Living Breakwaters: Rebuild by Design - urbanNext, September 20, 2023. - 1170 words.

Designing Matter, Energy and sustainability, Low Density, Project, SCAPE.

Biodiversity, Biological structures, Citizens, Community, Design process, Ecological Infranstructure, Environmental protection, New York, Project, Resilience, Seismic waves, USA, Waterfront.

Living Breakwaters is a post-Sandy project off the South Shore of Staten Island designed to break waves, reduce (and eventually reverse) erosion of the shoreline, and provide a range of habitat spaces for oysters, fin fish, and other marine species.




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Energy and sustainability Low density Biodiversity Ecological Infranstructure Resilience New York, USA USA