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Blue City Lab Environmental Study

Reti Center Site View
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Climate Analysis showing West and South Wind direction and dry bulb temperature variation compared for two closest data points
Climate Analysis
Climate Analysis showing West and South Wind direction and cold dry winters with hot humid summer
Cimate analysis
Lab Section showing roof, hull, planting, and circulation through the lab
Image credit: RETI Center
Solar orientation options optimization explored in Design Explorer software
Orientation studies in Design Explorer
3D visualization of the Blue City Lab showing cocrete hull, slanted roof with solar panels and greebhouse space
Schematic section/elevation showing translucent facade panels and photovaoltaics on the roof
Schematic section-elevation for the floating laboratory
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Reti Center Site View
Climate Analysis showing West and South Wind direction and dry bulb temperature variation compared for two closest data points
Climate Analysis showing West and South Wind direction and cold dry winters with hot humid summer
Lab Section showing roof, hull, planting, and circulation through the lab
Solar orientation options optimization explored in Design Explorer software
3D visualization of the Blue City Lab showing cocrete hull, slanted roof with solar panels and greebhouse space
Schematic section/elevation showing translucent facade panels and photovaoltaics on the roof
Image credit: RETI Center
Climate Analysis
Cimate analysis
Image credit: RETI Center
Orientation studies in Design Explorer
Schematic section-elevation for the floating laboratory

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The Blue City Lab will be the first off-grid, community-based, floating climate lab in the US. The project is planned to be built in the Upper Bay of New York City in the Red Hook neighborhood. It is a model for climate-responsive architectural innovation combined with low-energy building systems and renewable energy harvesting.

The Thermal Architecture Lab is leading the energy and environmental analysis aspects of the design.

Team: Dorit Aviv, Mrinalini Verma

Collaborators: Tim Gilman, Gita Nandan and Zehra Kuz (RETI Center), Forrest Meggers (Princeton University). 

The environmental study has been supported by Penn Praxis.