Ascend Learning Renovation of Brooklyn Charter School Position: Sole Junior Designer and Draftsman for SD-DD Andersen Miller Design, Los Angeles 2011
As a new academy aiming to transform the charter educational system in New York, Ascend Learning requested a sustainable proposal to add green design components to the renovation of their existing school buildings in Buschwick and Brownsville Brooklyn. The interior overhaul involved abstestos removal, installing a new efficient HVAC system and retrofitting all electrical and fire protection systems. Since the design aim called for integrating sustainability not only into the building but also into the school’s curriculum, the potential design opportunities included were adapting previously unused alcove spaces into greenhouse corridors built from recycled glass and constructing a roof garden that would provide an exciting educational opportunity while slowing rainwater run-off, reducing heat island effects and lowering pollution levels.
Sustaini Scales Aquaponic Tile Urban Farming Prototpye Position: Sole Designer (Currently in Fabrication) Los Angeles 2012
Aquaponic systems use a recirculating process to grow and harvest plants and fish simultaneously. The fish waste works with beneficial bacteria in the plants and creates a recyclable compost. Most modern systems are often very large, costly and difficult to maintain. The sustaini scale tile brings aquaponics into the home as a modern modular unit that makes the cyclical process of aquaponics transparent and an elegant addition to any vertical surface.
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Cyclical Cities Urban Compost Farming Prototype Position: Sole Designer (Competition Submission) New York 2009
In the twenty-first century’s thirst for rapid production and demand for natural resources, design must embrace its informative capacity to provide new solutions in these areas. The indoor/ outdoor farm cycle module was developed in order to diversify the way in which city dwellers deal with waste. By controlling the decomposition of excess and organic matter there is an opportunity to create nutrient rich compost which in turn is used as a personalized garden. In a city where individual space is limited and waste is limitless, individuals have a new way to discard and waste becomes a tool instead of a nuisance.
MEGAN LYNCH