Solar (ECO) System
By Antonio Maccà and Flavio Masi
Designed for Site #3 in Abu Dhabi, on Airport Road adjacent to Masdar City for the 2010 LAGI competition. MORE >
The Windstalk design by New York based firm Atelier dna (2nd place winner in the 2010 LAGI competition) consists of 1203 stalks, 55 meters high, anchored on the ground with concrete bases that range between 10 to 20 meters in diameter. The stalks are made of carbon fiber reinforced resin poles, 30 cm in diameter at the base and 5 cm at the top.
In partnership with New York City’s Department of Parks & Recreation, the 2012 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition is being held for a site within Freshkills Park (the former Fresh Kills Landfill) in New York City.
Renewable Energy Art & Design (R.E.A.D.) intersects art, science & technology with the objective of teaching the concepts of aesthetic clean energy generation. Please explore this section to learn some basics of art outside of the gallery, science of energy, sustainable technologies, and the reasons that we believe that aesthetic renewable energy infrastructure will help guide the future of energy production.
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The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) brings together artists, architects, scientists, landscape architects, engineers, and others in a first of its kind collaboration. The goal of the Land Art Generator Initiative is to see to the design and construction of public art installations that uniquely combine aesthetics with utility-scale clean energy generation. The works will serve to inspire and educate while they provide renewable power to thousands of homes around the world.