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acadia24_v2_97 |
| authors |
Roy, Meghna; Cupkova, Dana; Mondor, Christine |
| year |
2024 |
| title |
Reshaping Coastal Morphologies |
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ACADIA 2024: Designing Change [Volume 2: Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference for the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-9891764-8-9]. Calgary. 11-16 November 2024. edited by Alicia Nahmad-Vazquez, Jason Johnson, Joshua Taron, Jinmo Rhee, Daniel Hapton. pp. 677-690 |
| summary |
This research explores natural sedimentation phenomena by coupling computational and physical simulations to reinforce coastal zones, drawing inspiration from mangrove growth. The focus is on analyzing sedimentation patterns to identify interventions that support a self-sustaining strategy for land regeneration in the form of barrier islands, serving as mangrove nursery catchment areas. As the limitations of reactive and post-disaster shoreline management plans have proven inadequate (Spalding et al. 2014), the studies in mitigation based on natural longer-term behaviors hold the promise of more resilient coastal ecosystems. This methodology leverages insights from natural soil accumulation patterns through Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis and physical testing with simulation sand. By combining GIS coastal terrain mapping with land loss data, prediction models are developed to map ecological biomes and identify vulnerable underwater areas. Additionally, empirical testing with simulation sand is used to build a pattern database for the topological shaping of terrain (Figure 1), informing predictive models for self-regeneration rates. This framework integrates cross-scale data analysis and simulation to lay the groundwork for ecologically conscious coastal regeneration, focusing on hybrid naturalized systems that merge green infrastructure—such as wind farms and water filtration in coastal zones—with biodiversity restoration and carbon sequestration.
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ACADIA |
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