Professor Oswald Jenewein - ARCH 5671

Fall 2025

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​Wave Port is a multimodal transportation hub that enhances coastal resilience of Port Aransas. Wave Port provides large, elevated shelter grounds and an evacuation center for Port Aransas in case of a disaster, while enabling adaptive multimodal transportation to and from the port,
based on the need. The design priority is to form a climate-responsive and resilient mobility hub that can adapt to pre-disaster, during-disaster and post-disaster conditions via its fluid, sustainable and robust design. Wave Port is located adjacent to the Mustang Beach Airport, in Port Aransas, Mustang Island. Based on the macro and micro site analysis, lack of access to medical aid, evacuation centers, and proper shelters appeared to be one of the greatest weaknesses of this small city that is so vulnerable to disaster damage. However, the site has, many advantageous features, such as being located adjacent to the main roads that reach into the residential areas of the city and go all along the island, providing quicker access between Wave Port and people. Being adjacent to the Mustang Beach Airport enables Wave Port as a hub for the rescue and aid distribution services and aims to cooperate further in the future, to have a more advanced level of solar energy provided for the electric charging of multiple types of vehicles.