The New York Botanical Garden has selected architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro to lead the design of an on-site living biofiltration system and a new café. The projects will be located in the southeastern section of the 250-acre grounds near the Bronx River, the Thain Family Forest, and the Rockefeller Rose Garden.
The biofiltration system will mark the first facility of its kind in New York City, utilizing plants and microorganisms to process wastewater without chemicals or odor. Once treated, the water will discharge into an underground water table to help recharge the municipal water supply.
Designed in partnership with Natural Systems Utilities, the facility will process wastewater generated by the Stone Mill venue and the Horticulture Operations Center. SCAPE Landscape Architecture will oversee the integration of the facility into the surrounding ecosystem, converting an existing parking lot and septic fields into a wetland meadow.
The project complex will also include an educational area for public viewing and the first dining facility in the southeastern area of the garden grounds. The new facility will add public restrooms and visitor amenities to a section of the property where services are currently limited.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro previously designed the High Line elevated park in Manhattan and built a biofiltration cafe project for the Venice Biennale. The upcoming installation at the botanical garden aims to serve as a functional model for sustainable infrastructure replacement across urban environments.
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