Architecture Program Report Tulane University New Orleans ...

.
TSA ARCHIVE
In 2006, Clare Olsen, Adjunct Assistant Professor, began a project called the
TSA Archive. The Tulane School of Architecture Archive has undergone
numerous changes since the 2005-2006 academic year. Unfortunately, the
start of those changes was a dramatic loss of work due to wind and water
damages from Hurricane Katrina. Although an effort has been made to
contact students from previous semesters, this has been with little success
since many students also lost their drawings and models in the flood.
Moving on from the disaster, a large effort has been made to revise the
archival process. The digitization of the archive through a database with
linked images has facilitated cataloguing, searching and organization of
data. The digital archive also enables back-up files to be made, hopefully
averting future loss of data. A FileMaker Pro database was created, which
now includes more than 100 data records and over 400 images from
Spring 2006 through Spring 2007. In addition, physical models have been
collected from studios and fabrication seminars. With the database
established and more personnel dedicated to maintaining the archive, the
volume of the work documented is expected to grow dramatically.