The Storm, The Strife, and Everyday Life: Sea Changes in the Suburbs (Harvard GSD Studio Reports)

D'Oca, Daniel

ISBN 10: 1934510505 / ISBN 13: 9781934510506

Published by Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2016

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148 pages. 9.61x6.69x0.35 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Storm, The Strife, and Everyday Life: Sea Changes in the Suburbs (Harvard GSD Studio Reports)
• Publisher: Harvard University Graduate School of Design
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934510505
• ISBN 13: 9781934510506
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.33 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book presents work from an interdisciplinary studio held at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in Fall 2014. This studio invited students from all departments (Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, and Urban Design) to take stock of how Long Island is changing, and then use this research to work with community-based organizations to envision, design, and outline steps toward inclusive, socially just futures for Long Island’s communities, and for Long Island as a whole. In a research phase, students looked at how newer issues on Long Island (increased immigration, increased poverty, the aging of the population, the so-called great inversion, sea-level rise, etc.) have combined with more familiar regional problems (racial segregation, political fragmentation, a relative dearth of housing and transportation options, etc.) to create a situation that is unsustainable and requires a change in business as usual. In a subsequent design phase, students worked with nonprofit and community-based partners on initiatives aimed at updating Long Island’s communities for today’s demographic and environmental realities.