Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building » land art generator initiative http://inhabitat.com Green design & eco innovation for a better world Wed, 22 May 2013 13:07:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc The Whirlers: A Colorful Wind Turbine Installation for Fresh Kills Park http://inhabitat.com/the-whirlers-is-a-colorful-wind-turbine-installation-for-fresh-kills-park/ http://inhabitat.com/the-whirlers-is-a-colorful-wind-turbine-installation-for-fresh-kills-park/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:15:48 +0000 caterinatiazzoldi http://inhabitat.com/new-post-submission-1697/
Whirlers is project by Caterina Tiazzoldi and Eduardo Benamor Duarte that proposes building a large cluster of colorful wind turbines at Fresh Kills Park in Staten Island. The project is part of the Land Art Generator Initiative exhibition,]]> Whirlers, wind turbines, Fresh Kills Park, Staten Island, Caterina Tiazzoldi, Eduardo Benamor Duarte

Whirlers is project by Caterina Tiazzoldi and Eduardo Benamor Duarte that proposes building a large cluster of colorful wind turbines at Fresh Kills Park in Staten Island. The project is part of the Land Art Generator Initiative exhibition, which opened in October at the Soho Gallery for Digital Art. The Whirlers design is based on the Darrieus, a popular vertical-axis wind turbine. Tiazzoldi and Benamor Duarte conceived of the project as a sort of “whirling artificial forest” of 10,000 colorful turbines that would give visitors the experience of walking amidst a spinning forest.

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]]> http://inhabitat.com/the-whirlers-is-a-colorful-wind-turbine-installation-for-fresh-kills-park/feed/ 0 Paradoxically Beautiful Power Plants are Designed to Enhance Norway’s Dramatic Landscape http://inhabitat.com/paradoxically-beautiful-power-plants-are-designed-to-enhance-norway%e2%80%99s-dramatic-landscape/ http://inhabitat.com/paradoxically-beautiful-power-plants-are-designed-to-enhance-norway%e2%80%99s-dramatic-landscape/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:26:49 +0000 Tafline Laylin http://inhabitat.com/?p=378245
The client, Helgelands Kraft As, one of the largest producers of hydraulic power in northern Norway, launched a plan in 2008 to build a series of new power stations that would not only respect the existing sites, but actually mimic them in a way. Additionally,]]> Bjørnstokk and ØvreForsland, Stein Mamre Arkitektkontor As, Norway, power plants, hydraulic power plants, clean energy, Land Art Generator Initiative, green design, sustainable design, site sensitive design, eco design, power, daylighting Bjørnstokk and ØvreForsland, Stein Mamre Arkitektkontor As, Norway, power plants, hydraulic power plants, clean energy, Land Art Generator Initiative, green design, sustainable design, site sensitive design, eco design, power, daylighting Bjørnstokk and ØvreForsland, Stein Mamre Arkitektkontor As, Norway, power plants, hydraulic power plants, clean energy, Land Art Generator Initiative, green design, sustainable design, site sensitive design, eco design, power, daylighting Bjørnstokk and ØvreForsland, Stein Mamre Arkitektkontor As, Norway, power plants, hydraulic power plants, clean energy, Land Art Generator Initiative, green design, sustainable design, site sensitive design, eco design, power, daylighting Bjørnstokk and ØvreForsland, Stein Mamre Arkitektkontor As, Norway, power plants, hydraulic power plants, clean energy, Land Art Generator Initiative, green design, sustainable design, site sensitive design, eco design, power, daylighting Bjørnstokk and ØvreForsland, Stein Mamre Arkitektkontor As, Norway, power plants, hydraulic power plants, clean energy, Land Art Generator Initiative, green design, sustainable design, site sensitive design, eco design, power, daylighting Bjørnstokk and ØvreForsland, Stein Mamre Arkitektkontor As, Norway, power plants, hydraulic power plants, clean energy, Land Art Generator Initiative, green design, sustainable design, site sensitive design, eco design, power, daylighting

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]]> http://inhabitat.com/paradoxically-beautiful-power-plants-are-designed-to-enhance-norway%e2%80%99s-dramatic-landscape/feed/ 0 6 Brilliant Solar-Powered Art Projects to Brighten Your Day http://inhabitat.com/6-brilliant-solar-powered-art-projects-to-brighten-your-day/ http://inhabitat.com/6-brilliant-solar-powered-art-projects-to-brighten-your-day/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:14:58 +0000 Tafline Laylin http://inhabitat.com/?p=362492
Dang'cing Flowers by Alexandre Dang Brussels-based Alexandre Dang equips small flowers with a tiny solar panel that makes the flowers dance when they hit the sun. In this case he has created dandelions, but his numerous exhibits around the world have been]]> solar-power, solar-powered art, 6 solar-powered artworks, LAGI, Land Art Generator Initiative, Nacho Zamora, Sunflower, Harris & Heder, Sarah Hall, PV stained glass, The Verdant Walk, North Design Office, Sonumbra, Loop.pH, Dang'cing Flowers, Alexandre Dang, Night Garden, O*GE, Israel, Jerusalem, green design, art, green art, environmental design, environmental art solar-power, solar-powered art, 6 solar-powered artworks, LAGI, Land Art Generator Initiative, Nacho Zamora, Sunflower, Harris & Heder, Sarah Hall, PV stained glass, The Verdant Walk, North Design Office, Sonumbra, Loop.pH, Dang'cing Flowers, Alexandre Dang, Night Garden, O*GE, Israel, Jerusalem, green design, art, green art, environmental design, environmental art solar-power, solar-powered art, 6 solar-powered artworks, LAGI, Land Art Generator Initiative, Nacho Zamora, Sunflower, Harris & Heder, Sarah Hall, PV stained glass, The Verdant Walk, North Design Office, Sonumbra, Loop.pH, Dang'cing Flowers, Alexandre Dang, Night Garden, O*GE, Israel, Jerusalem, green design, art, green art, environmental design, environmental art solar-power, solar-powered art, 6 solar-powered artworks, LAGI, Land Art Generator Initiative, Nacho Zamora, Sunflower, Harris & Heder, Sarah Hall, PV stained glass, The Verdant Walk, North Design Office, Sonumbra, Loop.pH, Dang'cing Flowers, Alexandre Dang, Night Garden, O*GE, Israel, Jerusalem, green design, art, green art, environmental design, environmental art solar-power, solar-powered art, 6 solar-powered artworks, LAGI, Land Art Generator Initiative, Nacho Zamora, Sunflower, Harris & Heder, Sarah Hall, PV stained glass, The Verdant Walk, North Design Office, Sonumbra, Loop.pH, Dang'cing Flowers, Alexandre Dang, Night Garden, O*GE, Israel, Jerusalem, green design, art, green art, environmental design, environmental art solar-power, solar-powered art, 6 solar-powered artworks, LAGI, Land Art Generator Initiative, Nacho Zamora, Sunflower, Harris & Heder, Sarah Hall, PV stained glass, The Verdant Walk, North Design Office, Sonumbra, Loop.pH, Dang'cing Flowers, Alexandre Dang, Night Garden, O*GE, Israel, Jerusalem, green design, art, green art, environmental design, environmental art solar-power, solar-powered art, 6 solar-powered artworks, LAGI, Land Art Generator Initiative, Nacho Zamora, Sunflower, Harris & Heder, Sarah Hall, PV stained glass, The Verdant Walk, North Design Office, Sonumbra, Loop.pH, Dang'cing Flowers, Alexandre Dang, Night Garden, O*GE, Israel, Jerusalem, green design, art, green art, environmental design, environmental art

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]]> http://inhabitat.com/6-brilliant-solar-powered-art-projects-to-brighten-your-day/feed/ 0 Solar-Powered Plastikoleum Tower Recycles Plastic Back into 900 Barrels of Oil a Day http://inhabitat.com/solar-powered-plastikoleum-tower-recycles-old-plastic-back-into-900-barrels-of-oil-a-day/ http://inhabitat.com/solar-powered-plastikoleum-tower-recycles-old-plastic-back-into-900-barrels-of-oil-a-day/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 22:44:30 +0000 Tafline Laylin http://inhabitat.com/?p=254965
When the people behind the Land Art Generator Initiative heard about inventor Akinori Ito's machine, which converts plastics back into oil, they came up with an even more interesting concept. Instead of using more fossil fuels to recycle the discarded plastic,]]> plastikoleum, land art generator initiative, studied impact, solar power, plastic waste, oil, green design, eco-design, sustainable design, land art generator initiative, clean energy, clean tech, emissions, rob ferry, elizabeth monoian

When the people behind the Land Art Generator Initiative heard about inventor Akinori Ito’s machine, which converts plastics back into oil, they came up with an even more interesting concept. Instead of using more fossil fuels to recycle the discarded plastic, like Mr. Ito’s gizmo, which uses 9% of the energy contained in each liter of oil it produces, they proposed to build a solar powered tower that performs the same function. The product of that thought experiment is called the Plastikoleum. Not only does the tower require zero energy to turn what is essentially a free raw material into fuel, but it also has the ability to produce at least 10 tons of oil per hour versus the 50kg maximum capacity that Mr. Ito of the Blest Corporation is able to produce.

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]]> http://inhabitat.com/solar-powered-plastikoleum-tower-recycles-old-plastic-back-into-900-barrels-of-oil-a-day/feed/ 4 PHOTOS: A First Look Inside Masdar: Foster + Partner’s Carbon-Neutral Eco City http://inhabitat.com/photos-hundreds-attend-masdar-citys-first-eco-street-fair/ http://inhabitat.com/photos-hundreds-attend-masdar-citys-first-eco-street-fair/#comments Sat, 07 May 2011 16:52:12 +0000 Tafline Laylin http://inhabitat.com/?p=245376
The Market @ Masdar kicked off at 10am on Friday. After parking their lowly fossil-fueled vehicles in the entrance parking lot, visitors rode driverless pod cars through a rather dull (but prefabricated and low impact concrete lot) to what will be the center]]> Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products, Masdar City, eco-design, green design, sustainable building, abu dhabi, desert, green building, pod cars, green prophet, land art generator initiative, organic market, street fair, recycled products,


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]]> http://inhabitat.com/photos-hundreds-attend-masdar-citys-first-eco-street-fair/feed/ 18 Lunar Cubit: Gigantic Solar Pyramids to Power Abu Dhabi http://inhabitat.com/lunar-cubit-giant-solar-pyramids-to-power-abu-dhabi/ http://inhabitat.com/lunar-cubit-giant-solar-pyramids-to-power-abu-dhabi/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:40:01 +0000 Lori Zimmer http://inhabitat.com/?p=213741
The motto of these sleek black pyramids is “Renewable Energy Can Be Beautiful.” No, the Luxor Casino in Las Vegas did not suddenly develop a green streak -- the project, called Lunar Cubit, is a pyramid-shaped solar power complex designed to power thousands]]> Robert Flottemesch, Jen DeNike, Johanna Ballhaus, and Adrian P. De Luca, Land Art Generator Initiative, Lunar Cubit, solar power, green architecture, pyramids, renewable energy, sustainable energy

The motto of these sleek black pyramids is “Renewable Energy Can Be Beautiful.” No, the Luxor Casino in Las Vegas did not suddenly develop a green streak — the project, called Lunar Cubit, is a pyramid-shaped solar power complex designed to power thousands of homes in the Abu Dhabi desert.

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]]> http://inhabitat.com/lunar-cubit-giant-solar-pyramids-to-power-abu-dhabi/feed/ 4 Energy-Generating Kite Park Offers Extreme Green Parasailing http://inhabitat.com/energy-generating-kite-park-offers-extreme-green-parasailing/ http://inhabitat.com/energy-generating-kite-park-offers-extreme-green-parasailing/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:40:23 +0000 Cameron Scott http://inhabitat.com/?p=151638
Colombian landscape architecture studio Paisajes Emergentes recently unveiled plans for an energy-generating kite farm on a public beach in Abu Dhabi. Tethered to flexible posts, 200 para-kites would use the innovative Windbelt generator to convert wind into]]> paisajes emergentes, kite power, kites, windbelt, land art generator initiative, renewable energy, abu dhabi, UAE, sustainable design

Colombian landscape architecture studio Paisajes Emergentes recently unveiled plans for an energy-generating kite farm on a public beach in Abu Dhabi. Tethered to flexible posts, 200 para-kites would use the innovative Windbelt generator to convert wind into enough electricity to power more than 600 homes. The high-flying design is an entry in the Land Art Generator Initiative, which combines land art projects with renewable energy generation.

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