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The Billion Oyster Project
Reintroduction, purification and storm prevention.
The Billion Oyster Pavilion joins two of Governor’s Island most exciting enterprises: Figment’s City of Dreams and The New York Harbor School’s Billion Oyster Project. The pavilion will be constructed entirely from materials used by the Billion Oyster Project (BOP).
Step 1
Reef Balls
Two sizes of Reef Balls are cast from a special concrete mixture with an oyster shell aggregate and an appropriate PH for New York Harbor.
Step 2
Structure
The Reef Balls are stacked to form the base of the pavilion. Steel rebar is threaded through holes cast into the Reef Balls.
Step 3
Making the canopy
The canopy is made of assembled clusters of rebar triangles. They are connected together with plastic ties to create a redundant structural network similar to a dome.
Step 4
Providing Shade
Marine Line is woven between the rebar triangles to create shade and shadow inside the pavilion.
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Did you know that in 1609 New York Harbor held 220,000 acres of Oyster Reef?
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aiming for
1 Billion Oysters
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Dollar Oysters
Like the good old days!
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Oysters since
1906
