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MIT CAU + ZUS + URBANISTEN New York The Lower East Side’s flooding vulnerability  is caused by both an inadequate sewer system and occasional storm water surges. The team proposes a combined water collection basin that receives storm water and will store/absorb volumes of water during stress. Elements of our proposed resiliency districts (including public […]

Interboro Team New Jersey Despite the encroachment of single-family houses, shopping centers, and the occasional industrial parcel, the creeks that feed the Raritan Bay are crucial to Monmouth County’s watershed, channeling stormwater from the upland communities of Hazlet, Middleton, and Holmdel through the low-lying communities of Keansburg, Union Beach, and Keyport, and finally into the

Interboro Team New York Less than four months after Hurricane Sandy devastated New York, Governor Cuomo announced an ambitious new home buyout program: homes destroyed or heavily damaged by the storm could be sold to the government at 100 percent of their pre-storm value. Calls for “managed retreat” are usually political non-starters, but in the

Interboro Team New Jersey The New Jersey coast is one of the country’s most iconic places, full of natural beauty and human-made attractions that draw millions of visitors every year. But as Hurricane Sandy illustrated all too well, the natural and human-made amenities that make the coast great are highly vulnerable to extreme weather events.

Interboro Team Long Island, New York Winning Project $125M Interboro / Apex / Bosch Slabbers / Deltares / H+N+S / Palmbout / IMG Rebel with Center for Urban Pedagogy, David Rusk, NJIT Infrastructure Planning Program, Project Projects, RFA Investments, TU Delft How do we keep Long Islanders safe in the face of future extreme weather

HR&A Advisors, Inc. with Cooper, Robertson & Partners New Jersey Improve a Year-Round Commercial Destination Asbury Park’s commercial corridors and many of its homes were affected by ocean flooding and inundation from inland water bodies. Protective solutions for this vibrant shorefront community and live music destination can also connect boardwalk activity to the town economy,

HR&A Advisors, Inc. with Cooper, Robertson & Partners New York Connect, Diversify, and Protect a Waterfront Neighborhood Red Hook’s waterfront economy is supported by a mix of industrial, commercial, and creative uses. Its maritime industrial past left its edges vulnerable to still water flooding during Sandy. Innovative edge protections, including an elevated Brooklyn Greenway and

HR&A Advisors, Inc. with Cooper, Robertson & Partners New York Revitalize and Strengthen the Bay to Beach Corridor Flooding in and around this critical commercial corridor for the Rockaways during Sandy was severe. Like other barrier islands, flooding came from both the ocean and the bay. While much wave action from the ocean was dissipated

BIG TEAM New York An intricate mix of water-based and land-based resiliency measures will be needed to protect America’s economic core, to develop new housing along Brooklyn’s coastline, and to further grow the tourism infrastructure in the Upper New York Bay (Lower Manhattan, Governor’s island, Liberty Park). It would be a missed opportunity to not

BIG TEAM New York With good transit connections (further improved by extending the East Side Access) and adjacent to a developing Harlem, the South Bronx Waterfront, now an industrial site in the floodplain, offers great potential for the development of mixed-income and affordable housing. Such a development should serve two purposes: to give the South