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Watch Saniya's presentation at the final event! 

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Watch Saniya's presentation at the final event! 

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GBS Design Challenge - Saniya's Student Presentation

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Con Edison & National Grid
Funding for this project was provided from the NYS Environmental Protection Fund as administered by a grant from the New York State DEC Environmental Justice Community Impact grant program.

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Andy Zimmermann
M.S. 88
Brittany Loomis
Brooklyn Collaborative Studies
Cheryl Grau
M.S. 447
Lynn Shon
M.S. 88
Michael Ensminger
M.S. 447
William Leou
Brooklyn Collaborative Studies
Christine Petro
GCC Education Director
Jordan Heiden
GCC Education Coordinator
Ruth Nervig
RAFT Landscape Architecture
Fred Wolf
Nature Based

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Meredith McDermott
NYC Schools Office of Sustainability

Brad Lander
NYC Council Member

Michaela Labriole
New York Hall of Science

Mikelle Adgate
NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection

Shino Tanikawa
NYC Soil and Water Conservation District

Nicholas Pettinati
NYC Dept. of Transportation & American Society of Landscape Architecture-NY
Jessica Goldberg
City University of New York

Brandon Loo
City University of New York

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Amritha Mahesh, NYC DCP

Andrea Johnson, CCNY

April Schneider, Stantec

Brandon Loo, CCNY

Crystal Xing, Quennell Rothschild & Partners

Eduardo Santamaria, Terrain

Fiamma Seda, Wing Partners

Gloria Lau, Stantec

Hana Georg, Michael Van Vulkenburgh

Jeana Fletcher, CCNY

Jessica Goldberg, CCNY

Lauren Henfrey, Famous Meadow

Michelle Lin-Luse, Hollander Design

Olyy Ordonez, CCNY

Omid Iravanipour, garden 26

Prospero Herrera, NYC Football Club

Sean Martin, Parsons School of Design

Simon Betsalel, NYC EDC

Taranpreet Singh, Parsons School of Design

Yutong Xie, Parsons School of Design

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For the third year students from Brooklyn Collaborative Studies, M.S. 447, and M.S. 88 have taken on a design challenge with Gowanus Canal Conservancy to address the issue of Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO). 

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For the third year students from Brooklyn Collaborative Studies, M.S. 447, and M.S. 88 have taken on a design challenge with Gowanus Canal Conservancy to address the issue of Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO). 

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CSO adds over 377 million gallons of additional pollution to the Gowanus Canal every year. It is a mix of stormwater runoff and untreated sewage that overflows into the waterway after most rainstorms. CSO is a citywide problem, with over 27 billion gallons of polluted runoff and sewage entering New York City’s waterways each year.

Green infrastructure is one way that the city is tackling the issue, building thousands of curbside rain gardens, green roofs and other absorbent spaces that slow or stop stormwater before it enters the sewer and causes CSO. We asked students to look at their school campus watershed - their ‘schoolsheds’ - and redesign them to absorb more stormwater. With over 1,700 schools in NYC and all that non-absorbent pavement, school campuses present a major opportunity for green infrastructure!

Students analyzed how much impermeable or non-absorbent surfaces their schoolsheds have and surveyed the school community to find out what other needs and issues they could incorporate in their designs, including more inviting outdoor places to learn and play. They used both digital drawing tools and hand drawings, then presented to volunteer designers and engineers who "Zoomed in" to students' classes to provide feedback and help push students’ thinking about their design ideas.

On Wednesday, June 10th, students from M.S. 447 and Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies presented the top proposals to a panel of NYC design and sustainability professionals and received school awards. M.S. 88 was unfortunately unable to join us for the final event this year, but their students are participating in the project later this school year!

While addressing environmental issues in students’ own communities, Gowanus Blue Schools Design Challenge encourages diversity, equity, and positive change for the future led by students. Celebrate these students' innovative and inspiring ideas for more resilient school campuses.

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Watch William & Tarin's presentation at the final event!

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Watch William & Tarin's presentation at the final event!

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GBS Design Challenge - William and Tarin's Student Presentation

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Watch Xaria's presentation at the final event!

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Watch Xaria's presentation at the final event!

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GBS Design Challenge - Zaria's Student Presentation

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Watch Roselyn's presentation at the final event!

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Watch Roselyn's presentation at the final event!

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GBS Design Challenge - Roselyn's Student Presentation

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Watch Kaitlyn & Olivia's presentation at the final event!

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Watch Kaitlyn & Olivia's presentation at the final event!

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Watch their presentation at the final event!

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GBS Design Challenge - Olivia & Kaitlyn's Student Presentation

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Bubble diagram

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I really want to have a space in the courtyard where there is a  little garden area. Also I think add some trees and benches would provide some more space for students to relax outside in the shade if they are not running around. Turf and some permeable pavement would great addition as well since it would brighten up the space brighten up the space but also lesson sewage overflow by redirecting the water back into the ground.

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Inspiration for the green space

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We originally wanted to have a shady area for people to sit but in the end we just used the alley which is pretty shady already.

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This was another planter with seating that we found on google that was cool

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Vegetable box with a wide edge so people can sit there. This is what we used in the end on our project.

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For green space, we wanted to add a rain garden where students could grow plants or vegetables. The edges of the planters could also act as benches for people to sit. We could have a rain barrel to collect rain off the roof. For active play, we would add one or a few basketball hoops since they take up less space then a court. There could also be open space with turf where people could sit or play soccer. We could add a green wall with ivy or another plant as well. We also need picnic tables for students to sit and eat/socialize. Those could also double as educational spaces since teachers could teach outside. We want to add a water fountain and a trash/recycling/compost area for people to throw garbage and not litter. We want to add a shade structure in the corner where there are benches currently, and it could provide shady space for people to eat. 

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Olivia:
I would add a school garden where students could grow plants/vegetables. The garden box things could double as places to sit (images) I would also put a lot of green space to catch water and also look nice and make the courtyard more nature-y. Maybe also a place to do sports like a basketball court or just a couple of basketball hoops. I would also put a lot of places to sit so people could eat their lunch and talk to friends.

Kaitlyn:
I want to create something that everyone can enjoy, but that also benefits the environment. I was thinking like turf and gardens with some shaded picnic areas. I would also include a small basketball court, and a small baseball/ softball field.

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One of my first design sketches of the  courtyard(birds eye view)

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One of my first design sketches of the  courtyard(birds eye view)

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Create your program! (May 20, 2020 at 4_36 PM)

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Olivia Burnett Haven and Kaitlyn Caruso - MS447_Courtyard Site Plan 1

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Tinkercad | From mind to design in minutes

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Tinkercad is a free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding.

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screenshot of seating area in tinkercad

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screenshot of basketball hoops, water fountain, and the area to put bags

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screenshot of the garden+green area

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screenshot of tinkercad from the sky

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Edited - WILLIAM CODY - MS447_Entry Site Plan 1.pdf

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WIlliam Cody-Tarin Fung Site Plan Description

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The light blue roof and barrel represent the rain collection system, the black boxes under the trees are tree pits, the gray sidewalk is semipermeable concrete, the light green wall represents a green algae wall, the brown and green benches are planter benches and the gray and red areas are no build areas.

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Roselyn Vazquez Sanchez- Copy of BCS_Visualize your schoolshed data

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Roselyn Vazquezsanchez - Mission 1: Analyze your data

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Roselyn Vazquezsanchez - Analyze your schoolshed_BCS