Human Ecosystems is a technological platform which was built to observe the digital lives of cities in real time, as it emerges from social networks, through the information that people constantly publish during their daily lives.
Located in a lowland area, the urban watershed of the Clear Creek Basin that sits at the heart of Atlanta’s historic Fourth Ward is subject to intermittent flooding and sewer overflows during storm events. To address this problem, the city…
HafenCity, Hamburg’s first urban district built outside the official dike ring and hence the flood protection line was built on the 155 ha large site of the former free port south of the listed warehouse district and the town centre.…
Transitions in industrial land uses, and ongoing efforts to revitalize existing neighborhoods and districts bordering the Mississippi River corridor, prompted the city of Saint Paul to prepare a comprehensive revitalization master plan for the 17-mile long corridor.
Water resilient terrain and plantings are designed to adapt to the monsoon floods. A resilient bridge and paths system are designed to adapt to the dynamic water currents and people flows.
Working Vacancy is a strategy for unlocking the economic value of vacant land for putting it to work economically, socially, and environmentally.
The water square combines water storage with the improvement of the quality of urban public space. The water square can be understood as a twofold strategy. It makes money invested in water storage facilities visible and enjoyable.
Infilling began at the lowest point. Shrubs and trees were eliminated, the site was waterproofed with clayey soils, a drainage system was installed for the leachate and work began on the superposition of layers of waste matter, alternating with shallow…
The Urban Risk Lab at MIT develops methods and technologies to embed risk reduction and preparedness into the design of cities and regions to increase the resilience of local communities.
This project is a showcase for landscape driven nature restoration projects. It turns a demolition order, a purely and strictly habitat reclamation, into a creative landscape restoration development.