Don’t hesitate. Make a decision fast. follow the first 5 seconds instinct. If you think you need to compare and you hesitate, then it must be a wrong decision. As in your life one decision comes after the other and if you realize you do something wrong, you know it is because of a previous decision, which was a mistake. I think everyone shouldfollow their heart. robert stern, the dean of the arts and architecture at yale says this to all the students on their graduation day : ‘you should forget everything you learnt from school and start on your own. no matter who said what, you should believe only in yourself’.
Project: Aqualta
Location: New York City, Tokyo
Square Footage:
Aqualta – a play on Acqua Alta, the increasing high tides flooding Venice – visually explores what a coastal metropolis might feel like a hundred years from now due to rising sea levels. The images illustrate two cultural and financial epicenters – Tokyo and New York – adapting to, rather than resisting, rising waters.
Aqualta imagines city dwellers migrating to higher and dryer elevations as water levels gradually increase. Piers, boardwalks and systems of navigable canals reestablish the transportation network lost below. Residents repurpose rooftops for farms and greenhouses. Wetland ecologies and oyster beds thrive and take root to better protect coasts from future storms. The cities are shown without combustion – engines, power plants, all emissions are rendered obsolete – resulting in cleaner, quieter neighborhoods.
Aqualta reveals an adaptable city infrastructure capable of acclimating to nature.
