Regenerative Infrastructures: Freshkills Park, NYC: Land Art Generator Initiative

Munich: Prestel, 2013. Oblong small folio; 239 pages: illustrations (chiefly color); 23 x 28 cm; index. Fine; as new. Hardcover. ISBN: 9783791352862, 3791352865

"Formerly a symbol of immense urban waste, the Fresh Kills Landfill is being transformed into an enormous parkland destined to exemplify the values of ecological restoration and environmental sustainability. In partnership with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, the Land Art Generator Initiative held an ideas competition for a site-specific public artwork designed to operate as a source of clean energy for the city utility grid, using Freshkills Park as the design site. This volume features many of the top submissions to that open call, each with the capacity to power hundred of homes. The Land Art Generator Initiative creates sustainable design solutions that integrate art and technology into renewable energy infrastructure around the world. Regenerative Infrastructures draws a much needed connection between the two critical issues of sustainable development--energy generation and waste management--highlighting solutions that address both problems at once, thereby creating economically beneficial hybrid utility installations."--Publisher's description // Contents: Foreword / Eloise Hirsh. Freshkills Park / text courtesy of New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Introduction: regenerative infrastructures / Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry. LAGI 2012 design guidelines. Redefining beauty within the context of sustainability / Ann T. Rosenthal. Excerpts from "The conquest of garbage" Heather Rogers. Regenerative landscapes / Terreform ONE. Finding function in a search for form / Thaddeus Pawlowski. Infrastructure in the landscape or landscape as infrastructure: a dialogue between Caroline Klein and Andreas O. Kipar. Renewable energy is beautiful / Tafline Laylin. Winning entries. Shortlisted entries. Selected entries. Bios. Glossary. Notes: Published to accompany the exhibitions held at Freshkills Sneak Peak, New York, September 23, 2012; Soho Gallery for Digital Art, New York, October 25, 2012; The Jam Jar, Dubai, January 2013; Arsenal Gallery, New York, Summer 2013. // **Somewhat large, heavy item. Additional shipping fees may be needed for expedited or international orders. Please inquire**