{"id":781,"date":"2016-09-23T23:20:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T15:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/?p=781"},"modified":"2016-10-27T18:18:50","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T10:18:50","slug":"the-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/the-interference\/","title":{"rendered":"The Interference"},"content":{"rendered":"
The interference between land and water<\/strong><\/p>\n Why What<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Rising sea level continuously poses a long-term existential danger to the coastal cities such as Boston, Miami and New York due to global warming. According to \u201cClimate Central\u201d, if the global temperatures rise 4 degrees Celsius, the rising sea levels will raise to 8.9m. In this scenario, the water level shallow up our neighborhoods and cultural icons in Hong Kong and other coastline cities like Shanghai.<\/p>\n
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\nIn \u201cSea Change Boston\u201d research, a group of US based architects introduces options on urban habitation based on the sea level change to tackle the rising sea level: keep water out, move to higher ground or adapt to live with water.\u00a0Further to the research finding, this thesis will explore an architectural intervention for the water and our coastal cities to co-exist. After exploration in precedents and theories, the design could be a prototype for coastal cities but it will be implemented to a selected site with active response to the context.<\/p>\n