Another project from BLDGBLOG (I wish I could restrain myself from linking to this blog on what seems like a daily basis). These pretty much sum up the idea of trying to “visualize catastrophe” as two projects envision New York City and Tokyo after a catastrophic flood:
Far from stoking fear about a coming catastrophe, both of these projects—Studio Lindfors and Squint Opera—offer a vision in which people, and the cities they live in, have learned to adapt to the overwhelming presence of water. Indeed, Times Square, in Studio Lindfors’s vision, is radiant, markedly improved by the reflective waters that now flow through it. Of course New York should be at least partially flooded, one might be tempted to think; of course the future of urban planning involves designing with water.
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