Too Big: Rebuild by Design’s Transformative Response to Climate Change
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (691 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9462083150 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Its signal initiative was the Hurricane Sandy Design Competition, which produced ten visionary design proposals addressing the intersection of physical, social and ecological resiliency. 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. 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 i