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ARUP – East River Waterfront

By Vincent Lee">Vincent Lee | Published: April 23, 2010
The image depicts a proposed Rainwater Harvesting System for the East River Waterfront development which utilizes runoff from the FDR drive as a resource for irrigation of the park vegetation. The project client is NYCEDC, and the rendering used as a background is courtesy of SHoP Architects. ERW RWH.pdf(198 KB) This post was submitted by Vincent Lee.
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ARUP

By admin | Published: April 19, 2010
Recognizing the city’s capacity for change, ARUP developed a phased approach to bring our stormwater system from passive conveyance into active resource. Starting today, in “Phase 0”, the design rolls out on Chambers St. from Centre St. to Hudson River in lower Manhattan, through Phase 1:Porous City, Phase 2:Botanical City” and finally Phase 3:Shared City.
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dlandstudio

By admin | Published: April 19, 2010
The Sponge Park™ plan from dlandstudio proposes a “strategy of urban stitching, connecting the public and private lands adjacent to the water, to create a continuous esplanade with recreational spaces” spanning the Gowanus Canal. This design calls attention to the complex site control aspect of stormwater management.
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Robin Key Landscape Architecture

By admin | Published: April 19, 2010
Robin Key Landscape Architecture selected Carmine Street as their Minds in the Gutter site for its historical hydrologic significance to the island of Manhattan. An overlay of a 1609 Townsend MacCoun map of Manhattan reveals Minetta Creek as it once flowed south and west along the modern day Carmine Street eventually entering a tidal wetland [...]
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W Architecture and Landscape Architecture

By admin | Published: April 19, 2010
W Architecture and Landscape Architecture identifies the underutilized street ends along 25% of the city’s shoreline as an opportunity to apply their prototypical “marine streets”, a new edge typology that would mitigate both the upland urban runoff and climatic tidal surges.
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