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The Sea Room is an architectural manifestation of the hidden stories along the Malecón. It forms a new public space, a pause along the nightly promenade of the Malecón. Through tidal energy, the Defensive Seawall which acts as an extension of the Malecón wall, while paying homage to late Lebbeus Wood, creating a primary protective barrier against the severe weather conditions during hurricane season. Acting as a porous landscape, the underwater Stepping-Terrain allows smooth transition between water and land. The water levels within the Sea Room is controlled through the sets of Seagates and Channels and can allow rapid water drainage. A set of Gatehouses are proposed around the hospital above the flood line guarding the surgetanks underneath, they act as safehouses during flood and archival spaces in normal weather condition.The Sea Room is charged with productive energy by the proposed fields for the growth of seaweeds for manufacture, the growth of ritual related flowers for ceremonies, and the growth of herbs for the production of medicine.
Lock: Doll Maker’s Workshop
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The Malecon Sea Room Construct
Micro-island: Oceanic Archive
Flood Control Mechanism: Stage I
Micro-island: Registry of Names
The Malecon Sea Room
Flood Control Mechanism: Stage II
Lock: Elevator Operation Space
Flood Control Mechanism: Stage III
Lock: Photographer’s Tomb
Mapping at Havana Scale
Flood Control Mechanism: Stage IV