Dustin Wilson, "WELCOMING THE TIDE: A Design Thesis for Climate Adaptation in The Chignecto Ithsmus"
A series of maladaptive "hard" infrastructure solutions have been proposed for climate adaptation in the Chignecto Isthmus with the narrow mandate of preserving an economically vital transit corridor. Welcoming the Tide is a counterproposal defining a toolkit of nature-based interventions to protect the transit corridor while creating habitat, capturing carbon, and supporting local communities.
My proposed design for climate adaptation in the Chignecto Isthmus would involve cultural adaptation to and collaboration with the dynamic forces of this landscape. Instead of trying to fight or avoid change, the plan describes how surrounding communities could work with the highest tides in the world.
Program: Master of Landscape Architecture
Thesis Advisor: Peter North