CASE / NYC featured in Architect Magazine
Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE) News:
Architect Magazine on CASE’s Active Modular Phytoremediation System
The multi-institutional Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE) was recently featured in the technology section of Architect Magazine. The article “Breathe In: CASE Puts Its Green Wall System to the Test” examines the center’s Active Modular Phytoremediation System, which will be installed on the ground floor of the Public Safety Answering Center II in the Bronx, N.Y.
A research unit of Rensselaer School of Architecture, the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE) is addressing the need for accelerated innovation of Built Ecologies through the development of next-generation building systems. A multi-institutional and professional research collaboration co-hosted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, CASE is pushing the boundaries of environmental performance in urban building systems on a global scale, through actual building projects as research test beds.