forests and their adaptations are understood in relation to historic and projected tsunami risk

MAXXI Museum Technoscape Exhibition
Rome, Italy
Supervisors Paul Lewis and Guy Nordenson

Collaborators Maeliosa Barstow and Patty Hazle

Resilient Coasts examines the cultural importance, structural properties, and climate adaptation possibilities of both forests and architecture in three regions around the globe—Rikuzentakata in Tohoku, Japan; Castel Volturno in Campania, Italy; and Neskowin, Oregon in the United States of America. Each region possesses distinct relationships to sea level rise and tsunamis, but also to trees: as climate protectors, as a renewable source of building material, and as living entities that hold cultural capital.