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Shifting Baseline
2019
RISD Studio
Design Futures in an Era of Resilience and Retreat
About:
Adaptive reuse project focusing on sea-level rise and the imminent risk Wastewater Facilities (WF) in Rhode Island are facing this inevitable flood. The project took a closer look at Warren's WWF, offered design speculation that will evolve and grow in the upcoming decade.
Wastewater Facility
Warren, Rhode Island
2' Water Rise
3' Water Rise
5' Water Rise
7' Water Rise
Charette Ideation
WWF turned into a coastal rehabilitation center to offer a smooth transition for the marine habitats due to the fast-changing coastline.
The superimposed pathways will grow over the decades, where one can observe the changes and impact of sea-level rise on Warren's wastewater facility.
EDGE.
BOUNDARY.
LIMIT.
These words describe where one thing ends and another begins, they usually offer an image of clear separation between two entities. However, spatial limits are never actually one-dimensional, nor simple...
Site Section
Clarification Tank turned into an oyster nursery.
Secondary treatment facilities building
Building Plan up to 5' water rise
Building Plan up to 7' water rise
7' Water Rise
5' Water Rise
Submerged Aquatic plant bed growth
Flupsy system
Detail Section of Flupsy System
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