Could Present Architecture’s Green Loop Composting Park Concept Be the Future of NYC Sanitation?

设计方：Present Architecture

位置：美国

分类：公园

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纽约市每年大约会产生1400万吨的垃圾，这一数量庞大的垃圾在移动过程中会消耗大量的能源和资源。 为了解决这个问题，有人在目前的体系结构基础上想出一个有创造力、有两种用途的绿色循环（ Green Loop）解决方案。这一方案没有采取将城市垃圾运到填埋场掩埋这一常见做法，而是在五个区中心建造了是个别具一格的堆肥场地。这些堆肥场地除了可以将垃圾以一种较为环保的方式处理掉，还可以作为周边居民的休闲活动场地。

新的绿色循环设施将建在人工岛屿上，并通过码头与陆地连接。这一概念设计中的堆肥站点将有与地平面等高的堆肥中心，上面种植部分植物形成高架公园。这些堆肥公园可以处理我们日常生活产生的有机废物，其中包括30%的家庭垃圾。由于这些堆肥站点分散在五个区，整个系统还会添加一个统一的废物管理系统。

有了这一垃圾处理系统之后，人们便不再需要将城市垃圾运至远离城市的区域掩埋，只需要将垃圾运至最近的堆肥站点就可以了。这将大大减少垃圾掩埋所需要消耗的资源，减少交通、噪音和污染。此外，堆肥中心的设置将会在城市里额外的创建一个125英亩的公共场地。这些场地表面可以设计成为公园，为市民提供更多休闲娱乐的好去处。

译者： 饭团小组

New York City produces about 14 million tons of garbage a year, so you can imagine the energy and resources required to move and process it all. In order to tackle this issue, the folks over atPresent Architecture have come up with a creative, double-duty solution called the Green Loop. Rather than trucking the city’s garbage to out-of-state landfills, the Green Loop would create a network of ten new waterfront composting hubs throughout the five boroughs. In addition to processing waste in an eco-friendly and local manner, the stations would also function as waterfront parks for nearby communities.

The new Green Loop facilities would be built on top of artificial islands connected to the boroughs via jetties. The concept hub stations would have street level compost centers with elevated public parks planted on top. These composting parks could process our organic waste, including 30-percent of our residential waste stream. Thanks to the parks being spread out across all five boroughs, the system would also add an element of fairness to our currently imbalanced waste management system.

Instead of passing though the Bronx to reach landfills as far away as Ohio, sanitation trucks could simply drive to the closest Green Loop dumping sites. This would drastically reduce transportation miles to landfills, decreasing traffic, noise, and pollution. Not to mention the added benefits of safer streets, cleaner air, and fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

At the same time, the composting hubs would create an additional 125 acres of public parkland in the city. Each elevated park is designed to be large enough for anything from educational facilities and neighborhood gardens to cross-country skiing in the winter. The added parks would improve public access to green space, esplanades, and bike paths, helping New York reach its Vision 2020 goals to build a Comprehensive Waterfront.

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