As we remember the first anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, design teams have been busy developing solutions to make the region more resilient. In a packed room at NYU on Monday, Oct 28, ten design teams, chosen by the President’s Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, presented the results of three months of intensive research. They displayed 41 possible opportunities to rebuild the region, a sampling of which are shown here.
To view all of the designs and provide comments, please visit Rebuild by Design .
Rebuild by Design is a multi-stage regional design competition to promote resilience for the Sandy-affected region.
Designed by Sasaki/Rutgers/Arup – The design opportunity for the Barrier Island is to reinterpret the classic beach pier to allow a greater diversity of ecological experience for shore visitors.
Designed by HR&A Advisors, Inc. with Cooper, Robertson & Partners – A revitalized, protected bayside with a park, restaurant destination and potential ferry service would support a continuous Beach to Bay experience, increasing the Beach 116th Street corridor’s physical and economic resiliency.
Designed by BIG TEAM – A re-imagined Eastside, with elevated F.D.R. integrated as levee.
Designed by Unabridged Coastal Collective – The Resilience Center of mixed commercial uses, housing, and job training will shelter Rockaways residents in times of need.
Designed by MIT+ZUS+URBANISTEN – The proposal for Newtown creek is to create a landscape infrastructural berm that will be high enough to give access to the second floor of existing or new structures and can connect major residential districts to the river through its linear configuration.
Designed by OMA – Alternative information delivery: Re-purposing advertising and traffic signage space?
Designed by WXY/West8 – The Jamaica Bay/Rockaway design opportunity is to seek out the relationships of residents to the waterfront, and provide a coastal strategy that fortifies the ecological and social relationships.
Designed by SCAPE/LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE – Our layered strategy introduces protective breakwaters and interior tidal flats that can dissipate wave energy and slow the water, while rebuilding sustainable oyster populations within the Harbor.
Designed by Interboro Partners – “The Coastline,” a continuous, maximally accessible coastal trail that would extend from Cape May to Sandy Hook. Adapting to local conditions, the trail would double as a protective barrier in the form of protective boardwalks, seawalls, and sand carpets.
Designed by PennDesign/OLIN – Physical design scenario modeling gives the community an informed decision making process and voice in the rebuilding of their neighborhoods.
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