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Methodology
To get closer to an adequate contingency plan that allows for a localized and flexible response to flooding in Nyhavna, we have been going through multiple tools and methods. This is described in the following section.
The group consists of students with backgrounds in urban planning, architecture, and urban design, respectively. This interdisciplinarity with different skill-sets and ways of seeing have been complementary and symbiotic in the process of developing the project.
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The process has been iterative and non-linear, in the sense that we have been moving back and forth between analysis, design and synthesis. In this way, we have been able to review our approach as we have gained more knowledge; about the site, from the case studies, and from feedback from the faculty.
The main methodologies that have influenced the project is as follows:
Secondary research though studying maps and plans for the area has given us a foundational of knowledge to build our proposal on. Furthermore, we have studied research papers and projects that are relevant to the case.
Site visits added a phenomenological dimension to our discussions as we now had an experience with the spaces and scale of the site. We walked through the area while discussing our observations and ideas for potential interventions. We used photography for documentation.
GIS mapping has allowed us to analyze the spatial dimensions of the site, both the current situation and future scenarios of flooding. We have based our physical interventions on this spatial analysis.
Stakeholder mapping has given us the overview of the different actors related to the site. We have conducted the mapping both before and after a hypothetical disaster, which has given us an overview of how power-interest dynamics are altered in such situations.
Brainstorming and iterative sketching has opened for a creative process in forming a solution to the problem stated. This has been both useful in forming the management approach, however mainly in the process of ideating physical design interventions.
