Located in Brooklyn by the Gowanus river, this site was the site of the original powerhouse that housed the railroads. The Gowanus is a Superfund site and is currently extremely polluted but is on the way to be cleaned and restored. What is on the site now, is well known to graffiti artists. This powerhouse is intended to be turned into a gallery and artist studio and lofts. Artists spend many hours a day bent over a desk or doing physical labor in producing artwork. Therefore, this building was designed off the idea of healthy living based on three major components: healthy eating, exercise and relaxation and meditation of the mind.Circulation to promote excercise, community vegetable garden and juice bar rather than coffee shop to promote healthy eating, and gardens, greens, and a reading room to promote relaxation and meditation.
HEALTHY WORK GOWANUS, NY