As the climate crisis worsens, insurance companies have pulled out from the state of Florida due to its vulnerability to rising sea levels. Key West, Florida will be one of the first areas impacted by sea level rise with its main roads being projected to be underwater as soon as 2025, according to the Miami Herald.

Our proposal takes advantage of this unfortunate opportunity to occupy a soon-to-be abandoned warehouse and create a trench sanctuary for marine life and coral. 7-axis robot arms, autonomous excavators, human and co-roboticfabrication are used to convert the structure of the warehouse into the shoring, or reinforcement, for the excavated walls of the trench sanctuary. What was once a storage building for construction materials, tools, and furniture, will become a habitat for marine life.