East River (New York)

The East River is a saltwater tidal estuary in New York City. The waterway, which is actually not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates the borough of Queens on Long Island from the Bronx on the North American mainland, and also divides Manhattan Island from Queens and Brooklyn, also on Long Island. Because of its connection to Long Island Sound, it was once also known as the Sound River. The tidal strait changes its direction of flow frequently, and is subject to strong fluctuations in its current, which are accentuated by its narrowness and variety of depths. The waterway is navigable for its entire length of , and was historically the center of maritime activities in the city. Hell Gate Technically a drowned valley, like the other waterways around New York City, the strait was formed approximately 11,000 years ago at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation. The distinct change in the shape of the strait between the lower and upper portions is evidence of this glacial activity. The upper portion (from Long Island Sound to Hell Gate), running largely perpendicular to the glacial motion, is wide, meandering, and has deep narrow bays on both banks, scoured out by the glacier's movement. The lower portion (from Hell Gate to New York Bay) runs north–south, parallel to the glacial motion. It is much narrower, with straight banks. The bays that exist, as well as those that used to exist before being filled in by human activity, are largely wide and shallow. The section known as "Hell Gate" – from the Dutch name Hellegat meaning either "bright strait" or "clear opening", given to the entire river in 1614 by explorer Adriaen Block when he passed through it in his ship Tyger – is a narrow, turbulent, and particularly treacherous stretch of the river.

A comparison of hydrological models with different level of complexity in Alpine regions in the context of climate change

Michael Lehning, Adrien Michel, Mathias Thierry Pierre Bavay, Francesca Carletti

This study compares the ability of two degree-day models (Poli-Hydro and a degree-day implementation of Alpine3D) and one full energy-balance melt model (Alpine3D) to predict the discharge on two partly glacierized Alpine catchments of different size and i ...

2021

A Big Building in the New York skyline - Spider Man and the East River

Inès Lamunière, Raphaël Dessimoz, Xavier Apotheker

« Urbanculture » est une méthode. Le projet confronte pensée rationnelle et notions de confort et d’atmosphère à partir d’une idée de « pré-image » comme expression de l’articulation entre la construction d’une image et l’image de sa construction. Il suggère que l’un des grands enjeux, pour l’architecte de demain, sera de s’inspirer du climat au sens propre et au sens figuré afin de proposer son projet comme possible solution, à la rencontre entre contextualité et généralité dans un urbain en mouvement. « Urbanculture » est un appel à renouveler un projet d’architecture spécifique à une nouvelle urbanité et à ses conséquences programmatiques. L’hypermobilité provoque nos modes de vie. Urbain et urbanité sont en mouvement. Gares et interfaces de transport sont inductrices d’un projet aux caractéristiques locales et globales. Ce semestre, le LAMU propose d’explorer un nouveau site emblématique, les rives de l’East River à New York. La question de la mobilité aérienne par câble sera étudiée au travers d’un programme complexe : un grand bâtiment comprenant principalement une gare de transport, un centre culturel et d’exposition et un hôtel de travail.

2015

A comparison of hydrological models with different level of complexity in Alpine regions in the context of climate change

A Big Building in the New York skyline - Spider Man and the East River

Effects of river flow scaling properties on riparian width and vegetation biomass

A Big Building in the New York skyline - Spider Man and the East River

Effects of river flow scaling properties on riparian width and vegetation biomass

A comparison of hydrological models with different level of complexity in Alpine regions in the context of climate change