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Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment
Plant This waste water treatment plant
replaces an outmoded and environmentally unsound facility. Its design
and construction are organized in phases over a ten-year period, and
the plant is to remain fully operational throughout the process. Perimeter
fencing, aerial walkways, bridges, major axes, building forms, materials
and color are used as ordering devices throughout the site. Large areas of glass
provide natural light in machinery rooms and by displaying the process, demystify
it. Perimeter green space buffers the plant from the street. The design, which
is subject to elaborate public approvals processes, has a "1% for Art" component.
This project has received two Awards for Excellence in Design from the New York
City Art Commission for its sensitivity to the challenge of locating a large-scale
industrial project within a residential neighborhood. |
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