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Migrating to Mutualism 12–05–19

With Annie Hayner, Maria Ulloa, Jackie C.  

Design for Littoral Land:
From Episode to Adaptation

 This research investigates the afterlife of industrial fishing infrastructure, proposing its transformation into a bathymetric network of artificial reefs that support marine biodiversity and serve as platforms for oceanic climate research. As climate change pushes species northward, the static governance of oceans and the centralization of industrial fishing leave coastal infrastructure abandoned. 

In New Bedford, MA—once a hub of U.S. fishing activity—a projected 4°C temperature rise by 2100 signals a profound ecological and economic shift. Drawing on Keller Easterling’s notion of design as a response to systemic failure, the project reframes infrastructural collapse as a site for mutualism between human and oceanic systems.

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Landscape Architecture  
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