Sara Segura


Architecture
Landscape
Urban Design
Climate Adaptation
Graphic Design
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Hello, I am an interdisciplinary designer working on urban issues at the intersection of culture and climate change.


Projects

  1. Khlong Toei: Vibrant Grounds for an Ingenious City
  2. Bangkok Porous City Studio Report
  3. Rewilding Gottesman Plaza
  4. Biospheric Urbanism: Paris Corridors
  5. Los Angeles: Natural Ventilation Potential
  6. Self-Built Adaptation
  7. UTCI Classification Model
  8. Ephemeral Figures
  9. Hardwick Residence: Millwork
  10. Biociudades Amazonía
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©2024 Sara Segura

Rewilding Gottesman Plaza




Year: 2024
Grant: 2023 Real Estate Research Grant, Harvard GSD
Grant Awardee: Harvard GSD Department of Urban Planning and Design
Team: Sara Segura, Vanessa Harden — With contributions by Ryan Otterson, Moises Quintero Morales

This research is dedicated to Mary-Lou Benard (1940–2024).

“Rewilding Gottesman Plaza” was a recipient of the 2023 Harvard GSD Real Estate Grant. The research operates where real estate meets climate action. Utilizing a real case study in New York City, the objectives of the research were to identify green funding sources to support adaptation, urban resilience, and ecological restoration projects in NYC; create a cost analysis comparison for the plaza’s demolition versus renovation; develop a financial framework to serve similar properties throughout NYC; and design a landscape framework that addresses the site’s most urgent climate change risks, namely heat events increasing in both frequency and duration.

Use the slideshow below to explore the final report.