{"id":6447,"date":"2011-01-29T03:09:13","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T03:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/?p=6447"},"modified":"2011-01-29T03:09:13","modified_gmt":"2011-01-29T03:09:13","slug":"getting-wet-staying-on-the-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/getting-wet-staying-on-the-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting wet: staying on the edge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Tel-Aviv-Port-Public-Space-Regeneration-Mayslits-Kassif-Architects-02-150x150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Tel-Aviv-Port-Public-Space-Regeneration-Mayslits-Kassif-Architects-02-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6446\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Tel-Aviv-Port-Public-Space-Regeneration-Mayslits-Kassif-Architects-07-150x150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Tel-Aviv-Port-Public-Space-Regeneration-Mayslits-Kassif-Architects-07-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6448\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we await <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/news\/nation\/bligh-tells-residents-told-to-brace-for-twin-cyclones\/story-e6frg6nf-1225996412203\">two expected tropical cyclones<\/a> in North Queensland the following questions have a particular poignancy. What is the solution to coast inundation? Are there ways in which we can get used to getting wet and enjoy it as part of the experience &#8211; akin to playing in the surf? <\/p>\n<p>While the Israeli port project may not offer the solution to the landfall of tropical cyclones, it might inspire ways to accommodate a slightly less defined and changeable boundary between the sea and land.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designboom.com\/weblog\/cat\/9\/view\/11923\/mayslits-kassif-architects-tel-aviv-port-public-space-wins-rosa-barba-european-landscape-prize.html\">Mayslits Kassif Architect<\/a>s urban regeneration of the Tel Aviv Port is a landmark project which saw &#8220;the suspension of all the area&#8217;s rezoning plans&#8221; and set a precedent for &#8220;transformation not propelled by building rights, but by a unique urban design strategy.&#8221;  The project received the 2010 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coac.net\/landscape\/convocatoria_fra.html\">Rosa Barba European Landscape Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we await two expected tropical cyclones in North Queensland the following questions have a particular poignancy. What is the solution to coast inundation? Are there ways in which we can get used to getting wet and enjoy it as part of the experience &#8211; akin to playing in the surf? While the Israeli port [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,16,18,37,22,23,24,28,29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}