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Sharan Muthalayil

Sharan Muthalayil

New York City

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ECOLOGICAL HYDRO- PLASTY | INCUBATING CONEY ISLAND

Coney island is approaching an impending crisis soon in terms of economic breakdown , environmental catastrophes and infrastructural failures. These issues are all closely arising because of nonnegotiable water conditions, i.e, water is so important to be controlled for different situations and purposes to enhance and reinvigorate the life in Coney Island. The Idea is to implement water related infrastructures and features in Coney island at multiple scales ,Such as embedding a canal system on the existing selected roads ,as water level is going to rise , elevating the existing underground water supply system to protect is from the rising underground water table , elevating the new public transport system connecting multiple economic potential zones in Coney island .  Grafting these potential underdeveloped and defunct land pockets along the new canal system with a bio diverse ecological conditions  of marshy wetland and a triple layered programmatic prototype which adapts ,maneuvers on this site and bring about a new cohesive biodiversity and economic stimulus in Coney island.

 
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Status: School Project
Location: New York, NY, US
My Role: Designer