Living / Room

At the mouth of the Miami River, water and wetlands become primary urban infrastructure. Constructed ground and hardened bulkheads are selectively removed to restore tidal flow, native habitat, and sediment deposition.

Three elevated buildings—an architecture school, housing, and a parking structure / emergency shelter—frame a central living landscape room. Shaded colonnades, vegetation, and cross-ventilation accommodate a landscape that is allowed to flood, shift, grow, and accumulate.