DESIGN II
Location: London - UK
Year: 2020
Type of Collaboration: Design, Computational Design, Evolutionary Algorithm, CFD analyss
Type of Project: Computational Design, Housing, Flood Engineering Techniques, IMTA
The aim of this work is to develop an urban project in the Hoo Pensisula able to fit 50.000 people, responding to the challenges this intertidal area presents in adapting to climate change.
This holistic intervention not only considers the towers as buildings that serve as a habitat for humans, but also explores the possibilities of controlling and shaping the existing and future environment in order to create suitable conditions for a sustainable mariculture productive system.
Over the next century climate change will cause sea level rise, and an increase in the storm surge frequency, changing the current conditions of the peninsula. The design proposes a network system able to adapt to environmental changes and population growth, consisting of tower costal defenses, tidal terracing, and clutch dikes that recreate proper conditions for mariculture.
Through research of the site and computational analysis, key elements like tidal levels, predominant water directions, and fluid dynamics on site were understood in order to develop experiments that led to the proposed design.
Year: 2020
Type of Collaboration: Design, Computational Design, Evolutionary Algorithm, CFD analyss
Type of Project: Computational Design, Housing, Flood Engineering Techniques, IMTA
The aim of this work is to develop an urban project in the Hoo Pensisula able to fit 50.000 people, responding to the challenges this intertidal area presents in adapting to climate change.
This holistic intervention not only considers the towers as buildings that serve as a habitat for humans, but also explores the possibilities of controlling and shaping the existing and future environment in order to create suitable conditions for a sustainable mariculture productive system.
Over the next century climate change will cause sea level rise, and an increase in the storm surge frequency, changing the current conditions of the peninsula. The design proposes a network system able to adapt to environmental changes and population growth, consisting of tower costal defenses, tidal terracing, and clutch dikes that recreate proper conditions for mariculture.
Through research of the site and computational analysis, key elements like tidal levels, predominant water directions, and fluid dynamics on site were understood in order to develop experiments that led to the proposed design.
© Maria Luiza Torres, 2023.