Reimagining Coastal Urbanism through Climate-Responsive Infrastructure | Ruxuan Zheng and Haoyuan Wang

Conceived as a conceptual academic speculative project, City on the Loop proposes a long-term urban response to climate vulnerability using New York’s Canarsie Pier as its site of exploration… Developed by architects Ruxuan Zheng and Haoyuan Wang—whose research-led practice centres on coastal conditions and environmental adaptation—the project emerges from sustained investigation into how architecture can engage rising sea levels while shaping new urban life.The proposal structures the waterfront as a continuous inhabitable loop that gradually transitions between land and water. Flood projections extending across centuries inform its concept and development, allowing housing, transit and public space to evolve in response […]