sea change: Boston
Location: Boston, MA
Date: February 2013 - June 2014
Partners: Sasaki Associates in partnership with the Boston Architectural College, The Boston Harbor Association, and the City of Boston
Sea Change: Boston is a research initiative on sea level rise that advocates for long-term coastal resiliency in the Greater Boston area. The Sea Change team, led by landscape architects, collaborated with experts in science, academia, advocacy, and policy-making to engage in preparedness planning at the building, city, and regional scales. Designers curated an exhibition to showcase this research, highlighting Boston's vulnerabilities and demonstrating design strategies for resilience. The exhibition shared the Sea Change research with the broader Boston community in an engaging and accessible format, rich with graphics and interactive media. Events and digital media associated with the exhibition catalyzed a conversation among designers, city officials, real estate leaders, and academics about a specific call to action: to develop a regional resiliency plan for the Greater Boston area. Outcomes of Sea Change have included authorship of Designing with Water with the Boston Harbor Association, advising for Boston Living with Water Competition, and implementation of Climate Ready Boston, Boston’s climate change vulnerability assessment.
More information at www.sasaki.com/seachange
Awards:
- 2016 American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award, Communications Category
- 2015 Boston Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award, Communications Category
- 2015 Annual AIA Emerging Professionals Exhibition
- 2015 SMPS Marketing Communications Awards, 2nd Place Media Relations Campaign, 2nd Place Promotional Campaign
- 2014 Boston Chapter of the Society of Marketing Professional Services, Special Events Marketing
Press:
- WLA21: Research and Policy, World Landscape Architecture
- Reflections on Resilience, Sasaki Associates Blog
- Urban Designers are Taking on Rising Sea Levels in the Seaport, BostInno
- Boston Faces the Rising Sea, Landscape Architecture Magazine Blog
- Wicked Wet, Landscape Architecture Magazine
- Sea Change: Boston Exhibit Shows Water Knows No Bounds, MetroBoston