Table 2. Key design contents by team from ‘Rebuild by Design’

No. Team Cencept Site Planning strategy Design strategy
1 BIG team The BIG U Manhattan, NY Growing resiliency The bridging berm, flip-down, battery berm
2 Interboro partners Living with the bay: Nassau County, NY The buffered bay Sediment flow, smart barrier, eco-edge, slow streams, green corridor
3 MIT CAU + ZUS + URBANISTEN New meadowlands Meadowlands, NJ Protecting, connecting, growing Flood protection berm, the wetland, fresh water basin, biodiversity, recreation and leisure
4 OMA Resist, delay, store, discharge Hoboken, NJ Resist, delay, store, discharge ․Terraced edge, bulkhead, deployable flood- delay ․Parkland, green roof, bioswale ․Bioretention basin, constructed wetlands ․Stormwater pump, storm drain
5 PennDesign+OLIN Hunts point lifelines Bronx, NY Integrated flood protection, livelihoods & community resilience, cleanways, maritime -supply chain ․Adaptive edge, thin edge, thick edge ․Better truck routes, pedestrian & bike routes
6 SCAPE/landscape architecture Living breakwaters Staten Island, NY Reducing risk growing ecological resiliency building social resiliency The reef street