Pollination Station
Governors Island has become a recreational, cultural, and educational infrastructure to the people of New York City. In collaboration with Earth Matter, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the art, science, and application of composting in and around NYC, the proposal aims to redesign Building 110, a landmark that was the former Army warehouse on Governors Island, through interior and architectural renovations.
ROLE
Interior Architecture Student MFA 2024
TEAMS & PARTNERS
Conor Keane, Architecture Student MFA 2025
TOOLS
Rhino, Photoshop, & Illustrator
Photo by Governors Island Real Estate
Photo by Earth Matter NY
Concept
“Pollination Station” is an effort to educate the public on landscape and food waste with respect to climate emergency and material health. The building celebrates the pollinators - birds, bees, and butterflies - that are essential to our composting cycle. It allows the community to examine the production and consumption of food, turn food scraps into compost, and contribute the cycle back to building healthy soil and more nutritious food.
Photos sourced from Google Images
Site Collage
Site Analysis & Plan
Site plan: 1’ = 1/16”
Building 110
Photo by NYC.Gov
Photo by Douglas Black
Photo by Governors Island
Program Exploration
1' = 1/16”
Tessellated Explorations
Sketch Model
1’ = 1/16”
Floor Plans
1’ = 1/8”
Sections
1’ = 1/8”
Elevations
1’ = 1/8”
Axonmetric & Materials
Storyboard
Model
1’ = 1/8”
