Rebuild by design living breakwaters3/9/2024 The project, which will be completed next year, was developed by SCAPE for Rebuild by Design-a design competition led by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) after Superstorm Sandy. Moreover, provisions of “reef ridges” and “reef streets” take into account the diverse marine life of the bay. These are placed strategically to calm the tides, reduce erosion, and revive the onshore beaches. Nearly 2,400 linear feet of biodiverse breakwaters make up Living Breakwaters, a necklace of structures shaped like small tide pools built from stone and ecologically-enhanced concrete, along the southern shore of Staten Island. Kate Orff, landscape architect and Founding Principal of SCAPE, is the fifth recipient of the OBEL AWARD Image: © SCAPEĪccording to Orff, human and non-human entities must work together in order to design the natural systems of the future. Previous years' winners have been material science lab Seratech’s carbon-neutral concrete (2022) Professor Carlos Menos' urban design proposal 15-minute city (2021) German architect Anna Heringer’s multi-layered building Anandaloy (2020) and Japanese architect Junya Ishigami’s Water Garden (2019). ![]() Orff is the fifth honouree to receive the prize for a project 'that helps change our physical, designed environment for the common good'. The 2023 winner is Kate Orff, founder of the New York-based multidisciplinary practice SCAPE, recognised for Living Breakwaters-a green infrastructure project that takes into account and works with non-human entities. The international award which honours exceptional architectural contributions to people and planet, is presented annually by the Henrik Frode Obel Foundation. This year’s OBEL AWARD, centered on the theme of ‘adaptation’, deals with this very issue. ![]() Architecture and urbanism must adapt to a world in flux. ![]() It is critical to acknowledge the multiplicities-flora, fauna, and climate to name a few-that shape our built environment, and look beyond the anthropocentric. It is time we realise that our world is shaped by more than just human forces. Superstorms, earthquakes, floods-we are living in the age of the climate crisis.
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