University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Urban archipelago for climate change adaptation: the next phase of landmaking in Boston

Sui, Xinyue

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Title
Urban archipelago for climate change adaptation: the next phase of landmaking in Boston
Author(s)
Sui, Xinyue
Issue Date
2015-04-30
Committee Member(s)
  • Hays, David Lyle
  • Emmerling-DiNovo, Carol
Department of Study
Landscape Architecture
Discipline
Landscape Architecture
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
M.L.A.
Degree Level
Thesis
Date of Ingest
2015-07-22T22:18:15Z
Keyword(s)
  • Urban Archipelago
  • Rising Sea Level
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Design Strategies
  • Landmaking
Abstract
Coastal cities all over the world are threatened by sea level rise caused by global climate change. Boston is one of them that desires to seek innovative sea level rise adaptation strategies. This thesis provides a new, operational strategy that changes the relationship between water and the city, extending the legacy of Boston’s own landfill history while effecting and representing Boston’s contemporary needs and characteristics. By adapting theoretical strategies and precedents, as applied to Boston’s historic and existing urban context, this proposal recommends a site-specific combination of landform cutting, filling and connecting strategies to South Boston Waterfront as a test site. Through these strategies, South Boston Waterfront would become a new urban archipelago that adapts with further incremental sea level rise and provides a vibrant and high-performance waterfront infrastructure and environment.
Graduation Semester
2015-5
Type of Resource
text
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Copyright 2015 Xinyue Sui

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