March+1+Presentation

**//My proposal is to create a successful “Water City” by developing a sense of place, connection of people and business in a universal destination.//**

 * //Global Warming//** is a large factor on sea levels which could rise by more than 20 feet with the loss of shelf ice in Greenland and Antarctica, devastating coastal areas worldwide. In order to be prepared for this event a plan must be constructed. Creating an assembly of systems that are durable and interchangeable to ecological & economical conditions is the most significant way to help major cities stay alive. I believe it is to the city’s best interest to reclaim portions of Manhattan when it floods by building a new sea based water system.


 * //Research Last Semester://** //“As with the ocean, we live in a constant state of flux: changing with the give and take, flow of the tides in our// //own lives. I will explore how change affects life and influences places in the specific regions”//

//**Complexity:**// is a system made up of closely connected parts which cannot be separated without being destroyed

- This definition has the same intention as my proposal of a sea based water system. - I researched various types of land formations and the causes and effects they have to their surroundings and most importantly to the environment. Dubai was one example of what the effects occur in changing Nature’s original plan of forming land. //“Every action has a reaction”// -Toward the end of my research I identified that a //‘Complex City’// is understanding the complexity of the multiple forms of transformation of urban land use and various types of infrastructures This meaning can be applied toward my site analysis:

//**Design Methology & Specific way of analyzing and engaging my site:**// - Looking at networks of intensities - Connections between grid systems in a city - Land uses - Rising Water Level diagrams and drawings