Resilient Living proposal

R E S ILIENT LIVING traveling research of resilience within residential living and architectural technology

David Morgan Huxtable Fellow Boston Architectural College 802 779 4633 david.morgan@the-bac.edu

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.1 FOREWORD .2 PURPOSE .3 TRAVEL 1.0

RESEARCH

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NEW YORK CITY NEW ORLEANS HOUSTON ITINERARY

IMPLEMENTATION

.1 LIVING WITH WATER .2 EAST BOSTON .3 OUTCOME

foreword EDUCATION + AWARENESS ADVOCACY + ACCESS EMPOWERMENT + IMPLEMENTATION

The foundations of our lives will cross a threshold of change.

With the effects of climate change becoming more apparent and visual, our established presence will need to be adapted to fit our future. We need to recognize the issues we face in the future and develop healthy and socially equitable implementable solutions. The inevitability of Sea Level Rise (SLR) will require a reconsideration and reconstruction of how we live, work and play.

To know where we stand now and what we need to do to prepare, we should acknowledge and understand the situations of before and after crisis situation in regarding climate change. This study proposes a parallel exploration of architectural technology and the residential design strategies for SLR in particular cities across the United States. This investigation focuses on issues of resiliency through a comparative study of experiences in New Orleans (postKatrina), New York City (post-Hurricane Sandy) and Houston (Tropical Storm Bill). With this experience in these selected cities, I will continue to develop my own terms of resilience and sustainability.

As witnessed in New York City, New Orleans and Houston we are unaware of climate change until it’s too late. As designers we have responsibilities to educate and give an avenue for advocacy and access, while empowering individuals and communities to take actions on their own terms without fear, guilt and blame.

East Boston 2015

Living With Water Competition: Thriving with Water

East Boston 2050

NYC Retrofitting Building for Flood Risk

Our daily routines and experience of the built environment will be transformed by the impacts of climate change. We design structures to the way we live our lives throughout the years, from walking out the front door of our homes, to driving down the road for groceries. The operations of our lifestyle, and structures that work within them will need to adapted in order to maintain a healthy and sustainable future.

This issue has been addressed for some time by many leading professionals in varieties of fields.

Solutions range from the retrofitting of homes to large urban plans for cities.

The focus of many of these solutions is aimed at developing resilience at the scale of the city.

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New York City, NY population 8.4 mil

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New Orleans, LA population 378,715

Houston, TX population 2.2 mil However, there is a lack of information for solutions aimed for the residential scale. Current solutions are ad-hoc without considering the complexity of tenancy in homeownership and integration of building systems.

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This study proposes an investigation of different scales of architectural technology and design that seeks to mitigate the impacts of SLR and climate change using New York City, New Orleans and Houston for studies.

I hope to develop resilient, sustainable, and socially equitable solutions.

NEW YORK CITY, NY

Hurricane Sandy $19 billion in damage Displaced 200,000 households New York City has led a vast amount of progressive work towards the effects of flooding. NYC has a dense population that still functions within its infrastructure while the city improves its resilience. NYC has been leading development for SLR resiliency prior to Sandy, with implemented work such as the comprehensive waterfront plan Vision 202, the descriptive report “A Stronger, More Resilient New York” and progressive design competitions like “What if New York City.”

NEW ORLEANS, LA

Hurricane Katrina $108 billion in damage Displaced 600,000 households Hurricane Katrina has a been a constant reference in understanding the effects on the community. With 80% of the city flooded, many of New Orleans neighborhoods were damaged. The extensive time line of rebuilding the neighborhoods will allow for an exploration of ongoing solutions; with projects such as the Rockefeller Foundation of 100 Resilient Cities, the sustainable suggestions of Make It Right competitions, and the ongoing research of community life within the Resilience Community. New Orleans provides important references paradigmatic solutions.

HOUSTON, TX

Current Flooding $350 million in damage Displaced 2,000 households Following Memorial Day weekend many parts of the metropolitan area of Houston, Texas were left underwater damaging property and public infrastructure.

Areas of Southwest Houston received to 11 inches of rain. 70 counties (28% of total counties in Texas) have been declared as disaster areas, thousands of structures were. The city of Houston will allow for immediate action and ongoing experience.

1.1 NEW

YORK CITY

Focusing on infrastructure that is being developed from the damage of the storm, this study would be able to connect the endeavors of NYC in relation to Boston.

-Interviewing the industries leaders towards SLR in NYC -Documenting the effects and solutions implemented among residential homes.

-Shadow the work of architecture firms that are on the forefront of these solutions.

-Working with resilient community programs to understand the actions being taken.

South Bronx, NY High risk flooding & waves Ferry Point park Old Ferry Point Bronx Whitestone bridge

Queens, NY High risk flooding & waves Gotham walk Breezy Point park Breezy Point beach

Brooklyn, NY High risk flooding & waves Brooklyn bridge park Brooklyn waterfront Brooklyn bridge conservancy

Hoboken, NJ

Avalon, NJ

Rockaway, NY

The World Trade Center site, New York City,

Port Jefferson

Breezy Point, NY

1.2 NEW

ORLEANS

In New Orleans I aim to target the process of personal rehabilitation towards the neighborhoods that have been strategized to SLR. -Connect with New Orleans resilience officers.

-Exploring and documenting the solutions of the Lower 9th Ward from leading designers of resilience, -Hearing from community members about their descriptive experience of life after the storm.

-Experiencing the way of living with implemented solutions towards sea level rise

Empire, LA High risk flooding Fishing Venice Mississippi River Adams Bay

Lower 9th Ward, LA High risk flooding Bayou Bienvenue Mississippi River US Army Corps of Engineers Inner Harbor Navigation Canal

New Orleans East, LA High risk flooding Lake Ponchartrain 17th St. levee East neighborhoods

Treme, LA

Gentilly, LA

9th Ward, LA

Upper Ward, LA

South Ward, LA

9th Ward, LA

1.3 HOUSTON

As this disaster is an active event, this would be an ample opportunity for a hands on experience along with seeing the measures they have taken to resolve this situation, with both technology and design.

-Volunteer with organization to help with the relief of these situations.

-Communicate with the community to document their current situation and their reactions towards the rehabilitation of their livelihoods -Working with agencies and communities that are in process of approaching solutions

Downtown Houston, TX Limited flooding Buffalo Bayou Underground Tunnels Tranquility Park

Houston, TX Current flooding Brays Bayou MacGregor Park TX 5 - Spur

Houston, TX Current flooding Third Ward Brays Bayou

Missouri City, TX

Houston, TX

Greater Third Ward, TX

Houston, TX

Houston, TX

Houston, TX

6.24.15 - 7.3.15 New York, NY

New York botanical garden

Brooklyn botanical garden

Brooklyn bridge park

MoMa ps1: WARM UP

Hunt’s Point: lifelines

Highline

Whitney museum

architecture storefront : facing east

Newark riverfront park

7.3.15 - 7.14.15 New Orleans, LA

Lower 9th ward

Rosa F. Keller Library

Make It Right

NOMA : Ten Years Gone

New Orleans city park

Fishing Venice

London canal

17th street canal levee

Lake Pontchartrain causeway

7.14.15 - 7.22.15 Houston, TX

Buffalo bayou park

3rd Ward

Houston underground tunnels

Johnson space center

Galveston beach

Barker reservoir

Green Discovery

Brays Bayou

Tranquility park

Damon Rich Planning Director & Chief Urban Designer Newark, New Jersey Planning Department richda@ci.newark.nj.us

Mitchell Joachim co-founder & Associate Professor Terreform ONE & NYU mj@terreform.org

Carter Craft Senior Economic Officer Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York carter.craft@minbuza.nl

Kate Orff Founder and Partner Scape / Landscape Architecture PLLC

Thaddeus Pawlowski Adjunct Assistant Professor Columbia University ethaddeus@gmail.com

Adam Yarinsky Principal ARO ayarinsky@aro.net

Malcom Bowman Professor of Physical Oceanography Stony Brook University Malcolm.Bowman@stonybrook.edu

Daniel Kidd Associate, RA BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group

Kristina Ford Professor of Urban Policy and the Use of Land Columbia University

Eric Bunge co-founding Principal nARCHITECTS

Jared Genova Fellow 100 Resilient Cities jmgenova@nola.gov

David Waggonner President Waggonner & Ball Architects david@wbarchitects.com

Kenneth Shwartz Dean, Favrot Professor of Architecture Tulane kschwartz@tulane.edu

Coleman Coker Principal, Loeb Fellow 1994 buildingstudio ccoker@buildingstudio.net

Shelby E. Doyle Visiting Assistant Professor Louisiana State University sdoyle@lsu.edu

Dr. Joseph N. Suhayda Director Louisiana Water Resources Research Institute josephsuhayda@yahoo.com

Maurice Cox Associate Dean for Community Engagement, Favrot Associate Professor Tulane maurice@tulane.edu

Khari Lee Muscians New Orleans khariallenlee@gmail.com

Erin Fitzgerald, Program Manager, Healthy Communities Louisiana Public Health Institute efitzgerald@lphi.org

Dr. Elizabeth English Associate Professor University of Waterloo School of Architecture ecenglish@uwaterloo.ca

Christian Taber Senior Applications Engineer Big Ass solutions Trudi Smith Director of PR and Events Buffalo bayou partnership tsmith@buffalobayou.org Francisco Sanchez Liaison/Public Information Officer Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management 713-881-3100 Steve Stelzer Program Director CE Green Building Resource Center at City of Houston steve.stelzer@houstontx.gov

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Working with the Boston Society of Architects, the fellowship began with analysis of entries from the Living with Water design competition. Our tasks were: -Analysis and organization of competition entries.

-Communication of public about actions being used.

-Translation of actions of each design.

-Production of brochure that guides viewers through the future of Boston while promoting conversation.

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The Boston Living with Water International Design Competition is organized by : City of Boston, the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the Boston Harbor Association, and the Boston Society of Architects with support from the Barr Foundation and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management.

Take another look at the competition boards online and share the ideas with your colleagues, friends and family!

EAST BOSTON During the fellowship, we were tasked with the promotion and development of resilience and sustainability within the community’s of East Boston. Our work led us to opportunities that include: -understanding the unique urban fabric of each neighborhood -documenting existing conditions of East Boston housing stock -case studies of residential homes -communicating with residents -CEU lectures regarding our findings -neighborhood workshops on educating the public about being resilient and sustainable

foundation brick stone concrete

condition poor fair good

entrance height 0” - 12” 13” - 24” 25” +

use

commercial mix use residential

envelope vinyl brick wood

height

2 levels 3 levels 4+ levels

3/ foundation

2/ services

1/ structural

1/ structural

-Supporting the structure of this building is a set of steel beams and columns that help carry the weight of the building - These columns are footed into the ground, where the rising water-table will cause these supports to be ineffective.

2/ services

-The services to this building are located in the basement level. With the location of this building, the services will be in danger of damage from the 100 year flood plain -These services have been elevated to protect against incoming floods.

resilience workshop

3/ foundation

-The buildings foundation has experienced water damage in the past.

With the different structural systems, the building is in danger of failing.

-With water in the ground outside the foundation, the ground will push the foundation inwards, causing it to collapse.

community feedback

outcome design studio

Collaborating with Boston Architectural College’s design studios, I will be curating lectures and workshops to help students implement this research into a design process.

gateway project

Rejoining with the Huxtable Fellows, I will be developing a design project for the fall semester. The focus will be implementing our research and analysis in partnership with East Boston.

discussion

With interests from the Boston Society of Architects, I will be creating a presentation to disseminate my research through lectures, panel discussions and interviews.

manual

I aim to apply this research in the development of a manual for neighborhood residents to be informed about solutions for resilience and sustainability.

Stawasz Thank you Arlen Becki Maisch

Benjamin Peterson Beth Lundell Garver BAC Practice Dept Christian Borger Chris Marchi Emily Williamson Gretchen Schneider Huxtable Fellowship Kyle Sturgeon Jason Boone Julie Campbell Julie Wormser Otis Gray Magdalena Ayed Mark Urrea Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) Nina Chase The Community Design Resource Center (CDRC) Richard Yeager