6 Awesome Designs To Protect Areas Hit By Hurricane Sandy (Business Insider)

Business Insider
(6/10/2014 4:43 PM, Jill Comoletti)

Hurricane Sandy wreaked absolute havoc on the east coast, and now several design teams have come up with plans to protect vulnerable cities from future storms.

U.S Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan just announced the winners of the "Rebuild by Design" competition, which asked designers to develop projects that would protect cities and redevelop storm-affected areas in environmentally healthy ways.

HUD has allocate $920 million to the winning concepts, which focus on New York, New Jersey, and Long Island, though the projects will need a significant amount of additional support to be put into action.

The design team BIG received the largest amount of funds—$335 million—for their project, titled The Big "U," according to ArchDaily. The Big "U" would Manhattan by shielding it from floods with an 8-mile protective system, while also providing environmental benefits to the community.