COMMON GROUND: PROTOTYPE FOR A POST-INDUSTRIAL COOPERATIVE with Liu Yang 1211 Landscape Architecture III Critic | Bradley Cantrell Harvard GSD | Fall 2016 ABSTRACT As climate change progresses un- checked, coastal populations can expect to contend with rising sea levels and more devastating storms. The project challenges conventional economic modes of development and resolves ecological confl icts in Boston Harbor by creating a common ground occupied by vulnerable populations. The design aims to expand the existing hard-edged coast from a line into a living volume embedded in the biological, economic, and sociological aspects of a larger ecological network. Common Ground envisions a Boston harbor waterfront as a connector for local communities, a prototype for ecological restoration, a model for post-industrial economic revival and livable cities. Alison Orellana Malouf | [email protected] NETWORKED ECOLOGIES NETWORKED MOSAICS Regional atmospheric, economic, and ecological systems are mapped to determine appropriate sites of intervention. Identifi ed In this expanded study of Site A, land uses and users are overlaid to examine their interactions. sites have high potential for interspecies cooperation on shared territory. Alison Orellana Malouf | [email protected] PROTOTYPE SITE PLAN Alison Orellana Malouf | [email protected] DOMINANT FLOWS DAILY OCCUPANCY Alison Orellana Malouf | [email protected] PROGRAM CALENDAR TYP. SPECIES Crassostrea virginica Melanogrammus aeglefi nus Sylvilagus transitionalis Charadrius melodus Homo sapiens Circus hudsonius Prunus serotina Spartina sp. Quercus bicolor Acer rubrum Myrica pensylvanica Nymphaea odorata Alison Orellana Malouf | [email protected] MODULE ASSEMBLY PLACEMENT ASSEMBLY KEY While the constituents of this system must be able to exist together and infl uence each other, they have varying degrees of tolerance for one another. Each square represents an assembly of modules oriented to attenuate water, wind, pedestrian, vehicular, and animal movement. AAlliissoonn OOrreellllaannaa MMaalloouuff || aaoommaalloouuff@@ggmmaaiill..ccoomm MODULE DESIGN ASSEMBLY DETAILS SEDIMENT ACCRETION Alison Orellana Malouf | [email protected] ASSEMBLY DETAILS ASSEMBLY DETAILS Alison Orellana Malouf | [email protected] THE HYDRO- ELECTRIC CANAL Boston Living with Water Competition Finalist Role | Project Coordinator, Designer 2015 Submitting Team: Paul Lukez Architecture C2 Studio Landscape Architecture Barnraisers Group LLC Arup Prof. A. Frankic, UMASS Boston Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. Turbine Company Partners | Blue Energy MJ2 Technologies Natel Energy OpenHydro ABSTRACT We propose to harness clean energy through hydropower generation from tidal changes and storm surges in low-lying urban areas to shape economically and environmentally resilient self-sustaining communities. Our proposal offers an array of integrated landscape design, ecological restoration, urban development, and fi nancing strategies for achieving this goal. The latter include public- private partnerships for creating a new energy-producing, amenity laden infrastructure that reduces risk to communities and investors. By making the problem of sea level rise and the steps taken to adapt to it a visible part of everyday life, we hope to take “sustainability” from an industry buzzword to an inherent part of this community’s culture. Alison Orellana Malouf | [email protected]