Seattle’s network of obsolete, decommissioned electrical substations are poised to become a network of neighborhood-friendly, solar powered pocket parks capable of generating more than a megawatt of solar power each year. CAST Architecture’s prototype design envisions a 32kH solar array floating over the parkscape. Revenue from the sale of the electricity would subsidize maintenance of the public space.

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