1. Highly urbanized Miami Beach waterfront lagoon (2017)
Increasing circulation to eliminate incidence of stagnant or standing water
Nature-based
coastal defense
Patrick Davidson & Sandra Mustieles

2. Underwater program and buoyed structures, adaptive to sea-level rise
Increasing circulation to eliminate incidence of stagnant or standing water
Nature-based
coastal defense

3. Energy and water efficiency analyses augmented from green building studio software output

4. Energy and water efficiency
Interdisciplinary student collaboration to iterate peer feedback on coastal design projects
Energy and water efficiency
Original Design:
Roof Top Area:
1,120 ft2
Energy Demand:
7,788 kWh/year
Water Demand:
34,884 gal/year
New design from feedback:
Roof Top Area:
50% increase in roof area
Energy Produced: 13,601 kWh/year from 31 Solar Panels
Surplus: 5,813 kWh/year
Water Harvested: 73, gal/year
Surplus: 38,941 gal/year
Increasing circulation to eliminate incidence of stagnant or standing water
Landscape green infrastructure economic benefits
Determined from i-Tree and nutrient uptake model for a 500ft2 tree planter and 5000ft2 greenway:
Runoff Reduction = $38,000
CO2 Net Sequestration = $8,000
Nutrient Removal = % reduction in nitrogen and phosphorus monthly pollutant load
Nature-based
coastal defense