OBJECT TERRITORIES

OBJECT TERRITORIES recently participated in two public engagement events on Governors Island to share our work on returning habitat to our urban shorelines. Visitors learned about plans to install ecological armoring units and sea wall panels near Yankee Pier and were encouraged to model their own ideas for intertidal objects. Left, middle, and bottom right photos by Sean Jamar Top right photo by Dennis Shelden Team: OBJECT TERRITORIES + Rensselaer Architecture +Center for Architecture Science and Ecology + Fort Miller Precast (The Fort Miller Co., Inc.) + afterNATURE #objectterritories #governorsisland #climatesolutions #climate #waterfrontinfrastructure

Saturday, July 13 is #CityofWaterDay. Celebrate on Governors Island with us at the Trust for Governors Island CLIMATE PILOTING SUMMER KICKOFF!  We’ll be at Yankee Pier from Noon-3pm, along with all the other climate piloting teams on the Island. This free, all-ages event is meant to directly engage New Yorkers with the innovative climate solutions—and the people and communities behind them—being tested on Governors Island. OBJECT TERRITORIES + Center for Architecture Science and Ecology + afterNATURE + Fort Miller Precast (The Fort Miller Co., Inc.), Duro UAS, GrowNYC, RETI Center, Thread Design & Development, Seaweed City, Just EcoCities, Biohabitats, LÆRO

Saturday, July 13 is #CityofWaterDay. Celebrate on Governors Island with us at the Trust for Governors Island CLIMATE PILOTING SUMMER KICKOFF!  We’ll be at Yankee Pier from Noon-3pm, along with all the other climate piloting teams on the Island. This free, all-ages event is meant to directly engage New Yorkers with the innovative climate solutions—and the people and communities behind them—being tested on Governors Island. OBJECT TERRITORIES + Center for Architecture Science and Ecology + afterNATURE + Fort Miller Precast (The Fort Miller Co., Inc.), Duro UAS, GrowNYC, RETI Center, Thread Design & Development, Seaweed City, Just EcoCities, Biohabitats, LÆRO

Today is #WorldWaterDay, an annual United Nations observance day that highlights the importance of freshwater. From Billion Oyster Project's work restoring oyster reefs to New York Harbor to the maritime and scientific leaders of the future at the New York Harbor School, Governors Island community of year-round tenants and partners are at the forefront of the work for a brighter, more sustainable future. ICYMI, we have six cutting-edge climate pilots set to join this community as part of the Trust for Governors Island’s Climate Solutions Challenge, presented through the Living Lab initiative. Meet them below and at https://lnkd.in/ekpiukJq, and get ready to witness climate solutions in action on Governors Island this summer: 💧 Duro UAS will pilot their Nearshore Sonde, a portable water mon­i­tor­ing device and cloud-based data dashboard. 💧 Just Ecoc­i­ties will part­ner with Biohabitats to pilot a Tidal Planter that cre­ates salt marsh while remov­ing pol­lu­tants from New York Harbor. 💧 LÆRO will pilot Cycleau, their com­pact grey­wa­ter treat­ment sys­tem, at the Island’s water refill sta­tions and restrooms.  💧 OBJECT TERRITORIES will pilot their Inter­tidal Objects in the waters off Governors Island–habi­tat-friend­ly coastal pro­tec­tion units designed in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Cen­ter for Archi­tec­ture, Sci­ence, and Ecol­o­gy (CASE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, The Fort Miller Group, Inc., and afterNATURE. 💧 RETI Center and thread collective will pilot their Float­ing Blue­Blocks Gar­dens, inte­grat­ed eco­log­i­cal sys­tems that can be installed in any body of water. 💧 Seaweed City will pilot their urban kelp farm­ing infra­struc­ture. The project is fis­cal­ly spon­sored by Newtown Creek Alliance. The Liv­ing Lab is made pos­si­ble with the gen­er­ous sup­port of Amazon, Con Edison, Don­ald A. Pels Char­i­ta­ble Trust, New York Community Trust, Deutsche Bank, and LISC NY.

We are pleased to be selected for the Climate Solutions Challenge at Governors Island in New York City! We look forward to working with Trust for Governors Island to implement this piloting project. See more about the program in The Architect's Newspaper: https://lnkd.in/etwAV8nS Collaborators: Center for Architecture Science and Ecology, The Fort Miller Group, Inc., and afterNATURE