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.
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