"MARINE BOSCAGE"
In the Marine Boscage, humans accommodate nature, prioritizing its natural functions while observing and learning about Brooklyn's native ecosystems. The goal is for this project to become a living organism by creating a place where nature and manufacturing cohabitate.
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The project proposes to alter the existing abandoned power station and pier of Sunset Park's Bush Terminal through rewilding, restoring the ground to its original wetlands state, and opening the building facade to accommodate migrating and nesting species as well as oyster aquaculture and algae farming.
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Despite previous damage, the location of the terminals offers opportunities to build while fostering a relationship between nature, the pier, the building, and the community. The plan for the site is to become green. By creating a place where nature and manufacturing cohabitate the project will restore the native ecosystems that once thrived. This allows the community to see New Yorks' harbors in their original remaining a part of society, representing a harmonious blend of nature and civilization.
Fall 2021
Arch 805: Cyborg Infrastructure in the Anthropocene
Professor: Alexandra Barker
Co-Teacher: Luz Wallace
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Course Description: Anthropocene thesis, there is no distinction between natural and man-made. Nature has been remade by the practices of human civilization and is now partly a human creation. Human activity has affected all ecologic, geologic, and biological systems and has eroded the boundary between human and non-human life, between nature and culture. This activity has had catastrophic impacts on the Earth. Global warming and rising sea levels are increasing at a pace that has brought us to a point of Climate Crisis.
