Eco Factor: Sustainable development collects rainwater and solar energy.
The Bushwick Inlet Park by Kiss + Cathcart Architects is the remaking of the Greenpoint – Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn, NY, from a decaying industrial strip to a multifaceted public park. The park becomes a green hill on the west side, offering views over the ball fields to the Manhattan skyline.
A multi-level playground and public rooms ascend the hill, while direct access for the public and parks personnel is provided from the street edge below. The paved surfaces on the hill harvest rainwater to irrigate the green roof slope. All other rainwater goes into the ground or passes through a tidal wetland landscape at the river’s edge.
Solar panels have been installed to generate more than half the energy demands of the development. Moreover, the architects are also planning to use a ground source heat pump for efficient heating and cooling.
Thanks: [Gregory Kiss]
