The evolving relationship between cities and water—from flood control to drought resilience, from buried streams to daylit rivers.
essayIn 1966, bulldozers tore through Tremé's oak-lined streets to build a highway. Sixty years later, New Orleans is learning that some wounds require more than time to heal—they require removal.
essayThe modern city is a water trickster that drinks from mountains, trades with the sea, and disguises vulnerability behind steel valves. Climate change will strip away that disguise—not with a single catastrophe, but with alternating extremes that test every reservoir, pipe, and aquifer.
essayModern megacities are deliberate fictions piled higher than local hydrology can serve. This is the anatomy of "complex water"—where population outran the watershed—and what cities are actually doing to close the gap.
How cities are tearing down urban highways to reconnect neighborhoods, restore ecological corridors, and reimagine what these corridors can become.
Exploring the sweet spot of urban density—mid-rise buildings, gentle intensification, and housing forms that balance livability with sustainability.