Low Line — Delancey Street Underground Market

New York City, United States, North America

Concept · Civic · Underground Public Park · Temperate

A proposed underground public park in a disused trolley terminal beneath the Lower East Side of Manhattan, using a solar canopy system to pipe daylight underground via fibre-optic and reflective duct technology to support plant growth. A working prototype demonstrated plant photosynthesis using entirely redirected natural light.

Innovation highlights

• remote skylighting system channelling solar light underground via optical technology
• demonstrated photosynthesis in subterranean space using only redirected daylight
• adaptive reuse of disused trolley terminal with zero new ground disturbance
• solar collection canopy transferring full-spectrum light through reflective ducts

Client / Developer

Lowline / City of New York

Architect

James Ramsey / Signe Nielsen

Engineer

Arup

Type

Underground Public Park

#underground park #solar daylight redirection #adaptive reuse #subterranean #public space #optical technology

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