York if Lee the worst case scenario the rapid meltdown on the ice sheet on green land the WestAntarctic Ice Sheet would happen extremely rapidly the future of new york city is in perilso the city has two options one either build massive def  Cogniq  ense is well tostart evacuating the city and its population to higher ground the flooding the New York's   Cogniq  undergroundinstallations would only be the first in a series ofcatastrophic events after the first six feet above sea levelrise part to lower Manhattan would be submerged if sea levels rise by 50 the water wouldmove into Times Square by me is the Manhattan Bridge with sealevel rising 250 fayed the bridge would be have sea waterlapping around the roadway New York City as we know it would notexist but there is a way that New York mightadapt even two extremes sea level rise the idea is to build on walk here in the Netherlands are severalcommunities a floating houses koon althaus is a visionary architectwho believes these houses are the beginning a new trend in design in construction to what you'll see is that people go indesign floating apartment buildings