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Cool’n’Clean Stripping Can algae be productive, cooling and poetic at the same time? The Green Ray The production of Algae as an energy source is here used to create public space. Along the Los Angeles River Strip an urban algae farm is introduced: The Green Ray. Transparent pipes of flowing algae are creating an arcade. Exposure to direct sunlight enables the algae to grow and bloom with spectacular intensity, and a shaded walking space is created below – The Green Ray. While some kinds of algae grow in sunlight, some others need a light source from within the pipes. Still others are fluorescent and emit light themselves. In daytime, the Strip is a beaming, green place for a multitude of activities. At night, the ponds will glow and glitter in the dark, becoming decorative, symbolic, productive and functional. Strolling along the Strip is a legible synergi between the natural and the manmade. The Second River In addition to the Green Ray, the Strip is supported by the Second River. Using clean water from the the new urban wetlands of Laguna Fields, the Second River provides additional evaporative cooling. The water lily ponds add to the ambiance of the Strip while also producing energy. During the hot summer days people can take off their shoes and splash about. 18
The Green Ray creates a shadowed space along the Strip THE FIFTH ECOLOGY. Beyond Desire: Los Angeles