1YE29327N97088316 DESTINATIONS: SITES: LEGEND: CITY ISLAND FERRY LANDING BRONX FERRY/BARGE LANDING
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BRONX ZOO EXPO DEVELOPMENT AREA PV MEMBRANE INWOOD HILL FERRY LANDING C CAR CIT RI Y 15MIN. RADIUS BRX SWINDLER COVE FERRY/BARGE LANDING T LOW BUILDING HEIGHT AND HORI- C E ZONTAL MASSES CREATES THE L FERRY CROSSING PERFECT SITE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC E BRONX RIVER: CONCRETE PARK : GREENWAY CORRIDOR POWER GENERATION IN THE BRONX. GREENWAY ACCESS TO NJ X PV MEMBRANES ARE PAVED ON THE R EDUCATION WITH NATURE BARGE CROSSING B brx. TRANSIT HUB EXISTING FERRY ROUTE ROOF OF THE PAVILION. brx: ELECTRIC CAR CITY
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Y HUNTERS POINT FERRY/BARGE LANDING TRANSPORTATION HUB MN/QNS GREENPOINT FERRY/BARGE LANDING THE TRANSPORTATION HUB IS LOCATED AT SOUND VIEW PARK AT HUNTS POINT IN THE BRONX. IT IS PAIRED WITH THE BRONX PAVILION OF SOLAR WILLIAMSBURG FERRY/BARGE LANDING ENERGY LOCATED AT THE HUNTS POINT RAILYARD. IT STRADLES THE BIKE SHARE RIVER AND CONNECTS STREETS ON EACH SIDE. THE EXTENSION OF THE STREET CREATES A PLATFORM FOR VIEWING THE HUB, THE RIVER AND E. HOUSTON ST. - FERRY BARGE THE ADJACENT INSTITUTIONS. THE HUB BECOMES A DESTINATION ITSELF, COUNTERBALANCING GAIA AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE EAST RIVER. BK NAL HU navy yard: SCIENCE CITY IO B L T A Y N R N E
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THERE ARE FIVE HUBS, ONE FOR EACH BOROUGH. THE BLUE NETWORK CONNECTS THE FIVE HUBS IN LOCATIONS WITH THE DENSEST W POPU- LATIONS FOR COMMUTATION, CONNECTIONS AND ATTRACTIONS.
THE BLUE NETWORK IS THE MEANS BY WHICH PEOPLE ACCESS GAIA, WATER TAXI : FERRY TO FRESH KILLS STATEN THE SIXTH HUB SERVING THE SIXTH BOROUGH, WATER. GAIA SERVES AS AN INTRODUCTION TO CLEANTECH AND IS, ARCHITECTURALLY, THE DOCKS PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF WATER.
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ALGAE MEMBRANE ALGAE ALLOWS FOR A NEW FORM OF ENERGY GENERATION. THE ECOLOGY GOWANUS CONSISTS OF ALGAE-IN-TAKING TAINTED WATER. THE DIGESTION PROCESS YIELDS NEUTRALIZED TOXIN, AS WELL AS BIOCRUDE OIL, BIOMASS, LIPIDS AND HY- DROGEN. ALGAE ALSO OUTPUTS FRESH WATER. FARMING ALGAE AT GOWANUS CANAL CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ABUNDANCE OF SEWARGE DURING COM- 6th BOROUGH BINED SEWAGE OVERFLOW EPISODES. SWALE
SWALES OR MODULAR WETLANDS ARE IMPLIMENTED NEAR THE WATER EDGE TO PREVENT RAINWATER RUNOFF INTO THE RIVER. WATER COLLECTED IS RE- LEGEND: DIRECTED FOR GRAYWATER USAGE.
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GREEN TRANSIT HUB WIND DAM GAIA IS LOCATED AT THE UPPER HARBOR, NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE EAST RIVER. IT WILL SERVE AS A BEACON TO WATER TRAFFIC AP- EXPO DEVELOPMENT AREA THE WIND DAM COLLECTS AND REDIRECTS WIND TO GENERATE PROACHING FROM MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS. 15MIN. RADIUS MAXIMUM FORCE AT FERRY EXPO ROUTE A TURBINE. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS GREENWAY CORRIDOR BARGE CROSSING UTILIZED AT THE TIP OF GOVER- EXISTING FERRY ROUTE NORS ISLAND TO SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE CAPITALIZE ON THE CONSISTANT STEADY WIND CURRENTS THERE.
TURBINE TURBINE TO GOWANUS CANAL GOVERNORS TURBINE
TO STATEN ISLAND GOVENORS ISLAND ISLAND TECHNOLOGY OF GAIA
AS THE SYMBOL FOR CLEANTECH, GAIA SHOW- PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER CASES THE VARIOUS ENERGY GENERATING LOOK OUT PV MEMBRANE AT UPPER LEVEL TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE FEATURED AT THE STRUCTURE, TAKING FULL ADVAN- EXPOSITION. GAIA WILL PRODUCE SOLAR, WIND, TAGE OF SUNLIGHT TIDE AND ALGAE-DERIVED ENERGY. EACH OF THE CANOE DOCK TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE LOCATED AT GAIA SO AS TO MAXIMIZE ENERGY OUTPUT.
GAIA WILL DEMONSTRATE TO VISITORS THAT ENERGY CAN BE PRODUCED ANYWHERE UNDER VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES THUS INSPIR- ING THEM TO RECONSIDER THE FLEXIBILITY OF ENERGY PRODUCTION.
URBAN BEACH
ALGAE POWER MEMBRANES CONTAINING ALGAE AMPHITHEATER ARE FARMED ON LOWER LEVEL STRUCTURE
ADMINSTRATION & STOARGE
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TIDAL POWER UNDERWATER TURBINES CON- VERTING TIDAL FORCES INTO ENERGY
UPPER LEVEL PLAN UPPER LEVEL PLAN LOWER LEVEL PLAN
ENVISIONING A FUTURE OF CLEAN ENERGY EMPOWERED BY TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN A PART OF GREEN CONSCIOUSNESS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT. LONG DEMEANED BY OIL INTERESTS AS UNATTAINABLE OR TOO EXPENSIVE, GAIA DEMOSTRATES THAT THE ERA OF CLEAN TECHNOLOGY HAS ARRIVED.
THIS PROPOSAL FOR GAIA ESTABLISHES A NEXUS OF ENERGY PRODUCTION BY ANCHORING AT THE MOUTH OF THE TIDAL STRAIGHT THAT IS THE EAST RIVER, GAIA TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE OF THE STEADY TIDAL CURRENT FOR ITS SYSTEM OF UNDER WATER TURBINES. IN ADDITION, GAIA FACILITATES NEW TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS MICROALGAE CULTURING FOR USE IN TAINTED WATER/SOIL REMEDIATION AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENERGY GENERATION SUCH AS PHOTOVOLTAICS. ALSO PROGRAMED ARE AMENITIES AND ATTRACTIONS SUCH AS AN URBAN BEACH, AN AMPHITHEATRE AND EXHIBITION SPACE. WITHIN THIS CONTEXT, GAIA BECOMES A GENERATOR OF NEW SOCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL NARRATIVES. GAIA WITH ITS WHIMSICAL UNDULATING FRAME, SHIMMERING UNDER THE SUN AND ILLUMINATING THE NIGHT SKY GAIA IS A LUMINOUS BEACON DEMOSTRATING NEXT GENERATION’S ENERGY PRODUCTION. NIGHT VIEW OF GAIA DAY VIEW OF GAIA 1YE29327N97088316
ENVISIONING A FUTURE OF CLEAN ENERGY EMPOWERED BY TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN A PART OF GREEN CONSCIOUSNESS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT. LONG DEMEANED BY OIL INTERESTS AS UNATTAINABLE OR TOO EXPENSIVE, THIS PROPOSAL DEMOSTRATES THAT THE ERA OF CLEAN TECHNOLOGY HAS ARRIVED.
CONNECTING EACH HUB AT EACH BOROUGH, THE BLUE NETWORK IS THE MEANS BY WHICH PEOPLE ACCESS GAIA, THE SIXTH HUB SERVING THE SIXTH BOROUGH, WATER. GAIA SERVES AS AN INTRODUCTION TO CLEANTECH.
THE PROPOSAL FOR GAIA ESTABLISHES A NEXUS OF ENERGY PRODUCTION BY ANCHORING AT THE TIDAL STRAIGHT THAT IS THE EAST RIVER, GAIA TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE OF THE STEADY TIDAL CURRENT FOR ITS SYSTEM OF UNDER WATER TURBINES. IN ADDITION, GAIA FACILITATES NEW TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS MICROALGAE CULTURING FOR USE IN TAINTED WATER/SOIL REMEDIATION, AND PHOTOVOLTAICS. ALSO PROGRAMED ARE AMENITIES AND ATTRACTIONS SUCH AS AN URBAN BEACH, AN AMPHITHEATRE AND EXHIBITION SPACE. WITHIN THIS CONTEXT, GAIA BECOMES A GENERATOR OF NEW SOCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL NARRATIVES.