
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.
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Press
- Designing With Sea LevelArchitect Magazine2023