Facing the River

Confronting Environmental and Social Risks of the Reconquista River Basin by Using River Arms as a Backbone

Master studies project | 2018 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Team: Laura Lijdsman, Wanting Meng, Chang Liu, Anna Kozera, Gabriela Waldherr

The project area has been composed of the joint municipalities of the Metropolitan region of Buenos Aires: Morón and Hurlingham. Municipalities are exposed to recurrent flooding through the aforementioned contamination, but also climate change effects and the local weather phenomena. Therefore, the proposed long term strategy introduces a new integral structure, which aims to resolve contamination and flooding risks combined with the transformation of existing factories into recycling industries. This integral structure is expressed spatially in a river park along the creek and green-blue corridors in both municipalities. To clarify the implementation of our proposed interventions we introduce a more integrated planning approach.

Key Project - Green Corridor

Part A

Street design is integrating water circulation with a high focus on flood management.

Part B

Street design is integrating circulation and public space of surrounding blocks.

Part C

Street design is integrating water circulation, access to services and public transport.