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A new wave of Architects wants to build cities underground. Fast company shares this story.
Deep beneath the streets of New York City’s Lower East Side, a new type of green space is coaxed out of the darkness. Delancey Underground, a 1.5-acre space that formerly served as a trolley terminal, has gone unused since 1948. To designer James Ramsey, this abandoned cavern seemed like the perfect place to build a public park called the LowLine, powered by a remote skylight system of his own invention.
Despite the challenges of natural light, there are a few key advantages spurring architects to head for the basement, according to Smithsonianmagazine:Whether people are ready yet to live, work and play far below the surface is another issue. The Earthscraper has yet to be built, and construction on the LowLine isn’t set to begin until 2017, though the project was popular enough to raise more than $155,000 on Kickstarter.
