Weaving above waters: Designing a floating urban neighbourhood
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Tan, David Boon Way
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Master of Architecture (Professional)
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Unitec, Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology
Date
2024
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Wang, Xinxin
Bradbury, Matthew
Bradbury, Matthew
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Masters Thesis
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Kohimarama (Auckland, N.Z.)
Auckland (N.Z.)
New Zealand
coastal communities
neighbourhoods
water based communities
flood resilient architecture
coastal hazards
sea level rise
climate change
sustainable urban design
Auckland (N.Z.)
New Zealand
coastal communities
neighbourhoods
water based communities
flood resilient architecture
coastal hazards
sea level rise
climate change
sustainable urban design
ANZSRC Field of Research Code (2020)
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Tan, D.B.W.. (2024) Weaving above waters: Designing a floating urban neighbourhood (Unpublished document submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture (Professional)). Unitec, Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6654
Abstract
RESEARCH QUESTION
How can the design of an urban neighbourhood be adaptive to the climate impacts of rising sea levels?
ABSTRACT
TThe rapid urbanisation due to population growth in the mid-twentieth century has led to irresponsibly built environments that should have considered the implications of the environment, particularly its methodology that contributed to carbon emissions and in turn, increased the overall greenhouse gases. These emissions hastened the process of the melting of ice sheets and subsequently increased the amount of water in the ocean, which has led to rising sea levels on a global scale. Urban neighbourhoods, especially in coastal areas, are threatened by rising sea levels and the climate impacts in the form of storm surges, coastal erosion and increased intensity of flooding towards inland areas. Hence, the question is formulated as a result of the research project: how can the design of an urban neighbourhood be adaptive to the climate impacts of rising sea levels?
The research project analyses the underlying causes of rising sea levels and urbanisation, followed by projections of sea level changes and its climate impacts based on global carbon-emitting activities to determine its threat to the built environment. The project uses this analysis and data to explore the floating typology in accommodating water as an adaptive strategy for rising sea levels. The typology is then explored with urban planning to a coastal environment as it is most susceptible to sea level changes, to determine a suitable urban neighbourhood capable of floating on water as an adaptive strategy. This is then followed up by contextual design considerations as provisions to achieve resilience, stability and protection against rising sea levels in the urban neighbourhood and the wider coastal environment.
SITE: Kohimarama, Auckland, New Zealand
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