neighborhood scale + community participation
flexing with the tide: restoring canarsie’s natural cycles with modular housing + wetland spines
regulating flows A series of wetland easements create riparian corridors to direct storm surge and provide storm water management for the neighborhood.
enriching life Adding wetland spaces throughout the neighborhood, will improve biodiversity, resiliency, and landscape functionality throughout the area.
Sandy Flooding
maintaining quality
Sea Level Rise
Sea Level Rise
Sea Level Rise
FEMA A-Zone (ABFE)
Projected Storm Flooding + Sea Level Rise
Projected Storm Flooding + Sea Level Rise
Projected Storm Flooding + Sea Level Rise
FEMA V-Zone (ABFE)
Wetlands
Wetlands
Wetlands
rainwater collection systems
Maintaining a good water quality free of pathogens, and other pollutants that are harmful to human health. Is a natural inexpensive and socially beneficial approach.
constructed treatment wetlands
Rainwater harvesting and greywater systems serve to substantially mitigate wastewater in Canarsie. One of the greatest flooding impacts in Jamaica Bay was from backed up combined sewer systems. Reducing system demand can increase ecological and human health.
adjusting to change Mimicking the adaptability of natural systems through the landscaped and built environment provides the only opportunity for continued residential life as storm frequency and tides increase.
Creating an adaptable system with the opportunity for underground detention, building elevation, and wetland expansion all coordinated as independent and coexisting components of one ecoresidential neighborhood is the essential tool for adaptable survival.
Help reduce demand for water, limit CSO, and aid residents be more self-sufficient with the natural systems of their neighborhood.
permeable pavement + GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
ecologically active concrete edge The addition of ecologically active concrete and bulkheads will provide hard infrastructure that facilitates a symbiotic relationship with bay health. Wcologically active concrete provides habitat for oyster beds adding another layer of resilience to the system.
Underground detention and pipes will store and direct water during surge and flooding to absorb excess water from tidal wetlands.
Constructed wetlands provide space for phytoremediation in one of NewYork’s highest priority watersheds. Simulating tidal action via vettical subsurface flow, powered by solar pumps, these contained systems will treat liquid effluent from compost toilets, bringing nutrients to wetland spines.
composting toilets
plan-ting ahead
UNDERGROUND PIPE network
temporary inundation zone 0-1’ above typical water line
shallow water marsh 2”- 4” average depth
Short Form Smoothcordgrass Switchgrass
The right-of-way in New York represents 70% of land area. Adapting roadways with permeable pavement in appropriate areas can significantly meet NYC Green Infrastructure Plan goals and reduce system demand on storm water infrastructure. Additionally enabling the streets to slow down the speed of surge within communities.
Seaside Gerardia
Salt Meadow Cordgrass
backyard wetland spines
neighborhood
Spike Grass
tidal wetlands + water management
An integrated system of wetland easements and tidal corridors will provide a creative natural system for floodplain management to direct and absorb water during times of frequent tidal flooding and surge. These elements enhance communities with a native recreational landscape strengthening community ties to one another and to the local ecology.
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superstorm SANDY
today
community
Flexing with the Tide Canarsie, Brooklyn, NY Movers & Shakers
2020
2050
Egret
Rockweed
Smooth Cordgrass
Diamondback Terrapin
Osprey
Planning for the Next Storm... Help guide cleanup and recovery; coordinate with city responders and FEMA. Design Workshops Evacuation Plans Cleanup and Recovery Plans Long-term Recession Resilient Housing Design Risk Workshops FEMA Guidelines and Policy Change Education Assistance with Policy and Design Changes Time Staggered Regulatory Changes: Buyouts and Relocation Elevating Homes Moudlar Additions Green Infrastucture (Wetlands)
Wetlands Development Community group creation Community space planning Green Infrastructure build
Public Art, Education and Preservation Local Ecology Impacts of Climate Change Community History Targeted Outreach At risk tenants Youth Community Leaders Local talent/skills/business Nearby Schools/Job programs Local Artists
Relocation Options Fully planed communities Land-swap Individual Decisions Continued onstruction of wetlands spine Develop a trust and stewardship program with Gateway National Park.
Parks volunteering units.
outreach
90982
submission number
2013-2015
Glasswort
Planning for the Next Storm Help create and execute block preparation and evacuation plan, as well as identify first responders.
art + education
In an effort to allow for participation in and flexibility for the transformations happening in Canarsie, a multifaceted approach for outreach and engagement will: Reveal the impacts of future storm surge and sea level rise. Outline changes in FEMA’s Flood Insurance Rate Maps and what these new zones mean for insurance rates in the current context. Measure resident attitudes towards various climate and neighborhood scenarios, from U.S. and international examples. Gauge priorities and concerns for the community in relation to resiliency, future storm protection, livability, affordability, and more. Chart strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing the neighborhood. Identify community and block leaders in order to facilitate coordinated block and neighborhood efforts. Prepare the neighborhood to partake in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which will help lower insurance costs based on enacted resilience measures.
Horseshoe Crab
Town Hall Meetings Priorities Concerns S.W.O.T. (for evacuation and post-storm) Community Leaders Disclose Risks (environmental, social, public, econ) Plan for FEMA Community Rating System
DESIGN
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AID + planning
design workshops +wetland stewardship
Sea Lavender
Warbler
Create a permanent archive of stories; a phsyical social memory.
2080
deep forebay 30” minimum depth
Fresh creek Jamaica Bay inlet