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DESIGN CONCEPT

WaTer can be boTh a desTroyer and a builder

The challenges of sea level rise, increasing storm and flooding risk, insufficient sediment, and accelerating erosion are all relative to losing land. The design intervenes with the breakwater as a medium regarding water as a land builder. Based on physical & digital simulation, the design proposes a series of breakwaters trapping sediments potentially form new land.

Unlike the thriving land restoration project like Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration, the design focuses more on improving the surrounding environment including residential & industrial areas. Beyond simulation, it also conceives how human beings as part of nature could engage in this intervention.

Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station (Industry)

Stoney Beach Condominiums (Residence)

DESIGN METHODOLOGY

The challenges of sea level rise, increasing storm and flooding risk, insufficient sediment, and accelerating erosion are all relative to losing land. The design intervenes with the breakwater as a medium regarding water as a land builder. Based on physical & digital simulation, the design proposes a series of breakwaters trapping sediments potentially form new land.

Unlike the thriving land restoration project like Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration, the design focuses more on improving the surrounding environment including residential & industrial areas. Beyond simulation, it also conceives how human beings as part of nature could engage in this intervention.

physical simulaTion vs digiTal iTeraTion