Walmir Luz
NYC 2050 by Walmir Luz.
New York City is at major risk for floods. As a recent study notes, climate change could trigger floods - like what happened during Hurricane Sandy in 2012 - once every 25 years.
A new master plan for Manhattan aims to adapt to this inevitable future. The second place winner in the urban planning category at the A'Design Awards, this concept was a thesis project by former Cornell University student Walmir Luz.
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