3 A particularly heavily armored area is in Palm Beach County, Florida, where 70% of the Lake Worth Lagoon shoreline is comprised of seawalls. 2 In the U.S., approximately 14% of the total shoreline has already been hardened-two-thirds of which is along the southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts. In some coastal cities, such as Sydney, Australia, as much as 50% of the shoreline is armored. A rise in coastal armoring has resulted in a direct loss in natural shoreline. This pressure to armor coastlines becomes more intense as neighbors armor their properties. Homeowners may feel that the only solution to protect their property is to build traditional seawalls. In addition, sea level rise can cause “squeeze” of coastal habitats, which is defined as an intertidal habitat loss due to the high-water mark being fixed by a defense and the low water mark migrating landwards in response to sea level rise, 1 and loss of property, while major storms can cause immediate destruction. Population density continues to grow in areas that contain fragile environments, and as a result, coastal ecosystems and their provisional services are in decline. The majority of the global population is now urban and located near coastlines and waterways, and these dense concentrations exert a disproportionate influence on environments and ecosystem function. Admission is $10 for guests, $5 for museum members, at $5 to watch via Zoom.įor more information or to make a reservation, call (718) 390 0040, email or visit the National Lighthouse Museum website.The need for connections between constructed and natural systems is becoming increasingly urgent. This program will take place from 2 to 4 pm, at the National Lighthouse Museum, located at 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, St. This event will include visual and narrative presentations and a question and answer period to encourage audience participation. The presentation panel will have senior designer, Tami Banh of SCAPE Landscape Architecture speaking about the design and Matthew Clark, the Baird senior coastal resident engineer in charge of the construction speaking about the challenges of implementation. The program will be led by Paul Alter, RA, AIA, Principal Architect with SKOLNICK Architecture + Design Partnership, sailor/captain of the 47’ sloop “Signorina” out of Sag Harbor, NY, lighthouse enthusiast, environmentalist and passionate appreciator of islands, the ocean and global sustainability. The National Lighthouse Museum will host “Living Breakwaters Project: Presentation and Discussion,” a presentation/discussion on the Living Breakwaters Project on Sunday, April 3rd. The project is being implemented by the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to seek cutting edge ideas for coastal resilience in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Living Breakwaters was initially developed by SCAPE Landscape Architecture for the Rebuild by Design (RBD) Competition, a design competition held by the U.S. The breakwaters will also be constructed with “reef ridges” and “reef streets” that provide diverse habitat space, with live oyster installation expected to follow construction completion in 2024. Informed by extensive hydrodynamic modeling, the breakwaters are also designed to slow and, eventually, reverse decades of beach erosion along the Tottenville shoreline. The breakwaters are designed to reduce the impact of climate-intensified weather events on the low-lying coastal community of Tottenville, which experienced some of the most damaging waves in the region and tragic loss of life during Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Living Breakwaters is a coastal green infrastructure project consisting of 2,400 linear feet of near-shore breakwaters - partially submerged structures built of stone and ecologically-enhanced concrete – currently being constructed off the southern coast of Staten Island.
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