Meaning of oyster-tecture | Babel Free
Definitions
The use of oyster reefs to mitigate the effects of storm surge and rising sea levels and to filter polluted water.
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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