Nyc 2050 Pla Director Urbà by Walmir Luz

Nyc 2050 Pla Director Urbà by Walmir Luz is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 A' Design Award d'Argent in Planificació Urbana i Disseny Urbà Competition Category.

ArgentPlanificació Urbana· 2016

Nyc 2050 Pla Director Urbà

by Walmir Luz

Client: Walmir Luz

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Planificació Urbana Category

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The Design

About Nyc 2050 Pla Director Urbà

NYC 2050 és un pla director urbà per a la ciutat de Nova York que respon a l'augment del nivell del mar. El pla estudia la història de la vora de Manhattan i mostra com la ciutat pot tornar a adaptar-se de cara al futur. Les inundacions s'accepten com a part de la vida urbana quotidiana, prenent Venècia com a referència. El pla director presenta els canvis necessaris perquè una ciutat inundada continuï essent un centre cosmopolita vibrant i important. La proposta es fonamenta en una recerca sobre prediccions climàtiques i es presenta com una sèrie de fotomuntatges digitals en format quadrat.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Nyc 2050 Pla Director Urbà és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent, un reconeixement extraordinàriament prestigiós concedit a dissenys d'alta gamma, esplèndids i impressionants. Els guanyadors d'Argent són obres tremendament brillants i summament creatives que il·lustren la perícia, el talent i la perspicàcia excepcionals dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Nyc 2050 Pla Director Urbà sigui una obra meravellosa i de gran lluïment, remarcablement professional i profundament innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent és un invent molt notable i admirat que beneficia i fa avançar els límits de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia. Nyc 2050 Pla Director Urbà és una creació molt envejada que evoca desitjos, introdueix sentiments positius i desperta sorpresa i admiració.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This futuristic masterplan envisions how NYC can readapt itself to the near future sea level rise and continues to be a vibrant and important cosmopolitan city center at the same time that it addresses the natural changes to its environment and surroundings.
Dimensions & Packaging: Photoshop file. 40in x 40in.
Tags: New York City, Climate Change, Flood, Sea Level Rise, Masterplan, 2050
Production Technology: The whole masterplan was designed and created using photo manipulations on Photoshop.
Design Challenge: The critical part was to carefully study the city's current masterplan in order to better design the new one that required major real state compromises. The new design had to accommodate the necessary changes, introduce a new urban life and reimagine a new New York that is ready to embrace the future.
Research: The masterplan was conceptualized by studying the history of Manhattan's edge, the climate crisis predictions by the United States Landfalling Hurricane Probability Project, and several climate studies produced by the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
Inspiration: As one looks throughout the history of Manhattan's edge, one may realize how it has changed throughout the years in order to better adapt the city to the needs of the time. This masterplan addresses the necessary changes to make NYC a resilient city as it embraces the current climate crisis and it readapts itself once again for the future. By taking Venice as inspiration and letting the flood be part of the city life, a new New York is brought to life.
Project Duration: August - December 2015. Ithaca, NY.
Walmir Luz, Thesis, Bachelor of Architecture, Cornell University.
Operation Flow: This masterplan can be used to identify the changes that NYC will have to implement in order to accommodate the needs of a flooded city.
Image Credits: Image #1: Walmir Luz, NYC 2050, 2015.
Image #2: Walmir Luz, NYC 2050, 2015.
Image #3: Walmir Luz, NYC 2050, 2015.
Image #4: Walmir Luz, NYC 2050, 2015.
Image #5: Walmir Luz, NYC 2050, 2015.