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Bettina Colet

Bettina Colet

Brooklyn, NY, US

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Axonometric view of project during final phase
Axonometric view of project during final phase
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Osmo-City

Investigating the environmentally threatened Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, the project explores a flexible system and architecture that accommodates the increasingly turbulent conditions of climate change. Within a one-hundred year time frame, a modular and reconfigurable building demonstrates dynamism tectonically and programmatically. In order to morph over time, the building is equipped with mechanisms that allow for its buoyancy, rising with the water within its scaffolding frame. 

 
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Status: School Project
Location: New Orleans, LA, US
My Role: Design Partner
Additional Credits: Spencer Tokash

 
Diagram of the100 year life span flood plan
Diagram of the100 year life span flood plan
Stages of the project: Building as factory vs. powerplant
Stages of the project: Building as factory vs. powerplant
Physical Site Section Model
Physical Site Section Model
Urban Site Plan
Urban Site Plan