Remembering what David told us about what lead to the stalled sites in Brooklyn and how to alleviate the problem. I have decided to make my site as green as possible.
The chosen site is a stalled condo structure located between Berry Street and Bedford Ave on North 12 Street. It a six story structure
with all its structural elements already in place.
It is also located in the perimeter of the dense urban condition
edging on the open spaces of parks and play fields.

The site offers potential for harnessing wind and converting that to useful energy.
Guerilla architecture is essential, as a primary requirement for temporarily stalled condition
of the site.

So, temporality, and respecting the architect's and builders's plans for the structure is the key element in my intervention. Keeping my architectural intervention as temporary as possible.
Meaning no lasting structural components added to the existing infrastructure and structure.
The site generates an avergae of 10 knots of wind at ground level.
The illustration above clearly illustrates the incompatibility of a large scale wind turbine in the densely packed urban condition. Other means of harnessing the wind has to found. Much more
studies need to be conducted over the proposed site.....More to come.......

OVERCONSTRUCTION NYC

The trip to Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY was a great time. I wish we had spent a few more days
to really soak in the culture. I wanted more of everything from there.

There is alot of progress on Ground Zero. The site is immense.
The symbolism even more massive. New Yorkers have such resilient spirits. An inspiration to everyone.

Many thanks to David Maundrell, pictured here on top of one of the properties he manages. For taking the time to show us Brooklyn from a different perspective and for showing us possible solutions to the problem of over construction and stalled sites and what could be done to revitalize ailing and depressed neighborhoods. Thanks David for caring about your community and showing us that being successful does not mean forgetting about your roots.

Brooklyn resembles Detroit in so many ways. Although they are in a much better position there are many lessons that can be gained and applied from the recent weekend trip to the Big Apple.


Also many thanks to Paul, Catie's friend, also an architect for showing us Manhattan and his workplace. It was my first visit to a firm and it eased some of the anxiety and trepidations involved in working in a big city. (He assured us that New Yorkers are some of the best people in the world.) I am more or less convinced that I belong to a small firm.