RECHARGE: SUBURBIA
RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY
Stormwater management and the reduction of stormwater runoff has become an increasingly important agenda in town hall meetings throughout North America. Our built environment of roofs, driveways, sidewalks and streets are designed to divert water into storm drains, however they also contribute to the rise of contaminants into the natural waterways and aquifers. Our drainage infrastructure is damaging our collective ecology. With climate change predictions forecasting increased sea level - as well as the added pressure on existing and out-of-date storm drain systems - current and future land use practices come into question.
This study investigates the deployment of sustainable building techniques as design strategies to counter the effect of surface level run-off with the intention of producing a tangible increase in Ground Water Recharge. Our proposal targets the typical suburban single family home as an overlooked but significant contributor of and possible solution to the damaging effects of real estate development and building practices.
With the SEED EM HOUSE, a deployable single family home, our proposal imagines the quantifiable effect of these sustainable practices on the future of Ridgewood NJ.
RECHARGE, a measure of precipitation that infiltrates the ground, facilitates a natural filtration of pollutants from storm water, keeping them out of natural streams and aquifers. Current zoning and building codes as well as NJ DEP Best Management Practices are targeted as a generator from which to repostition the governance of our built communities. As this proposal suggests, Permeable vs. Impermeable Ground & Buildable Lot Coverage mandates have a direct impact on local groundwater recharge rates and floodplain delineation.
A combination of semi-extensive green roofs and subterranean infiltration pits are proposed to effectively reduce the carefully targeted NJ DEP and FEMA floodplains. This study finds that these techniques will have a profound effect on the quality and quantity of the recharge rates of water into local ecology.
In doing so, they will implicitly reframe the financial interests of floodplain territories, recalibrating insurance, real estate and political interests.
PROJECT TEAM:
Mike Jacobs, Forrest Jessee, Biayna Bogosian, Steven Garcia.
Stormwater management and the reduction of stormwater runoff has become an increasingly important agenda in town hall meetings throughout North America. Our built environment of roofs, driveways, sidewalks and streets are designed to divert water into storm drains, however they also contribute to the rise of contaminants into the natural waterways and aquifers. Our drainage infrastructure is damaging our collective ecology. With climate change predictions forecasting increased sea level - as well as the added pressure on existing and out-of-date storm drain systems - current and future land use practices come into question.
This study investigates the deployment of sustainable building techniques as design strategies to counter the effect of surface level run-off with the intention of producing a tangible increase in Ground Water Recharge. Our proposal targets the typical suburban single family home as an overlooked but significant contributor of and possible solution to the damaging effects of real estate development and building practices.
With the SEED EM HOUSE, a deployable single family home, our proposal imagines the quantifiable effect of these sustainable practices on the future of Ridgewood NJ.
RECHARGE, a measure of precipitation that infiltrates the ground, facilitates a natural filtration of pollutants from storm water, keeping them out of natural streams and aquifers. Current zoning and building codes as well as NJ DEP Best Management Practices are targeted as a generator from which to repostition the governance of our built communities. As this proposal suggests, Permeable vs. Impermeable Ground & Buildable Lot Coverage mandates have a direct impact on local groundwater recharge rates and floodplain delineation.
A combination of semi-extensive green roofs and subterranean infiltration pits are proposed to effectively reduce the carefully targeted NJ DEP and FEMA floodplains. This study finds that these techniques will have a profound effect on the quality and quantity of the recharge rates of water into local ecology.
In doing so, they will implicitly reframe the financial interests of floodplain territories, recalibrating insurance, real estate and political interests.
PROJECT TEAM:
Mike Jacobs, Forrest Jessee, Biayna Bogosian, Steven Garcia.