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THE ALAMEDA SQUARE.

INSTR. SUSAN UBBELOHDE

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INSPIRED BY THE HOMEMADE LEVEES CONSTRUCTED IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH TO PROTECT INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES FROM FLOODING DURING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, THE PROJECT RE-IMAGINES THE LEVEE AS BOTH PUBLIC SPACE AND PREVENTATIVE MEASURE AGAINST THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE.

 

LOCATED IN THE ALAMEDA MARINA, THE ALAMEDA SQUARE HOUSES: 

 

• DOER MARINE (A MANUFACTURER OF AUTONOMOUS SUBMERSIBLES), 

• THE ARCHITECTURE OFFICES OF LOISOS + UBBELOHDE

• TWO LIVE/WORK LOFTS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.

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