Eco-Productive Shoreline: A Resilient Solution for Waterfront Flooding Challenges

    In the face of accelerating urbanization and global warming, the water-land interface of waterfront cities is facing tremendous challenges from extreme weather events. Rigid vertical embankments cannot withstand flooding and also lead to loss of biodiversity due to the separation of water and land. This proposal aims to adjust the water-land interface and create a buffer zone that integrates agricultural production and daily life. The design incorporates water into the river, with areas that are designed to be inundated and greened, creating a flexible shoreline that can accommodate floods and promote biodiversity.

    The project is located at the intersection of the Huangpu River and the Dazhi River in Shanghai, in a typical grey water-land interface area. The author studied the evolution of orderly cities to natural disorder through five indicators: grey space density, impact effect, interference deformation, construction height, and construction density. This research led to the development of the design prototype. In this design, the process of the city gradually extending towards nature is demonstrated in aspects such as land use and road selection. Based on the preliminary site analysis, the design incorporates different functional modules to form a shoreline coupling system that combines ecological, production, and human activity efficiency. The importance of cooperation and interaction between different elements is emphasized.

    This plan aims to adjust the water-land interface of the waterfront cities, creating a buffer zone that integrates agricultural production, ecological environment, and daily life, establishing a flood-resilient park area, and promoting biodiversity.