, he turned to his friend, Trey Trahan, to inherit the stewardship of both the land and his ideals. Through Fondation Trahan, Fundo Tic Toc is an ecological laboratory that will be protected for future generations.

The Tic Toc Framework Plan, led by Trahan Architects in collaboration with Reed Hilderbrand, proposes a careful and deliberate strategy for maintenance and occupation with goals, principles and operations founded on a thorough process of ecological investigation and personal discovery.

Designing for Democracy

Designing For Democracy (DFD) is a nonprofit research and design agency that expands the practice of architectural from a material focus on buildings to a humanitarian focus a compassionate stewardship of our surroundings. Through a rigorous research and engagement process, DFD reveals original narratives to inform, transform, and heal our communities and restore their ties to the land.

Designing for Democracy

Designing For Democracy (DFD) is a nonprofit research and design agency that expands the practice of architectural from a material focus on buildings to a humanitarian focus a compassionate stewardship of our surroundings. Through a rigorous research and engagement process, DFD reveals original narratives to inform, transform, and heal our communities and restore their ties to the land.

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