Fantastic New Solar Powered Carousel With Green Roof in NYC
Posted By Andrew Michler On August 4, 2010 @ 2:00 pm In Architecture,Urban design | No Comments
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Hudson River Park’s Chelsea Cove on Pier 62 [5] recently opened a beautiful carousel and covered it with an expansive green-roofed canopy that is topped with solar panels to keep the carousel spinning. CRStudios [6] Architects designed the canopy to protect the park goers and to keep the carousel’s vivid lights energized and shining bright. The complex is a sophisticated and fun addition to New York City’s longest continuous river park.
[7]Photo by archidose [8]
The carousel lets kids belly up to the indigenous species [9] of the Hudson Valley, including a peregrine falcon, harbor seal, wild turkey, black bear, green-scaled Atlantic sturgeon, and… a unicorn. Bet you didn’t know unicorns are native to New York!
The solar system is intended to power the carousel on bright days, and the green canopy [10] is designed to keep everyone cool and dry. The canopy is suspended with a complex series of trusses [11] and holds a green roof composed of cacti. The building creates a very organic space in the diverse park, which also includes a boardwalk, multiple pathways and a huge new skate park.
+ CRStudios [6]
+ Pier 62 [5]
Via archidose [8]
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[9] indigenous species: http://inhabitat.com/?attachment_id=145999
[10] green canopy: http://inhabitat.com/?attachment_id=145997
[11] trusses: http://inhabitat.com/?attachment_id=145996
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