NEW YORK | The Big U Flood Barrier and Park
Bjarke Ingels’ Copenhagen and New York-based architecture firm BIG is one of six winners announced this week. The proposal is called the Big U, and it won $335 million to buttress Manhattan in preparation of the next superstorm. The other winners will focus on the Bronx, Staten Island, Long Island, and New Jersey.
The Big U will stretch eight miles along Manhattan’s coastline, looping south from West 57th Street and then back up to East 42nd Street—a perimeter that hugs the area of Manhattan hit by the blackout. Much of the protection offered by the Big U will be from elevation. But unlike standard dikes, which can actually trap water, the plan calls for a more organic, sloped barrier that’s built into the landscape.
http://www.wired.com/2014/06/a-335m-project-to-save-nyc-from-climate-catastrophe/
I didn't see a thread on this. $335 million seems low...
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The Big U will stretch eight miles along Manhattan’s coastline, looping south from West 57th Street and then back up to East 42nd Street—a perimeter that hugs the area of Manhattan hit by the blackout. Much of the protection offered by the Big U will be from elevation. But unlike standard dikes, which can actually trap water, the plan calls for a more organic, sloped barrier that’s built into the landscape.
http://www.wired.com/2014/06/a-335m-project-to-save-nyc-from-climate-catastrophe/
I didn't see a thread on this. $335 million seems low...
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With the oceans steadily rising into the future, this may protect New York against a few storms into the future, but how long will it be before the berms have to be made higher?
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