Unbuilt:
Post Pavilion at Ho Hum Beach, Bellport, NY
Post Pavilion is an adaptive boundary curated by the community. Climate change is accelerating barrier island drift, and predicted sea-level rise will create unforeseeable physical transformations. Each year we discover the negotiation between sea and shore in new form, as dunes shift and grasses drift.
A Dune Fence is a demarcation of human activity that protects fragile areas prone to erosion. The Post Pavilion is a celebration of the Dune Fence — a temporary pile driven each year outside the protected areas, marking a habitable zone. Each season the community configures the poles to respond to changes in the coastline, adding flags, markers, and mementos that form an ongoing narrative. The beach doesn't have a fixed address — it is a moment in time that we discover anew.