Floating Light — Little Island in New York City(2)

Arup's civil and structural engineering team collaborated with the MNLA design team to tailor a highly integrated stormwater management solution for the Little Island project, transforming this maritime park into a large green sponge. 🎢🍃 Various green infrastructure elements are skillfully "hidden" within the park's landscape and plaza facilities, endowing the entire park with water retention and storage capabilities. 🌟 Once captured by these surface water retention features, the stormwater runoff is eventually released back into the Hudson River through filtration facilities beneath the pier. 🎢🍃 The engineers ingeniously broke down the entire design into 132 units, each topped with a concrete precast basin structure supported by a large precast concrete pile beneath, with the piles driven 200 feet deep into the underwater bedrock. 🌟 This 2.4-acre urban paradise is serenely "moored" at the Hudson River pier in New York, not only providing local residents with a recreational space that integrates music, dance, theater, public art, and natural landscapes but also becoming another iconic structure in the landmark-studded New York. 🎢🍃 Arup was invited to join the team at the initial concept stage of the project, offering comprehensive integrated design services, including: structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, acoustic, audio-visual, theater design, digital design, and fire protection. 🌟 #LightingDesign #ArchitecturalDesign 🌟🌟