(cont'd from last Friday)
Lowline Lab is a demonstration of the technology that's going to produce a green park below street level on the lower east side of Manhattan - New York's first underground park.
To get sunlight below Delancey Street so there could be plants in the park, James Ramsey developed an "optical system" which is highlighted in this lab as a "proof of concept." Tubes overhead use mirrors and lenses to take the light down underground. A flexible metal canopy over the lab helps to reflect light down on the plants according to where it's needed.
Ramsey is working with Dan Barasch to develop the park. Here is the TED talk Dan did about the project:
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