Bay Protection Agency to Announce Winner in Unique Sea Level Rise Competition

Rising Tides Exhibition on Display at San Francisco Ferry Building
SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
WHAT: The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), the
California state agency responsible for protecting San Francisco Bay, will
announce the $10,000 Grand Prize winner for the Rising Tides Competition, a
unique effort spearheaded by the agency to solicit innovative ideas related to
future coastal development in light of a predicted four-foot-plus rise in sea
level due to global warming. The competition has potentially far-reaching
influence for shoreline design along coastal areas in the region and worldwide.
More than 130 high-level entries from 18 countries were received in response to
the design challenge.

WHEN: Tuesday, July 14 - 10 a.m.

WHERE: San Francisco Ferry Building (2nd Level)

WHO: BCDC Executive Director Will Travis; Jury Chairperson Marcel Stive
(Scientific Director for the Water Research Centre in Delft, Holland); and
possibly the grand prize award winner, if local

VISUALS: Exhibition of entries, display of winning entry, possible ceremonial
offering of grand prize (if winner is local resident and present at the event)

The Rising Tides Exhibition is a free, public display at the San Francisco Ferry
Building through Sunday, July 19, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Major funding for the
competition came from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA). Additional sponsors included the AIA San Francisco Chapter, the Port of
San Francisco, Equity Office Management and BPS Reprographics.

The competition included an international panel of jurists, including Michael
Sorkin (Professor of Architecture and Director of Graduate Program in Urban
Design at the City College of New York), Walter Hood (University of
California-Berkeley professor and principal of Hood Design in Oakland), Denise
Reed (University of New Orleans professor whose research focuses on coastal
marshes and sea-level rise), Marcel Stive (Scientific Director for the Water
Research Centre in Delft, Holland) and Tracy Metz (veteran journalist with Dutch
newspaper NRC Handelsblad).

San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
David Meckel, 415-203-2061
Competition Advisor
davidm@bcdc.ca.gov
Brad McCrea, 415-352-3615
Project Manager
bradm@bcdc.ca.gov

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