Triple Island, 2013 - marymattinglystudio

Triple Island, 2013

Triple Island was located on Pier 42 in Lower Manhattan. It is a scalable and amphibious ecosystem that acts as a temporary habitat for residents. As a public experiment, Triple Island is an approach to living in a future New York replete with an acceleration of environmental challenges. We addressed the importance of decentralizing our basic resources by creating a regenerative living system that provides food, power, shelter, and water for its inhabitants from natural systems. We hope it can encourage community-based interdependent networks to further establish means of resource and skill sharing in our daily lives.

Triple Island was part of Paths to Pier 42. Paths to Pier 42 is made possible by The Surdna Foundation and the New York Community Trust and by generous donations from Build it Green NYC, New York Restoration Project and Solar One. In addition, this project was funded by an agreement awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency to the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission in partnership with the New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program.

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