UC Berkeley
Paz Gutierrez + Tomas McKay
Spring 2019

Type: Group project
Location: Nansha, Pearl River Delta, China
Role: Planning, data analysis, graphics

Our project is focused on how to increase productivity using sea level rise, fostering both economic and physical resilience. There are two main strategies:

- relinquish to protect
- utilize the sea for productivity

The relinquishment of land will allow for a selective and targeted protection of land that can be saved, while the relinquished land serves double-duty as a buffer and productive zone. The future of the site can still be agricultural. By accepting and using the sea level rise, the site can maintain and even increase its productivity, while greatly reducing its input. The addition of seaweed farming and mollusk farming can create a sustainable and productive agriculture system to replace the current resource-intensive agriculture.