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Algae Farm And Vertical Garden Proposed For Vacant Boston Landmark |
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| By Michael d'Estries in BioFuel, Climate Change, Energy, Green Building | October 5, 2009 | ||
Looking like something out of a science-fiction movie, the concept for a proposed algae farm and vertical garden on the outside of an old Boston historical building is drawing some big attention.
The pods, which are prefabricated and designed to be interlocking, contain algae-incubators on the inside and plants on the outside. The architects for the project would use the old Filene’s Basement site in Boston’s Downtown Crossing as a temporary home for research and biofuel production. The city planners, meanwhile, would have plenty of time to work through the red tape of zoning, financial, and legal webs for any permanent ideas. From the article,
The pods, which are used as incubators for growing algae for biofuel, can be configured in several ways depending on the needs of a given site. Individual pods can also be rented out by researchers for algae-based projects, according to Howeler Yoon. The spaces that form between the attached pods allow for planting and creating a vertical garden.
What do you think? Would you want something like this in your city? I think it’s a pretty wild project that might give us a glimpse of permanent vertical gardens in buildings years from now. For others, however, such a radical shift in architecture might be less than pleasing. Still, better to take advantage of something just sitting there, right?
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Gavin said,
Algae is one of the best sources for biofuel… so this might not be a bad idea. The thing I’m wondering about is that algae needs light to grow.. and if you look at the pods that has algae growing on the inside, how does it get any light at all? Artificial lighting?
AMcA said,
I fail to see the logic in raising algae on some of the most expensive land in America.