Architect Bjarke Ingels introduced New York to his fantastical-seeming "Big U" plan more than two years, enticing Manhattanites with the idea of a lushly planted park that would protect the island from future Hurricane Sandy-like storms. Plans based on the designs have actually moved forward since the city-hosted designed competition deemed Ingels's idea the best, and research is ongoing as to how this city-saving landscape could be built.