Sock Farm

Sock Farm

Fresh Kills, Staten Island, New York

2012

This project draws its inspiration from the formless fabric of the “windsock” that indexes the direction of a weather condition that is otherwise invisible to aviators. The idea of the windsock shaped up and billowing is coupled with an age-old obsession of humankind, to fly, to be air-borne and lately, to harvest the potent energy of the wind using high altitude kites. Given the fragile nature of the site, we decided to focus on the air as well as create ground structures that could float in between the network of engineered systems and highlight the dramatic topography of the landfill/estuary.

Project Team: Nandini Bagchee, Artur Dabrowski.

Sock Farm

Fresh Kills, Staten Island, New York

2012

This project draws its inspiration from the formless fabric of the “windsock” that indexes the direction of a weather condition that is otherwise invisible to aviators. The idea of the windsock shaped up and billowing is coupled with an age-old obsession of humankind, to fly, to be air-borne and lately, to harvest the potent energy of the wind using high altitude kites. Given the fragile nature of the site, we decided to focus on the air as well as create ground structures that could float in between the network of engineered systems and highlight the dramatic topography of the landfill/estuary.

Project Team: Nandini Bagchee, Artur Dabrowski.