190
191 M ARCH
M ARCH
Waterfront residential tower
entrance
basketball center
height of path
Waterfront plaza
100 year flood line
seating berm plaza entrance to GBX GBX
playing yard
Kindergarten Stadium height of path 100 year flood line
Minor League Stadium
boardwalk wateredge
elevated street Kayak Center height of path 100 year flood line
berm wall
MATTHIJS BOUW
residential
GBX
residential
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MATTHIJS BOUW
The Red Hook neighborhood of New York City is one of the oldest parts of Brooklyn, already marked in maps from 1776. However, the area became a distinct neighborhood through the ambitious efforts of Robert Moses who constructed the Belt Parkway, an elevated 6 lane roadway, which split Red Hook from the rest of Brooklyn. Moses aimed to make New York City a center of commerce, a hub of efficiency. In this Moses succeeded. In fact, Moses was the greatest force of change for NYC of the 20th century. Today a new force is transforming the city. That force is the force of nature. Climate change is causing sea level rise and slowly transforming the way coastal cities are constructed. Two ideas prevail in addressing sea level rise: retreat to high ground or construct barriers to protect existing capital. The former solution is wise, the latter is realistic. In a city with limited land and high property value protection is valuable. Our proposal aims to build a berm that protects the neighborhood from flooding. This berm will be programmed with sports facilities and housing. The building portions are integrated into the berm with the aim of disintegrating the line between nature and city. Previously we believed nature could be placed outside – Enkidu the wild man. Mechanical systems dominate the built environment. Climate change proved that we can’t place the problems outside any longer; indeed there may be no inside to go to in the future.
CRITIC: Matthijs Bouw Kai-Uwe Bergman
ADVANCED' 701
ADVANCED' 701
residential
STUDENT: Yanghui Huang Jonathan Hein