Rising currents : projects for New York's waterfront / Barry Bergdoll.

Author
Bergdoll, Barry [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Museum of Modern Art : Distributed in the United States and Canada by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers ; London : Distributed outside the United States and Canada by Thames & Hudson, ©2011.
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112 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

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    In the fall of 2009, The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 selected five interdisciplinary teams of architects, engineers and landscape designers to propose solutions to the effects of climate change on New York's waterfront. The resulting proposals, exhibited at MoMA in 2010 in the exhibition Rising Currents: Projects for New York's Waterfront, emphasize "soft" infrastructure interventions that would make New York City and its surrounding areas more ecologically sound and more resilient in responding to rising sea levels and storm surges. These innovative projects include the creation of salt- and freshwater wetlands, a Venice-like aqueous landscape, habitable piers and man-made islands, and a protective reef of living oysters. Published to document the exhibition, Rising Currents: Projects for New York's Waterfront presents these five projects in detail through essays that summarize the innovative workshop and exhibition, the dialogues they engendered with outside experts and political figures involved in regional planning, and the climate change and urban planning implications of the proposed solutions.
    Notes
    Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, 24 Mar. - 11 Oct. 2010.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents
    • Rising currents: incubator for design and debate / Barry Bergdoll
    • Climate change and world cities / Michael Oppenheimer
    • High stakes: soft infrastructure for the rising seas / Guy Nordenson and Catherine Seavitt
    • Timeline: from MoMA PS1 to the Museum of Modern Art
    • New urban ground / Stephen Cassell, Adam Yarinsky and Susannah C. Drake
    • Working waterline / Matthew Baird
    • Water proving ground / Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki and David J. Lewis
    • Oyster-tecture / Kate Orff
    • New aqueous city / Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang.
    ISBN
    • 9780870708077 ((hbk.))
    • 0870708074 ((hbk.))
    LCCN
    2011931595
    OCLC
    751526577
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