The US Coast Guard Auxiliary Station is a public building with a few private facilities. The project deliberately engages the order of the city and the wilds of water. It is critical that these programs link and connect these strong contexts. As such, the program should be conceived within their respective contexts: land-city, water-river or a hybrid of the two.

The New US Coast Guard Auxiliary Station is a focused piece of the US Coast Guard. As a local moment, it has the potential to become a truly public and social space at the heart of a community. Developing needs for community-based and educational services can reshape the role of reshaped and shifted the role of the Coast Guard.

The site for this program is also a precarious urban moment. Miami is a city defined by the water but it still needs to be asked: How does the Miami meet the water? Is it a public event? Is it a private event?