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ENVIRONMENTAL & SUSTAINABILITY OBSERVATIONS
Ecology
Flora and Fauna
Sun/Shadow
"We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do."
- Barbara Ward, Only One Earth, 1972.
http://www.epa.gov/region2/library/quotes.htm
INVENTORY
Trees, bushes, and plants
The re-use of demo buildings
Parks as rest areas
Area for planting under the Brooklyn bridge
Buildings that cause a lot of shade
Storm Water Management
Stones And Gravel
ASSETSRe-use of demo buildings.
Parks are used as a rest stop for the hill.
Solar Panel, the hexagon (C and H bonds) is a benzene ring. Solar panel fused with the benzene rings will allow the solar cells to generate two electrons for every one photon which is absorbed from the blue light spectrum.
TEAM MAP ASSETS
1. Solar Panel
2. Re-use of Wood For Beams
3. Re-use of Wood for Benches
4. Granite Steps
5. Storm Water Management
6. Park Of Hill
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LIABILITIES
Non-Flat Surface
No Sewer System in this area
Negative Impact on Fauna
Pier 1 becomes Hot due to the lack of shade
TEAM MAP LIABILITIES
1- NEGATIVE IMPACT ON FAUNA2- NO SEWAGE/TRASH SYSTEM3- BOAT TIES
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PHOTOS & VIDEOS
DEMO MECHANIC BUILDING
NEGATIVE IMPACT ON FAUNA
DESIGN AND ADD MORE TRASH CANS
FIX WATER FLOW
CONNECT TO WATERFRONT
RE USABLE WOOD FOR FERTILIZATION
Blue House Sustainable Water Systemhttp://youtu.be/umUNEmrwQiA
DESIGN STRATEGIES
Take down building to make a park connecting rest area.
Turn construction lot into a green area after construction is complete.
Paint sidewalks to connect green areas.
Improve street conditions and add drains for rain water.
CIRCULATION STRATEGIES• Turn construction lot into a green area after construction is
complete.• Paint sidewalks to connect green areas.
CLIMATE STRATEGIES
• Increase sunlight in shaded areas.
• Increase shade in open sunny areas.
• To increase shade add trees in pots where needed.
OUR NEXT STEP
• Find map without Manhattan bridge to show street level.
• Try and find new ways to get to waterfront.
• Walk different routes to waterfront to take more pictures.
• Fix circulation slide.