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The place beyond the dikes / felix illustra

“The place beyond the dikes” questions public space in the face of rising waters. Higher and higher dikes, supporting recreational developments and stopping the rise in ocean levels over the centuries… The tool of axonometry makes it possible to relate spatialization and temporality. Temporality, on the y-axis, relates years of submersion in relation to the rise of the oceans.

Spatialization, on the abscissa axis, relates the distance of advance of water on the continents. Increasingly high dike walls placed at 45° on each marker make it possible to stop the rising water levels for a time.

The rising waters transform the public space into an underwater park. The thickness of the dike walls is inhabited (made visible via the section). The interstitial spaces between walls are used for various recreational uses (underwater cultures, slides, terraces, pools, diving boards, climbing, etc.). Spaces designed to be scalable thanks to lightweight structures that can be easily dismantled and reassembled following rising water levels.