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Rockaway, Queens, New York

Client

L+M Development Partners

Size

121,000 sq ft

Program

Affordable Housing and Resilient Streetscape

Collaborators

Curtis + Ginsburg Architects LLP, Rodney D. Gibble Consulting Engineers PC, Geodesign Inc., Bright Power, Barrett Doherty Images

Year

2020

Awards

Beach Green Dunes

A built prototype for NYC's first net-zero neighborhood, and a model for the 'Green New Deal' Local Law 97.

"On the shoreline ravaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, stands a new seven-story building on the front line of climate change in New York" - The New York Times

Beach Green Dunes in The New York Times

"Streets flooded in Tropical Storm Henri. But in front of one building, the pavement stayed dry." - Fast Company

Beach Green Dunes on Fast Company

Client

L+M Development Partners

Size

121,000 sq ft

Program

Affordable Housing and Resilient Streetscape

Collaborators

Curtis + Ginsburg Architects LLP, Rodney D. Gibble Consulting Engineers PC, Geodesign Inc., Bright Power, Barrett Doherty Images

Year

2020

Awards

Incorporating flood management and resilient energy systems, the outdoor spaces create a coastal oasis for residents to meet and play.

Incorporating flood management and resilient energy systems, the outdoor spaces create a coastal oasis for residents to meet and play.

Incorporating flood management and resilient energy systems, the outdoor spaces create a coastal oasis for residents to meet and play.

Incorporating flood management and resilient energy systems, the outdoor spaces create a coastal oasis for residents to meet and play.

Through the combination of porous paving, structural soil and networked rain gardens, the landscape is capable of absorbing the flood levels of a 1000 year storm.

Through the combination of porous paving, structural soil and networked rain gardens, the landscape is capable of absorbing the flood levels of a 1000 year storm.

Through the combination of porous paving, structural soil and networked rain gardens, the landscape is capable of absorbing the flood levels of a 1000 year storm.

Through the combination of porous paving, structural soil and networked rain gardens, the landscape is capable of absorbing the flood levels of a 1000 year storm.

To provide flood protection against sea level rise, the ground floor lobby is flood-proofed, and all apartments are elevated above predicted future flood levels.

To provide flood protection against sea level rise, the ground floor lobby is flood-proofed, and all apartments are elevated above predicted future flood levels.

To provide flood protection against sea level rise, the ground floor lobby is flood-proofed, and all apartments are elevated above predicted future flood levels.

To provide flood protection against sea level rise, the ground floor lobby is flood-proofed, and all apartments are elevated above predicted future flood levels.

Native plantings interspersed between sandy pathways evoke the coastal landscape of the Rockaways, playfully culminating at the blue shipwreck playground.

Native grass buffer

Solar parking trellis

Courtyard playground

Porous asphalt car park

Rooftop solar panels

Local collaborated with Curtis + Ginsburg Architects to integrate resilient energy systems into the development. Solar and geothermal technology reduce the development’s reliance on the city grid, lowering costs for residents and ensuring self-sufficiency during a storm blackout.

Local collaborated with Curtis + Ginsburg Architects to integrate resilient energy systems into the development. Solar and geothermal technology reduce the development’s reliance on the city grid, lowering costs for residents and ensuring self-sufficiency during a storm blackout.

Local collaborated with Curtis + Ginsburg Architects to integrate resilient energy systems into the development. Solar and geothermal technology reduce the development’s reliance on the city grid, lowering costs for residents and ensuring self-sufficiency during a storm blackout.

Local collaborated with Curtis + Ginsburg Architects to integrate resilient energy systems into the development. Solar and geothermal technology reduce the development’s reliance on the city grid, lowering costs for residents and ensuring self-sufficiency during a storm blackout.

In 2021 the innovative design was tested by 500 year flood events, successfully protecting built property and residents against flood damage during Hurricane Ida and Tropical Storm Henri.

In 2021 the innovative design was tested by 500 year flood events, successfully protecting built property and residents against flood damage during Hurricane Ida and Tropical Storm Henri.

In 2021 the innovative design was tested by 500 year flood events, successfully protecting built property and residents against flood damage during Hurricane Ida and Tropical Storm Henri.

In 2021 the innovative design was tested by 500 year flood events, successfully protecting built property and residents against flood damage during Hurricane Ida and Tropical Storm Henri.