Emerald Tutu Video
12/5/2022 • 16 months ago
Watch the video of the presentation by Coastal engineering and hydrodynamics scientist Dr. Julia Hopkins and architect Gabriel Cira on a new type of nature-based coastal infrastructure for flood protection. The Emerald Tutu, an interconnected biomass-based network of floating mini-islands, uses living plant ecosystems engineering to create a nature-based alternative to hard concrete and steel flood walls and berms, known as "gray infrastructure," that buffers shorelines from incoming waves and influxes of storm surge. The presentation took place at the Main Library on October 26