A new article from KneeDeep Times, written by reporter Ariel Rubissow Okamoto, examines the design process behind the North Basin Strip, a 20-acre stretch of Berkeley shoreline undergoing a community-driven transformation.
The piece features WRT's Peter Trio, who describes the result of the process as a plan that has "delivered a community vision that's coastal resilient through the end of the century." Trio points to the project's engagement model as central to that outcome, noting that design and community input developed side by side rather than in sequence.
WRT's resilience planner Cristina Bejarano speaks to the ecological stakes, identifying the neighboring Berkeley Meadow as "one of the few locations where we have marsh migration space" as sea levels continue to rise.
The article situates WRT's approach within a broader shift in coastal resilience work, one that treats habitat and human use as interconnected rather than competing, and community influence as central to lasting design.
Read the full article at KneeDeep Times.
