Eco-Transformation, A New Vision for the Atlantic Shoreline and its Communities

The future of the local communities is linked to their capacity to re-adapt their way of life to the new conditions imposed by the climate and economic situation. To test this idea we selected along the Atlantic shoreline an established settlement: Levittown, very affected during the hurricane, to apply some selected strategies as the use of renewable energy, biogas production composting of waste, retrofitting of the existing residential typologies and more, providing a sustainable collective urban action to transform it into a resilient sustainable community. At neighborhood-scale, we proposed the reactivation of abandoned lots, introducing in that spot for each eco-community a living machine that can guarantee the self-sustenance of the block.