Hollywood Helpers

Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico, in combination with the breaking of New Orlean's levees, devastated millions of lives in 2005. Even Brad Pitt's. After visiting the area, Pitt was inspired by the debris and destruction to rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward, a sector of New Orleans that sits along the river. In 2007, he hosted an architectural design competition with Global Green for rebuilding with sustainable design. There are a total of 13 different architects of local, national, and international founding to mix local culture with fresh ideas. The architects include:

Local
Billes Architects – New Orleans, LA
Eskew Dumez Ripple – New Orleans, LA
Concordia – New Orleans, LA
Trahan Architects – Baton Rouge, LA
John Williams Architects – New Orleans, LA

National
BNIM – Kansas City, MO
Kieran Timberlake - Philadelphia, PA
Morphosis – Santa Monica, CA
Pugh + Scarpa – Santa Monica, CA

International
Adjaye Architects – London, England
Constructs – Accra, Ghana
Graft – Berlin, Germany
MVRDV – Rotterdam, Holland
Shigeru Ban Architects – Tokyo, Japan

So far, 8 homes have been completed, out of 91 currently-sponsored homes, but a total of 150 homes are planned.

An artistic offset of the Make it Right organization is The Pink Project, in which 150 pink structures dominate the Lower Ninth Ward, representing the future of the neighborhood because of Make it Right.