Oyster-tecture
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Oyster-tecture is a noun meaning The use of oyster reefs to mitigate the effects of storm surge and rising sea levels and to filter polluted water.
Meaning
The use of oyster reefs to mitigate the effects of storm surge and rising sea levels and to filter polluted water.
Example Sentences
The vision for oyster-tecture is to create a network of oyster reefs that interlink from Texas to Maine.
Such is the potential that the concept of oyster-tecture – the use of oysters as an architectural resource – was developed by landscape architect Kate Orff and presented in a 2010 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
The $60 million project, devised by landscape architect Kate Orff more than a decade ago and launched by the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, uses an approach that Orff has dubbed “oyster-tecture”: partially submerged mounds of rubble mingle with shell structures implanted with living larvae.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include oysterboat, oysterbank, oysterman, tetrapod, jetty, culch.
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