Too Big: Rebuild by Design’s Transformative Response to Climate Change
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (848 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9462083150 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Rebuild by Design was developed for the Presidential Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, a response to the destruction that followed Hurricane Sandy hitting the Northeast coast of the United States in October and November of 2012. Seven of those designs are currently in the process of being implemented in the Northeast United States.Too Big: Rebuild by Design’s Transformative Response to Climate Change aims not so much to document what Rebuild by Design did in Sandy’s devastating aftermath, but rather to reflect on it, assess its unique structure and processes, and embed its work in a broader context. This volume thus offers an inspiring guide for politicians, designers, change-managers, community leaders, researchers, activists and others, suggesting future ways of approaching the climate change–induced, water-related challenges that will continue to face our cities and landscapes in the years to come.. Using an innovative, design-driven process based on the design competition model, Rebuild by Design places local communities and civic leaders at the heart of a robust, interdisciplinary creative p