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SITE: Recreational Water Treatment Plant, Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, New York City
{CSO Retention Facilities + Urban Natural Swimming Pool + Lap Pool + Urban Park + Fitness Center + Basketball Courts + Ice Rink + Handball Courts + Skateboard Park + Children's Playground + After School Rooms + Computer Resource Center + Offices + Restaurant + Cafe}
SIZE: 132,000 sq.ft. (3 acres, 2 Floors)
STATUS: Design Completed 2013 | Water_Works Competition 2013
{CSO Retention Facilities + Urban Natural Swimming Pool + Lap Pool + Urban Park + Fitness Center + Basketball Courts + Ice Rink + Handball Courts + Skateboard Park + Children's Playground + After School Rooms + Computer Resource Center + Offices + Restaurant + Cafe}
SIZE: 132,000 sq.ft. (3 acres, 2 Floors)
STATUS: Design Completed 2013 | Water_Works Competition 2013
The Gowanus master plan proposal carries two main parts. The first part is to avoid surface runoff within the contaminated zone by letting surface runoff drain directly through all existed sewers. The contaminated water will eventually get collected and remediated by combined sewer overflow(CSO) retention facilities built on the new proposal site before they are released to Gowanus canal. The second part focus on remediate all relatively clean rainwater runoff in Gowanus watershed that are mostly from the residential zone to a swimmable water condition. These runoff are collected outside the contaminated zone and proportionally distributed to several designated sites through many riparian strips below ground. With help of constructed wetlands, roof gardens and the central urban scaled natural swimming pool, the water on site remains at EEC bath water guidelines level before the next storm. The weathers are predictable and therefore a precise amount of cleaned water that has been stored from the previous storm can be released to the canal a head of time in order to provide enough storage volume for the upcoming storms.
The 3 acres site between Douglass St. and Degraw St. on 3rd Ave. as an demonstration design can store up to 2.5 million gallons of storm water runoffs. The complex is open to public of all ages for indoor/outdoor activities, studying, dining or just relaxing. The Urban scaled natural swimming pool in the center of the site has a 2000 people maximum daily capacity. The architectural complex is not only the most natural and cost efficient solution to clean both runoff water and sewage but also is a economy kickstarter for the neighborhood to regain the population lost in the past few decades.
The 3 acres site between Douglass St. and Degraw St. on 3rd Ave. as an demonstration design can store up to 2.5 million gallons of storm water runoffs. The complex is open to public of all ages for indoor/outdoor activities, studying, dining or just relaxing. The Urban scaled natural swimming pool in the center of the site has a 2000 people maximum daily capacity. The architectural complex is not only the most natural and cost efficient solution to clean both runoff water and sewage but also is a economy kickstarter for the neighborhood to regain the population lost in the past few decades.
