Johnson, MatthewRayder, BenMartinez, MarcusZhu, Christopher J.2022-07-112022-07-112022-05-11https://hdl.handle.net/10657/10504The Mississippi River Plug-In is a project that addresses coastal urbanism and resiliency beyond physical matter. The vitality of the Mississippi River is threatened by climate change; a problem compounded by population loss and soft ground recession. While this issue is seen in various water-adjacent cities, the Mississippi River Plug-In focuses on the New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA) region - a uniquely fascinating space. New Orleans is dominated by the existence of the French Quarter, a district heavily popularized by tourism, media, social studies, and history; it is the first image of New Orleans to many. The city and river are currently disjointed, and there have been several efforts to introduce pedestrian-oriented spaces between the two, but have been largely unsuccessful due to necessary seawalls and levees. Taking advantage of this situation, the Plug-In project attaches itself and expands the footprint of the French Quarter through floating architecture onto the surface of the river. As an adaptable and flexible platform, the Plug-In project is intended to revitalize the city in congruence with current development plans to transform the historic riverfront. It is a unique opportunity for the various user-groups of New Orleans, from start-up creatives to satellites of well-established New Orleans businesses, to engage with the riverfront, overturn the declining urbanism, and introduce a new life along the Mississippi. The opportunity is provided by the meeting of coastal urbanism to climate change.enThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).Mississippi RiverNew OrleansLouisianaPlug-In ArchitectureClimate ChangeCoastal ResilienceFloating ArchitectureInfrastructureand Urbanism.Honors Thesis