Prt-cny (Port Coney) is a speculative master plan that reclaims the historic Coney Island site in Cincinnati as a flood-resilient, memory-anchored village. Drawing from both precedent analysis (Wasserstadt Solothurn) and the spatial heritage of Coney Island itself, the project organizes new housing and public amenities into clustered “islands” separated by a radial system of canals and basins. These waterways do not just mitigate floodwaters—they shape the community.

The design overlays a dual grid: a radial scheme anchored by the historic riverboat entry, and a secondary field of intersecting axes drawn from the city’s landmarks and Coney Island’s lost geometry. At the heart of the plan are elevated armatures—bridge-like megastructures that host civic, commercial, and infrastructural functions, referencing both the radical language of Archigram and the boardwalks of Tschumi’s Parc de la Villette.

Housing clusters are arranged using proportional “panel exercises” in the spirit of Le Corbusier, modified for typological variety. Dwellings are nestled into platforms that accommodate greenery, shared space, and infrastructure—an echo of tight-knit New England fishing villages, adapted for contemporary communal life.

Rather than retreat from the Ohio River’s inevitable floods, Port Coney welcomes and choreographs them. Basins collect excess water, stilted housing rises above it, and public life moves along elevated paths. This is not a preservation project—but a preservation of spirit: where memory becomes spatial infrastructure, and water becomes a civic asset.