New
York City Police are famous for everything from their love of donuts to
showing their (fictitious) bare bottoms on television.Now, they're going to be the first eco police department thanks to their newest Station House.Located in the borough of Staten Island, the 121st Police Precinct Stationhouse will be a modern, linear structure designed to make the most of an irregular site.But
it's beauty will be more than skin deep -- the nearly 49,000 square
foot station is being built under New York Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC
sustainable design initiative, with a goal of achieving LEED Silver certification through the U.S. Green Building Council.
The project is being designed by renowned architect Rafael Vinoly, whose firm has lent their good design sense to many
public and institutional buildings, including the nearby Bronx County
Hall of Justice, along with projects stretching from Tokyo to The Netherlands to South America.Vinoly initially tried to make his mark on the New York City skyline with his WorldTradeCenter
memorial proposal – a pair of amazing, open-air towers that resembled
two enormous pieces of art towering over the rest of the city.Instead,
the Uruguay-born architect and his firm will add a touch of green to
the boys in blue, becoming yet another firm to embrace the new ethos of
sustainable design.
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