Andy leads Waggonner & Ball's environments practice at the intersection of architecture, landscape, and urban design. He focuses on urban- and building-scale solutions that reveal the character of a place and integrate issues of climate, nature, economy, and people. Andy works to build long-term collaborative partnerships between clients, communities, designers, and technical experts.
Andy has played an integral role in developing and refining the firm’s Dutch Dialogues™ and Living With Water® approaches to integrated, adaptive design in New Orleans, Houston, and Charleston, efforts that have set a national standard for collaborative practice and have inspired similar programs across the country, from Rebuild by Design to Resilience by Design. He was a lead author of the Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan, which catalyzed a regional shift towards sustainable and resilient water management. Andy led the firm’s Water As Leverage project in Chennai, India, a Dutch government program in partnership with the Asia Infrastructure Development Bank (AIDB) to build local knowledge around resilient infrastructure. At home, he has overseen the firm’s work from planning to construction on the Isle de Jean Charles community-led resettlement, the first of its kind in the U.S., and the 80-acre Gretna City Park resilient stormwater redesign, the first built pilot project of Louisiana’s LA SAFE adaptation strategy.
Andy serves on the board of Ripple Effect, a New Orleans-based non-profit center of excellence for water literacy.
