The work shown is part of a year-long interdisciplinary research-design studio that was undertaken by 13 architecture graduate students from the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York. The work was informed by oral histories, on-the-ground field observations, and attendance at the various Edgemere Envisioning sessions for the developing Community Land Trust at Edgemere, Rockaways Queens.

In this interdisciplinary studio taught by architects, an anthropologist and community activists the students have combined traditional site analysis with oral histories and field observations.

With a multitude of material and social conditions in mind, the architectural projects from UNIT 25 speculate on the long and short term impact of sea level rise along Jamaica Bay that speculate on the future of the waterfront neighborhoods of Hammels, Edgemere and Fort Tilden in the Rockaways.

Organized by SPCUNY Actionist Pedro Cruz and CCNY/Spitzer faculty member and architect Nandini Bagchee.