Sustainable Daylighting Design may not be that new a concept for some, yet it is something that people
still now do not much about. Okay in simple words daylighting can
be explained as a process that is used to light up rooms by conserving energy in
the best possible ways. Not to mention that this is a healthy habit to start
with save Mother Earth. The city of Manhattan has come up with new a glass
building that has put this perception in effect. Read on to know more.
The Fulton
Street subway in New York City is a project that is based on this ideology.
This project has supported the cause of Sustainable design
and is expected to be completed by June 2014. This $1.4 billion project
is located in Lower Manhattan and looks a bejeweled four storied glass building
that will connect 12 subway lines in total. Some of the main connects of this subway
are the Dey Street Pedestrian Concourse, the
famous Corbin building, New Jersey Path train,
and the World Trade Center Path. The smart design of this structure is
based on a giant oculus like built up which is enmeshed with wires that in
reality are “metal reflector panels,
optimized to capture and distribute year round daylight,” as per Grimshaw
Architects.
In short it can be said that the Fulton
Street subway in New York City is an elegant yet brilliant way to use Sustainable Daylighting
Design. Although
critics have pointed out that this part of the city is not much in use, yet one
can find a lot of tourists taking tours along this stretch. Special mention has
to be made about the effort and technology that went into designing this dazzling
piece by this architectural firm. A lot has already been done and Manhattan is eagerly
waiting for its first ever Sustainable design
structure
with patience as of now.
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