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Architects: Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation
- Year: 2015
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Photographs:Miguel de Guzmán
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Electrical Engineering: Arup, Michael Incontrera
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Structure Engineering: BAC Engineering Consultancy Group, Xavier Aguiló i Aran, Rodrigo Martín, Jaume Vallès, Hugo Díez
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Gardens and Ecosystems: Balmori Associates, Camilla Hammer, GRNASFCK, Julia Frederick, Patio Interior and Marc Pascal, wHY Architecture, Paula Livingstone, Sofia Armanet, Verdant Gardens, Regina Galvanduque and Andrés Mier y Terán
Text description provided by the architects. More than 2 billion gallons of water circulate everyday beneath New York City. COSMO is a movable artifact, made out of customized irrigation components, to make visible and enjoyable the so-far hidden urbanism of pipes we live by. An assemblage of ecosystems, based on advanced environmental design, engineered to filter and purify 3.000 gallons of water; eliminating suspended particles and nitrates, balancing the PH, and increasing the level of dissolved oxygen.
