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What Would Dubrovnik Be Lıke if the Sealevel Rose by One or Two Meters?

There is a reason why tourist guide books often compare Dubrovnik to Venice. This fact, along with the scientific premise (or at least, this is what the media tell us on a daily basis) that in the proximate future the sea level will rise by one or two meters, is the starting point for this project. To make Dubrovnik into Venice, to dig Stradun to the depth at which gondolas can float, to import the gondolas from Venice once there is no more Venice... to ensure that tourists keep on coming so that we can pursue our comfortable lifestyle. In fact, this is a proposal to return to a more natural state of things. Because, what is now the stone paved main street of the walled city, used to be a lagoon only some centuries ago. Climate change might restore the natural balance. Alongside cats, otters (lutra lutra) could live next to people again, as they actually did before they were extinct about a hundred years ago. To maintain the city a habitable place, some technical improvements are needed though. Fundaments of the city walls and of the houses would have to be enlarged, thus providing the paths people could walk on. From the mere tourist attraction, the ramparts could be recycled into the main pedestrian route and new means of transportation could be introduced – for instance the cable cars that would join the highest points of the ramparts. Section through the Western entrance to the city shows the natural-cultural layers of Dubrovnik. The limestone rock bed is the firm bottom. Above it comes the Haeckel layer (after Ernst Haeckel) displaying the natural remains of the lagoon that was once there. Next is the Rauschenberg layer (after Robert Rauschenberg) where all the devices and all the waste of our age ended. Finally, the Liquid layer where nature and culture reconciled comes on top of everything.

Architecture , City , Climate change , Sea level , Sustainability, Dubrovnik , Venice

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