Bayfront Plaza
Commercial

Bayfront Plaza

Miami, Florida · 2022

A waterfront plaza designed around tidal flooding, not against it.

Challenge

Bayfront frontage that flooded a dozen times a year, with hardscape that made the problem worse.

Approach

We replaced impervious paving with a permeable stone plaza, added bioretention cells planted with native sedges, and lowered the seawall edge into a planted terrace.

Outcome

Tidal events are now absorbed by the planted edge instead of pushing into the building lobbies.

Gallery
Press
  • Designing With Sea Level
    Architect Magazine
    2023