Technicolor Bloom

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Technicolor Bloom

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Bloom:NYC is a botanical garden that displays the morphological shifts in plant forms as a way to highlight the mutual affects of plants and their environments.Taking its cues from the linear programming of the newly planted highline that runs through the site, Bloom:NYC imparts its own linear logic which defines the structural system and the gradation of planting. Apparently in opposition to the highline with which it connects, the structural system of the botanical garden slows the highline at its end by reinforcing the repetitive rhythm of the industrial relic. Adjusting itself in scale and density along the length of the site, the structure responds to the change in span as well as plants defined in the pockets below. The gradation in color reinforces the experience by emphasizing the gradation of climatic zones while also opposing (and thereby enhancing) the colors native to the species of plants within different climatic regions.The pockets integrated within the structural formation of the botanical garden serve as a way to curate water flow throughout the landscape depending on specific needs of the plants. A water retention basin at the base of the system collects and re-circulates water collected from the structure through a system of channels sized specifically for the different plant regions.The result is a responsive infrastructural system that serves the needs of plants from all parts of the world by mitigating light and water in a way that reinforces the climatic impact on the morphology of plants. The glass structure reflects the synthetic climate-altering capability of the greenhouse typology while attempting to create a more natural system for light and water mitigation. In the end, the plants are allowed to take the forefront of the design, growing and overwhelming the (infra)structure that supports them.

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Technicolor Bloom

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