Nursery Reef – Seed Bombs

Conceived for Bushwick Inlet Park, this floating micro-habitat regenerates biodiversity along Brooklyn’s pressured waterfront. Designed as a modular estuarine system, it supports life above and below the waterline, creating shelter for juvenile fish, marine species, and vegetation. Constructed from recyclable plywood, cork, and coconut fiber, it combines durability with gradual biodegradation, fostering marine attachment over time. Iterative prototyping refined buoyancy and form. With support from Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park, it was developed through dialogue on the importance of the Brooklyn waterfront ecosystem, proposing a scalable, low-impact strategy to restore ecological ground and advance collective stewardship and long-term resilience.