article_snippet: This is the Bjarke Ingels Group's long term vision for the Bridging Berm, which will be transformed as part of the first phase of the scheme .
article_snippet: This shows an accessible ramp connection that will make the greenspace available to all .
article_snippet: This Big Bench that could be used by the community for Tai-Chi, pictured left, also protects against most flooding, pictured right .
article_snippet: The existing condition of South Street Seaport, pictured left, and how it will look after the redevelopment .
article_snippet: The existing Fulton Fish Market, right, and how it could be transformed as part South Street Pavilions, left .
article_snippet: The permanent landscaping that will happen as part of the South Street Pavilions stage of the redevelopment .
article_snippet: As a result the defences may take the form of a grassy knoll in one area, but public community space in another.
article_snippet: We're doing it in a way that will be in dialogue with all the neighborhoods along the Big U, so that what We're doing will never be perceived as a war zone, or a piece of resilience infrastructure,' Mr Ingels previously told Wired. '
article_snippet: When you go there in the future you will see amenities that are tailored to the neighborhoods.
article_snippet: Undulating landscapes, street furniture, pavilions, that are part of an environmental and social program.'
article_snippet: The scheme, created by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), has been created with the help of local communities .
article_snippet: The design includes open spaces and sports areas that people will be able to use in good weather .
article_snippet: According to the plans by BIG - in partnership with ONE Architecture, Starr Whitehouse, James Lima Planning + Development, Level Infrastructure, BuroHappold, Arcadis, Green Shield Ecology, AEA Consulting, Project Projects and the School of Constructed Environments at Parsons - a berm and a series of knolls will not just provide protection, but also a place where people can sunbath, farm and garden.