As a way to better understand how energy is distributed and used on the site, I looked at the following energy systems and tracked them through our site. This is not the final product. During the next week, I will continually come back to these, adding new pathways and including additional information on how energy travels to and through our site.
Once home to the Lenni Lenape, our site was most likely heavily forested with patches of woodland meadows. The natural flow of energy through the site would have come from the sun where it would have been transformed into plant food for animals and would have been up-cycled until it was eventually re-cycled through natural processes. In this closed loop system, all energy would have been used and re-used with no long-term waste generated.
The image below highlights the current flow of energy from off-site generated electricity and extracted fossil fuels into and through our site. This form of energy use is resource intensive and creates a waste stream that places a burden on natural systems.
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I really like your initial approach to energy, which is an energy found in nature, a more phenomenal energy. this relates again to the whole idea of food and energy found in food (calories). I think deciphering which energies are harmful and which are beneficial could clarify some of your ideas
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Good development. These are starting to set your story/position up for your project – the historic and existing flows of energy to “power” the site. It seems to me the next logical step(s) is to continue this series of diagrams and include ones that introduce the impact that your site strategy(s) has on the current energy/”power” flow to the site (i.e. one that is rooted in local production of energy, with less dependency on distant sources of energy production). One of these diagrams might also address the access to human/community energy within the site as a means for a sustainable, affordable urban future…
Also, looking forward to seeing some figure/ground studies of your urban and site strategies as they relate to the development of the district.
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I think that these diagrams set up a great narrative and represent your ideas clearly. I am interested to see how you will apply this analysis to the design of your project. How do you channel certain energy such as the train’s to block it from radiating into the surrounding neighborhood?
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