BOS / MEX Because of Water — Exhibition Catalog

BOS / MEX

BECAUSE OF WATER

MEX / BOS A CAUSA DEL AGUA

This exhibit shares work united by water. The work represented includes student and faculty projects that examine urban landscapes and cities that are shaped by politics, human density, lack of green areas, and climate change.

Boston’s sea-level rise is evident along the Harbor and Back Bay, the densest districts filled by the city’s development over the last four centuries. These areas reflect both the cause of and challenge from the impending floodwaters.

Mexico City, with an elevation of 7,382’ was built on lakes and natural marshes through an indigenous-colonial architectural layering that reveals its sociopolitical strata. Mexico City is now weighed down by the impact of a population of over 21 million inhabitants. This is a world-renown metropolis, lacking water resources and infiltration systems in a context of continuous urbanization.

Territories vary: from low-lying or high and mountainous profiles. The sudden overabundance, scarcity, velocity and force of water increasingly shape our landscapes. Boston is flooding. Mexico City is sinking. The conditions are different as are the geographies. Even so, we experience one recognizable climate-culture since we are now bound because of water.

This exhibition marks a new chapter of an international academic collaboration between the Boston Architectural College (BAC) and Centro Metropolitano de Arquitectura Sustentable (C+) in Mexico City. It seeks to demonstrate the value of a cross-cultural exchange of ideas and design approaches as a method of inquiry into environmental and urbanization issues affecting global communities today.

Projects include local and international work around Rising Tides and Resiliency in Boston and Lynn, Massachusetts, Mangrove Ecosystems in the Yucatan Shores and the Padre Francisco Tembleque Aqueduct in Tulancingo, Hidalgo - Mexico, as well as Social and Ecological Urbanism along Medellín’s Streambeds in Colombia, among many others.

BOS/MEX MEX/BOS

BECAUSE OF WATER A CAUSA DEL AGUA

McCormick Gallery Boston Architectural College September 18 - November 11, 2017 “Because of Water/A Causa del Agua” is a collaboration between the Boston Architectural College (BAC) and Centro Metropolitano de Arquitectura Sustentable (C+). Together, Maria Bellalta, Dean and Faculty of the School of Landscape Architecture at the BAC, and Carlos Ruiz de Chávez, Director of C+, would like to thank the following people for their contribution to making this exhibition possible.

Glen LeRoy, President, Boston Architectural College Diana Ramirez-Jasso, Provost, Boston Architectural College Karen Nelson, Dean and Faculty, School of Architecture, Boston Architectural College Francisco Luna, Representative and Faculty, C+, Principal Buro Verde Bertha Pantoja, Faculty, School of Landscape Architecture, Boston Architectural College Aidan Ackerman, Director of Digital Media and Faculty, Boston Architectural College Tyler Calder, Chief Marketing Officer, Yulio VR Daniela Coray, MLA Candidate, Research Assistant, School of Landscape Architecture, BAC Jamie Horgan, Exhibition Preparator, BAC Roger Farrington, Exhibition Photographer, BAC

We would also like to offer a particular thank you to Emilio Rabasa, Cónsul of the Consulate General of Mexico, for his enthusiasm, and for the attendance of Graciela Gomez, Deputy Cónsul of the Consulate General of Mexico, and Michelle Arroyo, Cultural Affairs Officer, during the opening reception on October 11, 2017.

A special thank you goes out to the following students and faculty from BAC and C+, who contributed their work to this compelling exhibit: Stephen Godanis Jacob Ferreira Brittany Dixon María Bellalta Aidan Ackerman Daniela Coray Heather Heimark Jess Alpert Sophie Bignet Jonathan Cave Anahita Kianous Bertha Pantoja

Matthew Gilman James Poulsin Maria Romero Maria Theodrou Arlen Stawasz Tyler Hinckley Estalin Cambiasca Karen Sutin Noah Geupel Kimberley Cullen Ashlee Madrigal Hosam Mahjob

Cyrille Futcha Heather Cunningham Peter Fletcher Autumn Waldron Christian Emmanuel Mújica Arochi Aída Manón Traconis Alcocer Héctor Lara Kamura Alejandro Lira

Sponsored by:

Exhibit planning sketches, Maria Bellalta

LA SOCIAL URBANISM MEDELLĂ?N, COLOMBIA

Maria Bellalta, Daniela Coray, Jacob Ferreira, Brittany Dixon, Thomas Klein

This research and studio work on Social Urbanism in Medellín, Colombia represents an ongoing investigation exploring urban design, planning and site design parameters within an extraordinary geographical and ecological region of the Global South. At varying scales, natural systems are framed against the city’s densification and urban context to provoke viable planning frameworks for the expansion of its ongoing developing communities.

An understanding of the region’s terrain offers a rationale behind the economic inequality and for the rapid speed at which the city has grown. These also provide insight into the sociocultural and political underpinnings behind the ‘form’ of the city’s development and to precarious disconnections to the natural systems that should be aligned through planning.

Although an influx of transit oriented projects and lively cultural and institutional amenities have been implemented within the city and have given Medellín its rebirth after a narcotrafficking era of the past several decades, the city continues to be developed with little regard for its natural resources. Modern, new and revitalized public spaces, openair libraries, and civic plazas signal a way forward but appear largely irresponsive to the ecological cues that exist in this fertile part of the globe. As a result, Medellín’s growing population is vulnerable to catastrophic landslides, where water runs at full force along steep slopes through the informal settlement areas located at the city’s high perimeter.

Through in-situ observations in Medellín, this study reframes traditional planning practices within a context of a landscape that would otherwise remain unfamiliar to references typically stemming from the Global North. Specific, more localized landscape architectural and urbanism tactics offer a valuable lens for solutions that can work within the unique natural resources of the area to fortify its physical development and future growth.

Conceptual projects within the studio include planning projects along streambeds; productive landscapes that are resourced by the local hydrology, enhancing and activating the daily experience of the community; and educational programming that reveal lessons over the hydrological performance and potential of the greater natural system of the region.

LA Social Urbanism Studio

Medellín, Colombia This research and studio work on Social Urbanism in Medellín, Colombia represents an ongoing investigation exploring urban design, planning and site design parameters within an extraordinary geographical and ecological region of the Global South. At varying scales, natural systems are framed against the city’s densification and urban context to provoke viable planning frameworks for the expansion of its ongoing developing communities.

An understanding of the region’s terrain offers a rationale behind the economic inequality and for the rapid speed at which the city has grown. These also provide insight into the sociocultural and political underpinnings behind the ‘form’ of the city’s development and to precarious disconnections to the natural systems that should be aligned through planning.

Although an influx of transit oriented projects and lively cultural and institutional amenities have been implemented within the city and have given Medellín its rebirth after a narcotrafficking era of the past several decades, the city continues to be developed with little regard for its natural resources. Modern, new and revitalized public spaces, openair libraries, and civic plazas signal a way forward but appear largely irresponsive to the ecological cues that exist in this fertile part of the globe. As a result, Medellín’s growing population is vulnerable to catastrophic landslides, where water runs at full force along steep slopes through the informal settlement areas located at the city’s high perimeter.

Through in-situ observations in Medellín, this study reframes traditional planning practices within a context of a landscape that would otherwise remain unfamiliar to references typically stemming from the Global North. Specific, more localized landscape architectural and urbanism tactics offer a valuable lens for solutions that can work within the unique natural resources of the area to fortify its physical development and future growth.

Conceptual projects within the studio include planning projects along streambeds; productive landscapes that are resourced by the local hydrology, enhancing and activating the daily experience of the community; and educational programming that reveal lessons over the hydrological performance and potential of the greater natural system of the region.

Faculty: Maria Bellalta Students: Daniela Coray, Brittany Dixon, Jacob Ferreira, Thomas Klein

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LIVING WITH WATER BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Maria Bellalta, Heather Heimark, Jonathan Cave, Jess Alpert, Sophie Bignet, Anahita Kianous

Our design proposal reconnects the city to the water that envelops it, allowing water to flow through the Fort Point Channel’s urban district while responding to changes in sea level rise over the next century. Tidal systems will fluctuate and circuit the site, navigating around built, open, green and blue spaces which compose the area. The district offers sensuous and vital ecological patterns the chance to shift and evolve, performing organically and meaningfully for its community. Modern coastal urban life is about proximity and also disconnection from the water. Though water abounds us, we are not always able to sense nor touch it. Our strategy reframes this dichotomy of life in the city and our separateness to water by reconnecting the sounds and smells of the ocean, the tide’s rises, and the plants which thrive along the shoreline to become present throughout this new landscape, and for water to become a unified element of urban life. This proposal has the capacity to handle a substantial inflow of water, therefore reducing the impact of storm surges here, as well as on the other two sites. Via the water bodies, or bowls, that make up the new ecological landscape, the district is able to take up a greater volume of water from sea-level rise over the next 100 years and beyond. It can also reduce energy use with lower ambient air temperatures occurring over the cooler site and near the existing harbor.

The proposal retains several significant elements. The Post Office Building and Gillette Company Headquarters will be kept, along with parking for each facility. Vehicular routes to both A Street and Haul Road are also maintained to connect to these existing uses. The remaining 35 acres of existing parking are given over to this blue-green environment with generous promenades for walking, biking and recreational programs, and to instigating renewed experiences with water. Several historic buildings currently exist at the northwest corner of the site. These buildings will remain, and will continue to be the heart of an established, thriving cultural district. As the tide continues to rise, these buildings will stay in place, yet they will need to adapt in order to coexist with water. By 2050 the proposed high tide level will submerge the first floor of these buildings, and so these occupants will be moved to the northeast corner of the site.

In order to mitigate this relocation and to additionally meet occupancy levels planned by the Master Plan, the site is envisioned for residential and mixed-use with a new building to anchor the development and serve as an architectural Landmark Tower. These adaptations will allow residences and commerce to remain a part of the neighborhood, while safely transferring them to higher ground. By 2100, much of these historic buildings will likely be underwater; our proposal suggests that what remains of these buildings become sculptural elements that are integral to this model landscape and which will be relics of Boston’s history of living with water.

Boston Living With Water Competition

Open Circuit: Traveling Water Our design proposal reconnects the city to the water that envelops it, allowing water to flow through the Fort Point Channel’s urban district while responding to changes in sea level rise over the next century. Tidal systems will fluctuate and circuit the site, navigating around built, open, green and blue spaces which compose the area. The district offers sensuous and vital ecological patterns the chance to shift and evolve, performing organically and meaningfully for its community. Modern coastal urban life is about proximity and also disconnection from the water. Though water abounds us, we are not always able to sense nor touch it. Our strategy reframes this dichotomy of life in the city and our separateness to water by reconnecting the sounds and smells of the ocean, the tide’s rises, and the plants which thrive along the shoreline to become present throughout this new landscape, and for water to become a unified element of urban life. This proposal has the capacity to handle a substantial inflow of water, therefore reducing the impact of storm surges here, as well as on the other two sites. Via the water bodies, or bowls, that make up the new ecological landscape, the district is able to take up a greater volume of water from sea-level rise over the next 100 years and beyond. It can also reduce energy use with lower ambient air temperatures occurring over the cooler site and near the existing harbor.

The proposal retains several significant elements. The Post Office Building and Gillette Company Headquarters will be kept, along with parking for each facility. Vehicular routes to both A Street and Haul Road are also maintained to connect to these existing uses. The remaining 35 acres of existing parking are given over to this blue-green environment with generous promenades for walking, biking and recreational programs, and to instigating renewed experiences with water. Several historic buildings currently exist at the northwest corner of the site. These buildings will remain, and will continue to be the heart of an established, thriving cultural district. As the tide continues to rise, these buildings will stay in place, yet they will need to adapt in order to coexist with water. By 2050 the proposed high tide level will submerge the first floor of these buildings, and so these occupants will be moved to the northeast corner of the site. In order to mitigate this relocation and to additionally meet occupancy levels planned by the Master Plan, the site is envisioned for residential and mixed-use with a new building to anchor the development and serve as an architectural Landmark Tower. These adaptations will allow residences and commerce to remain a part of the neighborhood, while safely transferring them to higher ground. By 2100, much of these historic buildings will likely be underwater; our proposal suggests that what remains of these buildings become sculptural elements that are integral to this model landscape and which will be relics of Boston’s history of living with water.

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Faculty: Maria Bellalta, Aidan Ackerman, Heather Heimarck Students: Jessica Alpert, Sophie Bignet, Jonathan Cave, Anahita Kianous

EXISTING

RISING TIDES BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Stephen Godanis

By discussing instability we can begin to understand the intense physical and psychological ramifications of climatic events. Such situations impact local conditions differently. These experiences are important in identifying the resiliency of the people involved and of the landscape’s preemptive natural mitigation strategies. Furthermore, by designating and addressing sites that are vulnerable and prone to unstable conditions we can begin to strategize collective futures for the inevitability of such experiences. As those provoked by climate change occur randomly, such as fires, earthquakes, and floods, some are more predictable. Climate related change is an inevitable experience affecting our lives and our coastal edges and cities.

Boston is a coastal city. The history, culture, and urban fabric is connected to the ocean and its bounty. This relationship is evolving, and as with any relationship, filled with ups and downs. This fluctuation will be tested in years to come, as human-induced climate change threatens the coastal edges where human settlement and nature meet.

This project proposes design strategies that facilitate the occupation of resilient, healing landscapes. Much attention has been given to discussion of rising tides, increased weather phenomenon, and the resultant aftermath of climate change. What has been missing, however, has been the direct discussion of the sense of instability and uncertainty in their wake. Can instability and uncertainty be embraced as a design driver to affect?

Human-induced climate change will affect and alter our way of life in Boston. Boston’s coastal edge conditions will be impacted by dramatic changes in the next century due to climate change and subsequently need resilient, preemptive interception strategies to mitigate the disturbance to mind and earth. I believe we can do this by embracing instability and resiliency.

Rising Tide: Preemptive, Resilient Strategies for Coastal Disasters in Boston By discussing instability we can begin to understand the intense physical and psychological ramifications of climatic events. Such situations impact local conditions differently.

These experiences are important in identifying the resiliency of the people involved and of the landscape’s preemptive natural mitigation strategies. Furthermore, by designating and addressing sites that are vulnerable and prone to unstable conditions we can begin to strategize collective futures for the inevitability of such experiences. As those provoked by climate change occur randomly, such as fires, earthquakes, and floods, some are more predictable. Climate related change is an inevitable experience affecting our lives and our coastal edges and cities.

Boston is a coastal city. The history, culture, and urban fabric is connected to the ocean and its bounty. This relationship is evolving, and as with any relationship, filled with ups and downs. This fluctuation will be tested in years to come, as human-induced climate change threatens the coastal edges where human settlement and nature meet.

This project proposes design strategies that facilitate the occupation of resilient, healing landscapes. Much attention has been given to discussion of rising tides, increased weather phenomenon, and the resultant aftermath of climate change. What has been missing, however, has been the direct discussion of the sense of instability and uncertainty in their wake. Can instability and uncertainty be embraced as a design driver to affect?

Human-induced climate change will affect and alter our way of life in Boston. Boston’s coastal edge conditions will be impacted by dramatic changes in the next century due to climate change and subsequently need resilient, preemptive interception strategies to mitigate the disturbance to mind and earth. I believe we can do this by embracing instability and resiliency.

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AQUEDUCT OF FATHER TEMBLEQUE HIDALGO, MEXICO

Maria Bellalta, Bertha Pantoja, Matthew Gillman, James Poulsin, Maria Romero, Maria Theodorou

In 2012, the BAC and C+ initiated its first academic collaboration based on an international design studio in Mexico.

This studio focused on a 16th century UNESCO World Heritage Site and monument, the Aqueduct of Father Tembleque in Hildalgo, where concepts explored planning and landscape architectural possibilities across the aqueduct’s 44 kilometer span. The study has generated several design proposals that consider the characteristics of culture and context, including the value of water in a landscape in which it has historically been scarce.

These proposals suggest transformations to the Aqueduct region along the Pulquera Haciendas into a cultural corridor and destination that could promote the national heritage of Mexico and protect water as a valuable natural resource.

Through the BAC’s landscape architectural program, geographic information systems supported the topographical and hydrological studies.

In 2016, a Historical Colloquium was held in Mexico City where BAC faculty, Bertha Pantoja and Maria Bellalta, alongside historians, archeologists, civil engineers, city planners and municipal authorities, presented these conceptual design proposals to Mexico’s Ministry of Culture. These posed methods for reactivating this hydrological landscape through an integrated, ecological urbanism approach. Today this project continues to unfold while illuminating the value of indigenous and roman hydrological principles and construction techniques.

Landscape Architecture Studio

Aqueduct of Father Tembleque “New Sights of the Sustainable Tourism in Yucatán Shores” “MANGLAR WEFT X´CAMBÓ” Rescue in the conservation of mangrove landscape

In 2012, the BAC and C+ (Centro Metropolitano de Arquitectura Sustentable) initiated its first academic collaboration based on an international design studio in Mexico. This studio focused on a 16th century UNESCO World Heritage Site and monument, the Aqueduct of Father Tembleque It´s located in the north shore of Yucatán Peninsula, at 6km from Telchac Puerto, south with Xtampú in the coastal road Progreso- Telchac at 40k in Hildalgo, where concepts explored planning and landscape architectural possibilities across the aqueduct’ 44 kilometer span. The study has northeast of the city of Mérida. X'cambó (from the mayan “celestial crocodile” or “where the exchanges occurs”); strategically established near t generated several design proposals thatshore consider the characteristics including theof value water inalmost a landscape in which of Yucatán Peninsula in of theculture Petén and withcontext, an approximate area 10.5ofhectares, surrounded by ait swamp, mangroves and other has historically been scarce. resources. It appeared and developed in the early classic (250 b.C.-1000 a.C). Splendid natural showcase that combine peaceful beach archeological zones. It has a strong influence from the Mayans cities of Izamal, Tho´ (now known as Mérida). Saline center from the late pr These proposals suggest transformations to the Aqueduct the important Pulquera period Haciendas into a cultural and destination couldthis mineral. period (100b.C. -250region a.C.). along The most is in the early classic corridor (250-600d.C); today it stillsthat produce promote and protect the national heritage Mexicoofand which could protect water as valuable natural Through theconservation BAC’s landscape Theoflocation Yucatán Peninsula and it´s extensive coastlines, alsoresource. the importance of the of it´s marine and coastal environme architectural program and courses in GIS, geographic information systems supported the topographical and hydrological natural richness and biological diversity, are important factors in the development of studies. the present mangroves ecosystem andthe important p represents as an element for natural balance. This is because it´s a producer of food and shelter for fishes, crustaceans, molluscs and mamma ecosystem protects thefaculty, civilization of the shoresand from torments and hurricanes and also it helps to store carbon taking the carbon dioxide In 2016, a Historical Colloquium was heldthis in big Mexico City where BAC Bertha Pantoja Maria Bellalta, alongside historians, archeologists, from the atmosphere,with photosynthesis, then transform it, store it in the biomass the trunks, root, branches, leaves, flowers, fruits an civil engineers, city planners and municipal authorities, presentedthe these conceptual design proposals to Mexico’s Ministry from of Culture.

These posed sediment.

These carbon stores give us a benefit of reducing the effects of the climate changes contributing to regulate the local and regional clim methods for reactivating this hydrological landscape through an integrated, ecological urbanism approach. Today this project continues to unfold really important to spread and make everyone know the functions of the mangroves ecosystem, it´s conservation and restoration that will bring b while illuminating the value of indigenous and roman hydrological principles and construction techniques. to everyone in the planet.

Mexico lost 65 percent of these ecosystems, and now there are only 770,057 hectares left. The Instituto Nacional de Ecologia (INE) estimates are losing the mangrove ecosystem in an average rate of 2.5 percent annually. Now a days they are not found in the climate politics of the formal taking place. Visit our Webpage http://www.aidatraconis.com/ Work

ECONOMY GROWTH: Around the mangroves there are important shing activities which take p with food and economic development, to communities settled on the coast.

NATURAL FILTER WATTER: Filter, desalinate water and allow the supply from groundwater.

SUPER MANGROVE: The impact of cyclones and hurricanes is smaller where the mangrove e preserved since they contribute in the stability of the beach soil and contain erosion of wind OXYGEN SUPLIER: clean the air and provide clean oxygen for the environment.

SUSTAINABILITY: They are part of the natural ecosystem.

HOME PROTECTOR: the mangrove has the function of being the cradle of a great quantity that, until they reach their juvenile phase, migrate to the sea as prairie of marine grass or co larvae. In addition to providing food and protection for themselves.

INCREASE THE VALUE OF LAND: They increase the value of the localities where we found the areas with great tourist potential, that also have economic sustenance for their inhabitants, characteristics, make them susceptible to government investments and associations for the REDUCING CARBON FOOTPRINT: Capture greenhouse gases and act as sinks for carbon dio

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Mérida is the capital of the state of Yucatan, which is located in Mexico. We can nd it in the homonymous municipality that is in the Metropolitan inuence Zone or Region VI of the entity.

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They are conform of mangroves with no more than 15 meters long, although in the areas of outfalls of rivers, they can reach the 30 meters long. Their roots are known as epigeas and they grow from the mud where there emerge many roots called neumatorofas with a breathing function.

Ecosystem aerial herons, medium and small birds of prey.

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They are well preserved because they are hidden.

Marine ecosystem fishes, crustaceans and molluscs

Mangrove swamp area

Carbon dioxide warehouses, to combat climate changes.

To learn more about the importance of Mangrove Ecosystem visit: https://youtu.be/314YsE26tcs

Carbon dioxide warehouses, to combat climate changes.

Ecosystem terrestrial snakes, amphibians and reptiles.

Section: limestone of Yucatán Peninsula

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CENTRO METROPOLITANO DE ARQUITECTURA SOSTENTABLE

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RESILIENT LYNN LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS

Arlen Stawaasz, Tyler Hinckley, Estalin Cambisaca, Karen Sutin, Noah Geupel, Kimberly Cullen, Ashlee Madrigal, Hosam Mahjob, Cyrille Futcha, Heather Cunningham, Peter Fletcher, Autumn Waldron

As cities and institutions begin to plan for the projected risks associated with climate change, the concept of resilient design is taking hold. As instructors at the BAC, we have developed our advanced architectural studio as a way to test the potential for resilient design to transform the vulnerabilities of a given site or program into positive design opportunities.

This studio specifically considers gateway cities as case studies to build awareness of, and test potential solutions to, the vulnerabilities and dependencies those cities face due to climate change projections. Through their research and by developing resilient design strategies, students created vision plans and building concepts that can not only survive significant storm surge events but can also recover, grow, and flourish in a resilient manner. By engaging with the local communities each studio considers, the research is making an impact that stretches beyond the walls of the BAC. The challenges of resilience require the participation of many diverse partners, as the case study of Lynn shows. To advance this cause, designers, engineers, planners, and local communities must collaborate to build a collective consciousness and bring positive change in the face of the threats imposed by climate change.

The students used the city’s new Coastal Resiliency Assessment as the benchmark and starting point to understand the risks and vulnerabilities. Instead of completely blocking rising sea levels, the students adopted a strategy of “Making Room for Water,� which has gained traction in places like the Netherlands. They then explored the potential of key sites and strategic program types within the vision plan as smaller scale testing grounds for their ideas. Their ideas may very well inform not only the redevelopment of a city like Lynn, but also serve as inpiration for cities throughout the country.

Arch 3 Studio Site Work

Resilient Lynn As cities and institutions begin to plan for the projected risks associated with climate change, the concept of resilient design is taking hold. As instructors at the BAC, we have developed our advanced architectural studio as a way to test the potential for resilient design to transform the vulnerabilities of a given site or program into positive design opportunities.

ENVIRONMENTAL

This studio specifically considers gateway cities as case studies to build awareness of, and test potential solutions to, the vulnerabilities and dependencies those cities face due to CLIMATE climate change projections. Through their research and by developing resilient design strategies, students created vision plans and building concepts that can not only survive CHANGE VULNERABILITIES significant storm surge events but can also recover, grow, and flourish in a resilient manner. By engaging with the local communities each studio considers, the research is making . anINCREASES impact that stretches beyond the walls of the BAC. IN NUMBER, DURATION, AND INTENSITY HURRICANES

OF STORMS

1FT SLR SLR SLR The challenges of resilience require the participation of many diverse this cause, designers,2FT engineers, planners, and 3FT local . partners, as the case study of Lynn shows. To advance communities must collaborate CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION PATTERNS to build a collective consciousness and bring positive change in the face of the threats imposed by climate change.

10% increase (approximately 5 inches) in preThe students used the city’s new Coastal Resiliency Assessment as the benchmark and starting point to understand the risks and vulnerabilities. Instead of completely blocking risbetween 1895 and 2011.adopted a strategy of “Making Room for Water,” which has gained traction in places like the Netherlands. They then explored the potential of key sites ingcipitation sea levels, the students and strategic program types within the vision plan as smaller scale testing grounds for their ideas. Their ideas may very well inform not only the redevelopment of a city like Lynn, 70% increase in the amount of precipitation but alsoin serve asevents inpiration for cities falling very heave between 1958 and throughout the country. FLOODING 2012.

Greater recent increase in extreme precipitation than any other region in the U.S. Increase in winter precipitation from snow to rain.

INCREASES IN SEASONAL TEMPERATURE, WITH LONGER PERIODS OF DROUGHT

4FT SLR

5FT SLR

6FT SLR

7FT SLR

8FT SLR

9FT SLR

THUNDERSTORMS

Climate change has the potential to increase the frequency of hot days during the summer and may increase heat-related deaths in Boston by 50% by 2050. (NCA 2014).

If climate change continues, the Boston area may become more similar to that in Charlotte, NC, or Atlanta, GA. (NEAQ).

SEASONAL TEMPERATURE

Low

Mid

High

Low

Mid

High

Mean Higher Water

4.8

5.0

5.5

6.0

5.3

6.7

7.8

10-year storm

7.1

7.3

7.8

8.2

7.5

8.9

10.0

11.1

11.3

11.8

12.2

11.5

12.9

14.0

100-year storm

2016

2041

Sea level rise is expected to be 6 feet beyond current level by 2066.

10FT SLR

2066

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VISION PLAN depressed Lynnway intersections (separation of local and thru-traffic)

sea wall with water access

bridges over canals bulkhead-boardwalk

commercial canal-front primary canal system (public water access)

water filtration/ remediation pools

waterfront recreation zone/skate park

public beaches urban water-retention zone

landscaped playgrounds

residential canal/swale (swell-flood mitigation) floating public recreation/sporting

off-shore break waters & wind farm pedestrian & bicycle paths

elevated rolling topography (occupiable protective berm)

raised boardwalk over marshlands

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Faculty: Arlen Stawasz, Tyler FALL Hinckley 2016 SEMSETER Students: Estalin Cambisaca, Karen Sutin, Noah Geupel, Kimberly Cullen, Ashlee Madrigal, Hosam Mahjob, Cyrille Futcha, Heather Cunningham, Peter Fletcher, Autumn Waldron

THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION

• Lynn’s school system is overcrowded • The majority of Lynn’s high-school graduates do not go on to pursue higher education in a college environment • reason: schools in Lynn fail to inspire the will and passion in students to pursue higher learning after graduation

EDUCATION COMMUNITY: •Pre K - K

7.

•Elementary School

athletic & commercial complex

PROBLEM:

LYNNWAY LEARNING LABORATORY

SOLUTION: • Create a new resilient High School of the Future capable of withstanding the effects of climate change, envisioning and adapting the latest educational practices and technologies, and engaging and inspiring the greater community of Lynn.

•Middle School (Pickering) •Highschool •Shared Public Spaces

new high school Lynnway Learning Lab expanded canal system

athletic track & field

new preschool (by Perkins+Will)

2.

2.

3.

1.

6.

5.

1.

4.

2.

LEGEND: 1. Lawn

5. Public Plaza

2. Parking

6. Community Athletic Facilities

3. Car Drop-Off

7. Berm

Lynn’s new interconnected educational community will help students and individuals by inspiring them and providing an extensive support network that spans throughout their early educational years with the goal of building a solid foundation on which to pursue higher education.

4. Bus Drop-Off

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green roof plots as active learning labs for science and culinary curricula & integrated with water management system and heating/cooling systems

RESILIENT SYSTEMS WATER, LIGHT, GREENERY

HVAC Duct work & dropped GWB ceiling steel truss floor joist

Gutters direct water to slices channeling into LID system

steel pan poured concrete floor

perforated metal panel

Operable interior windows provide natural ventilation through perforated metal-screen panels

fibercement rain screen panels

Hat channel supports fiber cement panel rain screen and perforated metal window screens from interior metal stud walls

auditorium

atrium slices

sky bridge

gymnasium

Lynnway Learning Lab utilizes Low-Impact-Design (LID) as its primary water management strategy. Runoff is channeled from the roof of the structure along the “window slices” and directed to engineered swales running along the edges of the building at grade level. The water is then allowed to infiltrate in several ways, restoring the water table, being held in retention tanks, or channeled back into the site’s canal system when the water level is too high Mixed-Use Commercial & Residential

1A

Public Space + Canals

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High school (LLL)

Berm

Ocean

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EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE: An effort to mitigate the impact of an incident on the public and the environment.

The ERC is a hub of intertwined community, disaster relief, and day to day emergency relief focused program. Breaking the physical barriers that conventionally delineate the people from their response teams creates a new type of building, one that provokes conversation on resiliency and educates the public eye on the dangers of both the chronic and acute stressors of climate change.

DAY-TO-DAY USE

EMERGENCY USE

COAST GUARD

RESPONSE + RESCUE

FIRE STATION + EMS

RESPONSE + RESCUE

RED CROSS TRAINING CENTER

BUILDING DOCKS

1. EDGES

EQUIPT FOR MEDICAL RESPONSE

HELIPAD

ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION

INTERGENERATIONAL DAYCARE

HOUSING SPACE

EVENT SPACE

DISTRIBUTION CENTER

CLASSROOMS

SLEEPING SPACE

CAFE

DISTRIBUTION CENTER

MEETING ROOMS

SLEEPING SPACE

GYMNASIUM

2. FRONTAGE

GYMNASIUM

MEDIA LAB

COMMUNICATION OUTPOST

FERRY STATION

ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION MAIN ENTRY

3. PEDESTRIAN ZONE

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+

4. LANDFORMS

TEAM: Karen Sutin Autumn Waldron Kimberly Cullen

MIXED USE

5. BUILDING FOOTPRINT

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Knuckle/ Center

ACTIVATING THE WATERFRONT The site is an industrial area with a National Grid natural gas reservoir and associated protection wall. It is also where the protective sea wall begins and the location of the ferry terminal. The vision plan proposed a boardwalk running through the site. Nodding to the industrial origins of the site, the gas reservoir will remain but be emptied and transformed into a rock climbing wall. Parts of the protection wall are also retained, with paths weaving over and through for pedestrian access.

The site incorporates different activity zones. In general, the closer to the building, the more active the zone is, moving from a quite terraced area on the canal front to an outdoor seating area adjacent to the arcade and cafe.

A public plaza is created under the cantilever that also connects to the café. It is sunken to absorb flooding. It also creates a large flat area where training activities can be held. The waterfront edge is a sea wall with a boardwalk with docking for the ferry, coast guard, fire boats, and the public.

0

75

PARK

1

MIXED USE

HARDSCAPE PROTECTION Bulkhead and seawalls line the ERC to the north PEDESTRIAN ARCADE

CARVED OUT

OUTDOOR SEATING

FERRY TERMINAL

OUTDOOR SEATING

PLAYGROUND

2 Earth Connection

Water Aversion

WORKOUT PARK COAST GUARD AND FIRE BOAT MARINA

TERRACED LANDSCAPE

PUBLIC PLAZA Exists underneath cantilever.

Flexible Programming.

Floodable

ROCK CLIMBING WALL Repurposed gas tank

CANTILEVER Statement against sea level rise SKATE PARK

SOFTSCAPE PROTECTION Natural berming provides protection BOARDWALK HUB

3

4

PUBLIC DOCKS

150

1” = 50’ - 0” BIKE PATHS FIRE TRUCK ROUTE

5

10’ Storm Surge

PEDESTRIAN BOARDWALK

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CANAL SYSTEM Allows for controlled and choreographed flooding

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WATER RENEWAL PROCESS ELIMINATED FILTER

SCREEN

MICRO

AERATED TANKS

SETTLING TANKS

Screens are used to remove large inorganic objects.

An aerated grit chamber allows inorganic sand & gravel to settle to bottom & is then removed

Lighter organics are skimmed from the surface heavy organics are skimmed from the bottom.

ORGANISMS

Aerated aerobic environments allows these microorganisms to break down remaining matter.

microorganisms settle to

Microorganisms are added to the digester’s.

The Lynn Reservoir System is only at 45% capacity and the Lynn Wastewater Treatment Plant is dumping water cleaner than the ocean into the harbor.

Some of the water is diverted and treated in this system for education & environmental renewal.

GRIT & SCREEN

Natural

Majority of the water is treated in this system.

Traditional

WATER CYCLE AND RESOURCE RENEWAL

POND #1

POND #2

TREATMENT

OXIDATION POND

MARSHES

Natural UV Rays allow microorganisms to break down organic matter, which is later scraped off the bottom.

Naturally remove microorganisms.

AERATION & MIXING Wastewater is released into the pond where microorganisms are able to grow.

bottom & removed

Clear Vapor Wet Day

Water cleaner than the ocean is discharged into the canals to establish an ecosystem.

Water

Condenser

Filter

CHLORINE BASIN Chlorine is added to kill any remaining bacteria then sulfur dioxide is added to remove the chlorine.

99.9% Pure Water

Saturated Liquid

Dry Day 25 Mil/Gal

GREY WATER FROM SWAMPSCOTT 14,400 RESIDENTS

GREY WATER FROM LYNN 89,100 RESIDENTS

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Sustainable drinking water and energy production form byproducts of the waste water treatment process.

110 Mil/Gal

Sludge Steam

Solids back to

Boiler

Dryer

Steam Turbine

Generator Electricity

Dryer Dried Fuel Wet Bio Solids

Dry Bio Solids

Water Pump

Collected Bio Solids

Heat Exchange

Steam

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WASTEWATER RENEWAL CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE AS AN AMENITY

AFTER

BEFORE

Unknown Identity

Traditional

Isolated & Barrier

Natural Ponds

Biofuel

Undesirable Neighbor

New Building Type

Visible & Iconic

Wasteful Process

Ecological Sanctuary Development

Hard Edge

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Accessible & Welcoming

Berm

Community Asset

Softer Edges Transitional Interception

Resource Recovery

Built (Hard) to Natural (Soft)

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URBAN LANDSCAPE RESCUE TACUBAYA, MEXICO CITY

Christian Emmanuel Mújica Arochi

The ECOBIKE stations inclusion, Barragan’s cultural passage, or Cenral park Alameda are strategies to activate the process of urban reslilience in the area.

Generate an integral project will allow restructure isolated actions of urban acupuncture carried out to date and visualizing the new strategies to be applied in the polygon. A project that enhances the qualities of the area, taking the strong historical heritage and integrating it into a new sociocultural dynamic, generating networks of interaction with the urban perimeter.

7 strategic nodes; completely individual characteristics. Activities and actors give rise to potentialities. These nodes, articulated by a network of pedestrian paths or bikeways will give a new neighborhood life to Tacubaya.

The public spaces network integrated different scales for the overall conformation of the project, from the individual scale within a small park meadow to the TURISTIC AND CULTURAL TACUBAYA PEDESTRIAN PATH, backbone of the master plan.

The Proyecto generate green trails on the footpaths and cyclists. Not only walking and relaxing spaces. The natural environment of the green walkways diluting the drastic artificial edges that the vehicular avenues have generated, restoring the TRANSITIONS as expansive waves from the park to the neighborhood.

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MANGLAR WEST X’CAMBÓ YUCATÁN SHORES, MEXICO

Aída Manón Traconis Alcocer

It´s located in the north shore of Yucatán Peninsula, at 6km from Telchac Puerto, south with Xtampú in the coastal road Progreso- Telchac at 40km in the northeast of the city of Mérida. X'cambó (from the mayan “celestial crocodile” or “where the exchanges occurs”); strategically established near the north shore of Yucatán Peninsula in the Petén with an approximate area of 10.5 hectares, almost surrounded by a swamp, mangroves and other natural resources. It appeared and developed in the early classic (250 b.C.-1000 a.C). Splendid natural showcase that combine peaceful beaches and archeological zones. It has a strong influence from the Mayans cities of Izamal, Tho´ (now known as Mérida). Saline center from the late preclassic period (100b.C. -250 a.C.). The most important period is in the early classic (250-600d.C); today it stills produce this mineral.

The location of Yucatán Peninsula and it´s extensive coastlines, also the importance of the conservation of it´s marine and coastal environments, it's natural richness and biological diversity, are important factors in the development of the present mangroves ecosystem andthe important part that represents as an element for natural balance. This is because it´s a producer of food and shelter for fishes, crustaceans, molluscs and mammals; also this big ecosystem protects the civilization of the shores from torments and hurricanes and also it helps to store carbon taking the carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere,with the photosynthesis, then transform it, store it in the biomass from the trunks, root, branches, leaves, flowers, fruits and in the sediment. These carbon stores give us a benefit of reducing the effects of the climate changes contributing to regulate the local and regional climate. Is really important to spread and make everyone know the functions of the mangroves ecosystem, it´s conservation and restoration that will bring benefits to everyone in the planet.

Mexico lost 65 percent of these ecosystems, and now there are only 770,057 hectares left. The Instituto Nacional de Ecologia (INE) estimates that we are losing the mangrove ecosystem in an average rate of 2.5 percent annually. Now a days they are not found in the climate politics of the formal carbon taking place.

“New Sights of the Sustainable Tourism in Yucatán Shores” “MANGLAR WEFT X´CAMBÓ” Rescue in the conservation of mangrove landscape

It´s located in the north shore of Yucatán Peninsula, at 6km from Telchac Puerto, south with Xtampú in the coastal road Progreso- Telchac at 40km in the northeast of the city of Mérida. X'cambó (from the mayan “celestial crocodile” or “where the exchanges occurs”); strategically established near the north shore of Yucatán Peninsula in the Petén with an approximate area of 10.5 hectares, almost surrounded by a swamp, mangroves and other natural resources. It appeared and developed in the early classic (250 b.C.-1000 a.C). Splendid natural showcase that combine peaceful beaches and archeological zones. It has a strong influence from the Mayans cities of Izamal, Tho´ (now known as Mérida). Saline center from the late preclassic period (100b.C. -250 a.C.). The most important period is in the early classic (250-600d.C); today it stills produce this mineral.

The location of Yucatán Peninsula and it´s extensive coastlines, also the importance of the conservation of it´s marine and coastal environments, it's natural richness and biological diversity, are important factors in the development of the present mangroves ecosystem andthe important part that represents as an element for natural balance. This is because it´s a producer of food and shelter for fishes, crustaceans, molluscs and mammals; also this big ecosystem protects the civilization of the shores from torments and hurricanes and also it helps to store carbon taking the carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere,with the photosynthesis, then transform it, store it in the biomass from the trunks, root, branches, leaves, flowers, fruits and in the sediment. These carbon stores give us a benefit of reducing the effects of the climate changes contributing to regulate the local and regional climate. Is really important to spread and make everyone know the functions of the mangroves ecosystem, it´s conservation and restoration that will bring benefits to everyone in the planet.

Mexico lost 65 percent of these ecosystems, and now there are only 770,057 hectares left. The Instituto Nacional de Ecologia (INE) estimates that we are losing the mangrove ecosystem in an average rate of 2.5 percent annually. Now a days they are not found in the climate politics of the formal carbon taking place. Visit our Webpage http://www.aidatraconis.com/ Worksheet 1

ECONOMY GROWTH: Around the mangroves there are important shing activities which take place and contribute, with food and economic development, to communities settled on the coast.

NATURAL FILTER WATTER: Filter, desalinate water and allow the supply from groundwater.

SUPER MANGROVE: The impact of cyclones and hurricanes is smaller where the mangrove ecosystem has been preserved since they contribute in the stability of the beach soil and contain erosion of winds and tides.

OXYGEN SUPLIER: clean the air and provide clean oxygen for the environment.

SUSTAINABILITY: They are part of the natural ecosystem.

HOME PROTECTOR: the mangrove has the function of being the cradle of a great quantity of aquatic species that, until they reach their juvenile phase, migrate to the sea as prairie of marine grass or coral reefs and their larvae. In addition to providing food and protection for themselves.

INCREASE THE VALUE OF LAND: They increase the value of the localities where we found them, which represent areas with great tourist potential, that also have economic sustenance for their inhabitants, and their natural characteristics, make them susceptible to government investments and associations for their preservation.

REDUCING CARBON FOOTPRINT: Capture greenhouse gases and act as sinks for carbon dioxide.

The mangrove and it´s importance in our world

THE MANGROVE AND IT´S IMPORTENCE IN OUR PLANET

USES OF THE SOIL.

Mérida is the capital of the state of Yucatan, which is located in Mexico. We can nd it in the homonymous municipality that is in the Metropolitan inuence Zone or Region VI of the entity.

The city was founded 6 of January of 1542 on the vestiges of the Mayan city called T'Ho, when Europeans conquered Yucatan peninsula.

DAMPNESS NAKED FLOOR SALINERAS According to the Mexican land cover plan 2005 Conabio.

NORTHWEST DOMINANT WINDS EAST-NORTHWEST DOMINANT WINDS EAST PERIODIC WINDS According to coastal planning program (POETCY)

NAKED FLOOR

(Periodically flooded zone)

A TELCHAC BEACH

MANGROVE AREA (Periodically flooded zone)

NAKED FLOOR

NAKED FLOOR

(Periodically flooded zone)

(Periodically flooded zone)

MANGROVE AREA MANGROVE AREA

NAKED FLOOR

(Periodically flooded zone)

(Periodically flooded zone)

ENTRANCE TO ARCH. ZONE Mangroves

A DZEMUL ACTUAL PARKING LOT

MANGROVE AREA (Periodically flooded zone)

MIXED VEGETATION

Limestone dolomite or marble Aquifer

Underground River

PETÉN

ARCH. ZONE ARCHEOLOGICAL ZONE

PETÉN

PETÉN

PETÉN

PETÉN

MANGROVE AREA (Periodically flooded zone)

Location worksheet

Soil analysis

Site Analysis

Mangrove ecosystem

They are conform of mangroves with no more than 15 meters long, although in the areas of outfalls of rivers, they can reach the 30 meters long. Their roots are known as epigeas and they grow from the mud where there emerge many roots called neumatorofas with a breathing function.

Ecosystem aerial herons, medium and small birds of prey.

Peten Peten

Peten

In the petenes there is sweet water.

They are well preserved because they are hidden.

Marine ecosystem fishes, crustaceans and molluscs

Mangrove swamp area

Carbon dioxide warehouses, to combat climate changes.

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Carbon dioxide warehouses, to combat climate changes.

Carbon dioxide warehouses, to combat climate changes.

Ecosystem terrestrial snakes, amphibians and reptiles.

Section: limestone of Yucatán Peninsula

Graphic scale

Longitudinal section X'cambo's Archaeological Zone

CENTRO METROPOLITANO DE ARQUITECTURA SOSTENTABLE

Mtra. en Arq. Psj. Aída Manón Traconis Alcocer

“New Sights of the Sustainable Tourism in Yucatán Shores” “MANGLAR WEFT X´CAMBÓ” Rescue in the conservation of mangrove landscape

Establishing different looks of the site, as from the tourist, vacationer or resident, to promote the ecological ideas, to offer a different tourism, motive and stimulate new ideas of values as the sustainable tourism, responsible consume, the energetic efficiency, the respect of the environment, the environmental education, the permaculture and the sustainability, are the active lines established to impulse my thoughts.

Indentifying the resource such as: natural, cultural, activities, uses, valid normative and actors taking place in the area of the case of study to have in mind the strategies of the sustainable tourism development. a)Diffusion of the knowledge and the environmental awareness of mangroves. b)Due to the large amount of fresh water discharged into the sea of all the peninsula littoral and some coastal lagoons with its cover of mangroves granted to our region the characteristics of an estuarine system that provide a natural laboratory for the study of marine organisms important for fisheries. c)Restoring the mangrove in the case study of X'cambó (conditioned by the shore of the classic Mayan period). Interpretative center in X'cambó. d)Make a specific diagnosis of the tourist activity. Recognize tourist activities, identify which ones are the most valued by the visitor and which ones are the most intensified, as well as proposing new ones related to the ecotourism. Also make management proposals of the sustainable management of the tourist activities. Integrate communities (Telchac, Dzemul), Academic institutes, investigation (CICY, CINVESTAV, UNIDAD DE INVESTIGACIÓN, UNAM) and the environmental to participate in the conservation and development of the natural resources.

Visit our Webpage http://www.aidatraconis.com/ Worksheet 2

Mixed vegetation

Mixed vegetation

Mixed vegetation

Mangrove area

(periodically flooded area)

Wetland area

Carbon dioxide storage to settle down climate change

·Mangrove swamp area

·Mangrove swamp area Carbon dioxide storage to settle down climate change

Carbon dioxide storage to settle down climate change

Mangrove swamp area Graphic scale

Cross - Section X´cambó´s Archaeological Zone

Project Area Archaeological zone

Delimitation of an area

Panoramic view of the north side, main square X'cambó

Proposed intervention

Panoramic view of the project

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Panoramic view X'cambó

CENTRO METROPOLITANO DE ARQUITECTURA SOSTENTABLE

View of the pathway

Mtra. en Arq. Psj. Aída Manón Traconis Alcocer

LANDSCAPE GUIDELINES TULACINGO, HIDALGO, MEXICO

Héctor Lara Kamura

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- 䌀on猀e爀v椀ng 琀he 猀pa琀椀al 猀琀爀u挀琀u爀e of La Foresta Garden.

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䈀椀漀氀⸀ 䴀猀⸀ 䠀é挀琀漀爀 䰀愀爀愀 K愀洀甀爀愀

䄀挀愀搀攀洀椀挀 䄀搀瘀椀猀漀爀: 䴀猀⸀ N漀爀愀 刀漀洀漀 䰀ó瀀攀稀

LANDSCAPE PROJECTS ESTUDIO LIRA, MEXICO CITY

Alejandro Lira

PLAZA DE LAS ARTES For the growing demand of the house by the population of the city of Mexico have been developed large housing estates denominated of social interest which are destined to the groups of lower incomes.

In one of these developments, ‘Las Plazas”, a central square is created to integrate a series of amenities that gives residents the option of improving their quality of life through sport, education, recreation and art.

Plaza de las Arted is not the center of activities of the place and visit destination including for families of other developments nearby.

PLAZA BUGAMBILIA Project located on the terrace and roof of the commercial center “bugambilia” required by the regulations. a space of garden area, with rainwater harvesting and

where it is solar energy.

Reason why the proposal includes a shaft of large “umbrellas” that fulfill this function and also provide the comfort conditions for visitors to enjoy the landscape of the city, the garden, the fountain, the portico and its amenities.

The garden of the “umbrellas” has become an icon of the city of Cuernavaca.

DÖNI “Döni” (Flower in the word otomí) it is an ephemeral garden represented in a monumental carpet of ephemeral art of 1500 m², elaborated with handcrafted flowers of leaf of maize and gravels of colors.

Across the process of artistic collective confection, there is facilitated the positive experience of coexisting harmonicly with the art of “Alfombrismo” that in origin is of integration and enclosing; good like that promotes the strengthening of our cultural roots and helps to restore the sense of belonging to the community.

The design expresses Bromelia’s coloring garden, the irrumpe in the space of the Plaza of the Republic in the CDMX and it transforms the commoness of the city landscape, inviting to the reflection on the need to practise an environmental culture of harmony and respect to the environment to preserve the natural wealth that exists in Mexico.

FLORES SILVESTRES MEXICANAS The flowers are one of the most wonderful forms of the manifestation of the nature.

They drive to the harmony between the thought and the spirit of the human being.

For his form, his beauty, his color, his aromas send us to the subtle, lofty, fragile, delicate, ephemeral thing.

The monumental carpet “Wild Mexican Flowers” is a collective construction of ephemeral art realized in the Ecological Park Xochitla (Tepotzotlán, State of Mexico) with an extension of 2,200 m². A mosaic of wild Mexican flowers, they transform Xochitla’s natural landscape; with a message of environmental education that invites us to know the importance of the diversity of flowers that exist in our country.

The materials of confection of the work, they come from the natural residues of the park, which on having finished the exhibition will return to the land in the form of composts; creating this way a cycle of reutilization of materials, with the minor possible impact in the environment.

EXHIBITION OPENING NIGHT OCTOBER 11, 2017

BAC Dean of Architecture, Karen Nelson

BAC Dean of Landscape Architecture, Maria Bellalta

Graciela Gomez, Deputy Cรณnsul of the Consulate General of Mexico

BAC Director of Digital Media, Aidan Ackerman

BAC Provost Diana Ramirez-Jasso

Karen Nelson, Maria Bellalta, and C+ Representative Francisco Luna

BAC students and instructors

BAC exhibition team

Focusing on the Effects of Water on Major Urban Areas Opening Reception (public invited) Wed, October 11, 2017 6:00-8:00 pm at BAC’s McCormick Gallery, Virtual Reality will be available to view concurrent exhibition in Mexico City BOSTON, MA -- Students and faculty from The Boston Architectural College (BAC) are building bridges to Mexico. A collaboration with the Centro Metropolitano de Arquitectura Sustentable (CMAS) in Mexico City has explored local and international work around Rising Tides and Resiliency in Boston and Lynn, Massachusetts; Mangrove Ecosystems in the Yucatan Shores; and the 400 year-old UNESCO World Heritage site, Padre Francisco Tembleque Aqueduct in Tulancingo, north of Mexico City (among others).

In celebration and recognition of the five-year BAC/CMAS international collaboration, a concurrent exhibition Because Of Water / A Causa Del Agua is being held in both cities. The exhibit 猀栀愀爀攀猀 瀀爀漀樀攀挀琀猀 愀昀昀攀挀琀攀搀 戀礀 眀愀琀攀爀 愀渀搀 椀渀挀氀甀搀攀猀 student and faculty projects that examine urban landscapes and cities shaped by politics, human density, lack of green areas, and climate change.

“Boston is flooding. Mexico City is sinking,” explained María Bellalta, dean of the BAC’s School of Landscape Architecture. “Territories vary: from low-lying or high and mountainous profiles. The sudden overabundance, scarcity, velocity, and force of water increasingly shapes our landscapes. The conditions are different as are the geographies. Even so, we experience one recognizable climate-culture since we are now bound because of water.” http://the-bac.edu/experience-the-bac/news-and-events/events/bos-mex-because-of-water-exhibition The public is invited to an Opening Reception to be held on Wednesday, Oct. 11th 6:00 – 8:00 pm at the BAC’s McCormick Gallery, 320 Newbury Street. A gallery talk by BAC Dean María Bellalta will be held at 7:00 pm. Also attending the reception will be Francisco Luna from Centro Metropolitano de Arquitectura Sustentable. The exhibition runs through November 12.

Visitors to each exhibit in Boston or Mexico City can view the other school’s gallery through virtual reality.

September’s devastating 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Mexico City resonates with the exhibition’s theme of continuing environmental challenges the world faces.

“This exhibition marks a new chapter of an international academic collaboration between the two institutions,” according to Bellalta. “It seeks to demonstrate the value of a cross-cultural exchange of ideas and design approaches as a method of inquiry into environmental and urbanization issues affecting global communities today.”

Founded more than 125 years ago, The Boston Architectural College offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture, interior architecture, landscape architecture, and design studies. It also provides certificates in digital design and visualization and sustainable design. The BAC was the first architectural school to offer a NAAB-accredited online architecture.

BAC students using the Yulio VR headsets

Esta exposición comparte proyectos sobre la temática del agua. El trabajo representado incluye proyectos de estudiantes y profesores que están investigando paisajes urbanos y ciudades formadas por la política, la densidad humana, la falta de áreas verdes y el cambio climático.

El aumento del nivel del mar de Boston es evidente a lo largo del puerto y de la zona histórica del Back Bay, donde los distritos más densos han sido rellenados por el desarrollo de la ciudad sobre los cuatro siglos pasados. Estas áreas reflejan tanto la causa como el desafío de las inundaciones inminentes.

La Ciudad de México, CDMX, con una elevación de 7,382 pies de altitud, fue construida sobre lagos y pantanos naturales a través de una capa arquitectónica indígena-colonial que revela los estratos sociopolíticos de su civilización; hoy lleva a su hombro, además, el peso de una población de más de 21 millones de habitantes. CDMX es una metrópoli ejemplar, de renombre mundial, pero carente de recursos hídricos y sistemas de infiltración en un contexto de rápida e continua urbanización.

Los territorios varían: de perfiles bajos o de altos y montañosos. La sobreabundancia, la escasez, velocidad y la fuerza del agua forman cada vez más nuestros paisajes. Boston se está inundando. La Ciudad de México se va hundiendo. Cada geografía tiene sus individuas condiciones. Aún así, compartimos una cultura-climática, ya que ahora estamos todos reunidos por el agua.

Esta exposición marca la afirmación de una colaboración académica internacional entre el Colegio de Arquitectura de Boston (BAC) y el Centro Metropolitano de Arquitectura Sustentable (C +) en la Ciudad de México. Por medio, busca demostrar el valor de un intercambio intercultural de ideas y enfoques de diseño como un método de investigación sobre las cuestiones ambientales y de urbanización que afectan a nuestras comunidades globales hoy en día.

Los proyectos incluyen el trabajo local e internacional sobre Mareas y Resiliencia en Boston y Lynn, Massachusetts; Ecosistemas de los Manglares en las Orillas del Yucatán; el Acueducto Padre Francisco Tembleque en Tulancingo, Hidalgo – México; y el Urbanismo Social e Ecológico a lo largo de las Quebradas de Medellín en Colombia, así como varios otros.

MEX / BOS A CAUSA DEL AGUA

BOS / MEX

BECAUSE OF WATER