In recent years, debates about how architecture must respond to intensifying climate pressures have moved to the forefront of disciplinary discourse. After many global catastrophes, communities often rush to rebuild, prioritizing speed and efficiency over long‑term resilience. These reactive approaches can overwhelm or erase the human scale, replacing familiar landscapes with infrastructural solutions. In response, this project explores a speculative design that imagines new ways for coastal communities to evolve without sacrificing their cultural and ecological identities. It proposes a world in which architecture becomes a living, growing structure that is capable of adapting to future environmental pressures while remaining deeply connected to its site.

For this project, I will conduct precedent analyses and produce a series of collages, architectural drawings, and exploratory diagrams to explore ways a future settlement might self-regulate in the case of climate catastrophe or flooding. Rooted in the seaside suburban landscape of the South Shore, particularly Marshfield, Massachusetts, the project applies research of historic speculative megastructures to imagine ways that elevated forms could shape a flood‑resistant community that grows from the existing town character. Drawing from the local vernacular, the proposal envisions an adaptive architectural system that remains grounded in place while responding to an evolving coastal landscape.