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HOW WE THINK ABOUT GRADING TODAY GRADING IN THE FUTURE WILL HAVE TO USE CUT AND FILL STRATEGIES TO ADAPT TO RISING TIDES. HARDSCAPED PLAY AREAS OF TODAY BECOME ECOLOGICAL GREEN MONSTERS OF TOMORROW A ROAD TODAY IS A BARRIER TO PEOPLE FLOATING CIRCULATION WITH TIDAL ENERGY PYLONS TO ALLEVIATE THE RISING TIDES AND CAPTURE IT’S ENERGY TODAY BUILDINGS REST UPON A SUB-GRADE FOUNDATION ROADS OF THE FUTURE WILL ALLOW FOR EASY ACCESS ABOVE WHILE PROVIDING PROTECTION AGAINST FLOODING A SANDY BEACH PROVIDES LITTLE PROTECTION AGAINST STORM SURGE VEGETATED SEA SHORES SLOW STORM SURGE WHILE PROVIDING ANIMAL HABITAT BUILDINGS OF THE FUTURE WILL BE EVELATED AND BURMED. THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD ON AREAS TRADITIONALLY OFF LIMITS TO BUILDINGS (EG ROADS) IS LIMITLESS. THE BOARDWALK OF TODAY IS STATIC LET’S GET WET ACTIVE PROGRAM ADAPTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS ACTIVITY LANDSCAPE SECTION A: THROUGH SHORE SECTION: THROUGH SHORE BUILDINGS CONNECTIVITY WETLANDS INFRASTRUCTURE ENERGY + DEVELOPMENT TOPOGRAPHY + WETLANDS PEOPLE + PROGRAM Moakley park has the potential to become a pivotal landmark in Boston if it can appeal to everyone. Let’s make a park for ages 0-100! A must see destination for a tourist, a sought after venue for a Friday night, and a refuge for connecting with the environment for the neighbors. We can start by concentrating baseball fields and introducing new program to the park such as community gardens, urban shading, and diverse sports such as soccer and cricket. By chaning the way we construct buildings and infrastructure we can control potential threats from rising tides and create new ways to experience the environments where we live. We will be closer to the water--let’s get wet! We propose adding topography constructed from dredging the channel to and from Carson Beach and the Harbor Islands, in order to infill a series of considered landforms. These landforms will both enhance the overall experience of the park itself and will create static points above projected sea levels which will remain dry as tides rise potential flooding occurs. The new dry zones will be connected and intersected by a series of lightweight scaffolded walkways that will function as elevated boardwalks across the site. SALT MARSH SALT MARSH BOARDWALK SEA GRASS BEDS WALKWAYS URBAN BEACH TRACK HOUSI NG FLOATING BOARDWALK A A B B MOAKLEY ISLAND COMMUNITY BOATING SPORTS ZONE BALL FIELDS GREAT LAWN BIRCH GROVE BOSQUE PICNIC ZONE GREAT LAWN DISCOVERY PLAY AREA WOODLAND TRAILS SECTION B: THROUGH PARK

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Page 1: LET’S GET WET - Boston.gov · LET’S GET WET ACTIVE PROGRAM. PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS ADAPTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE. ACTIVITY LANDSCAPE. SECTION A: THROUGH SHORE SECTION: THROUGH SHORE

HOW WE THINK ABOUT GRADING TODAY GRADING IN THE FUTURE WILL HAVE TO USE CUT AND FILL

STRATEGIES TO ADAPT TO RISING TIDES.

HARDSCAPED PLAY AREAS OF TODAY BECOME ECOLOGICAL GREEN MONSTERS OF TOMORROW

A ROAD TODAY IS A BARRIER TO PEOPLE FLOATING CIRCULATION WITH TIDAL ENERGY PYLONSTO ALLEVIATE THE RISING TIDES AND CAPTURE IT’S ENERGY

TODAY BUILDINGS REST UPON A SUB-GRADE FOUNDATION

ROADS OF THE FUTURE WILL ALLOW FOR EASY ACCESS ABOVE WHILE PROVIDING PROTECTION AGAINST FLOODING

A SANDY BEACH PROVIDES LITTLE PROTECTION AGAINST STORM SURGE VEGETATED SEA SHORES SLOW STORM SURGE WHILE PROVIDING ANIMAL HABITAT

BUILDINGS OF THE FUTURE WILL BE EVELATED AND BURMED. THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD ON AREAS TRADITIONALLY OFF LIMITS TO BUILDINGS (EG ROADS) IS LIMITLESS.

THE BOARDWALK OF TODAY IS STATIC

LET’S GET WETACTIVE PROGRAM ADAPTIVE INFRASTRUCTUREPROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS

ACTIVITY LANDSCAPE

SECTION A: THROUGH SHORE

SECTION: THROUGH SHORE

BUILDINGS

CONNECTIVITY WETLANDSINFRASTRUCTURE

ENERGY + DEVELOPMENTTOPOGRAPHY + WETLANDSPEOPLE + PROGRAM

Moakley park has the potential to become a pivotal landmark in Boston if it can appeal to everyone. Let’s make a park for ages 0-100! A must see destination for a tourist, a sought after venue for a Friday night, and a refuge for connecting with the environment for the neighbors. We can start by concentrating baseball fields and introducing new program to the park such as community gardens, urban shading, and diverse sports such as soccer and cricket.

By chaning the way we construct buildings and infrastructure we can control potential threats from rising tides and create new ways to experience the environments where we live. We will be closer to the water--let’s get wet!

We propose adding topography constructed from dredging the channel to and from Carson Beach and the Harbor Islands, in order to infill a series of considered landforms. These landforms will both enhance the overall experience of the park itself and will create static points above projected sea levels which will remain dry as tides rise potential flooding occurs. The new dry zones will be connected and intersected by a series of lightweight scaffolded walkways that will function as elevated boardwalks across the site.

SALT MARSH

BOARDWALK

SEA GRASS BEDS

WALKWAYS

URBAN BEACH

TRACK

HOUSI NG

FLOATING BOARDWALK

B B

MOAKLEY ISLAND

COMMUNITY BOATING

SPORTS ZONE