Fast Company: This New Manhattan Building Is Designed To Flood

Our Resilience team helped develop a flood resilience strategy for the Columbia University Philip & Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center. Located on the Spuyten Duyvil Creek tidal estuary in Upper Manhattan, the center features a unique design with a series of vents that allow flood water to flow through the building while mechanical systems and other operations remain protected. This aids in ensuring enhanced long-term resilience, reduction in embodied carbon and for the quick return to normal operations. We also provided structural design to Perkins+Will for the structure, which opened earlier this year.

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