Steven Holl Architects'
Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park Chosen as AIA/COTE Top Ten
Green Project - Text/Images received 230407:
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New York City – The Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park
(New Haven, CT) designed by Steven Holl Architects has been chosen as
one of the Top Ten Green projects for 2007 by the American Institute of
Architects’ Committee on the Environment (AIA/COTE). Throughout the
year the facility will be viewed as an exemplar of the standards and goals
for sustainable design and construction.
copyright Paul Warchol
The Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park was completed in 2005
and provides an abundant water supply to south central Connecticut, creates
a vibrant watershed ecosystem, and includes a public park while providing
a diverse habitat and sanctuary for migrating species of birds. The facility
features the largest green roof in Connecticut (30,000 square feet), zero
off-site storm water discharge, expanded wetlands for biodiversity, and
is heated and cooled by eighty-eight geothermal wells.
copyright Paul Warchol
The striking design fuses architecture with landscape to form a public
park. Water purification facilities are located beneath the park, while
the operational programs rise up in a 360-foot-long stainless steel sliver
that expresses the workings of the plant below and forms a reflective
horizon line in the landscape.
courtesy Chris McVoy
>courtesy Chris McVoy
In 2005 the Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park was awarded an
Honor Award by the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects,
and in 2001 it was the only American design to receive the Van Alen Institute
Award in the International Projects in Public Architecture Competition.
copyright Michael van Valkenburgh Associates
Steven Holl Architects emphasizes sustainable building and site development
as fundamental to innovative and imaginative design. Incorporating green
roofs, double walls, and advanced mechanical systems, Steven Holl Architects
constructed the New Residence at the Swiss Embassy according to Swiss
"Minergie Standards," higher standards than the U.S. Council
for Green Building's LEED standards for minimal energy consumption. In
Beijing, the firm's 200,000-square-meter Linked Hybrid complex is heated
and cooled by a 660-well geothermal energy system, the largest residential
geothermal system in the world, and employs green roofs and a separate
grey water system. The design for the Vanke Center (Shenzhen, China) is
a vision of tropical sustainability for the 21st century, employing renewable
energy such as solar power and geothermal cooling.
http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek07/0413/0413n_cote.cfm
courtesy Chris McVoy
On June 9, 2007 Steven Holl Architects' addition to the Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO will open to the public.
Whitney Water Purification Facility & Park - Text/Images received
from Steven Holl Architects 230407
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