'waterpod' docks in new york

waterpod, 2009 photograph by mary mattingly all images courtesy waterpod.org earlier this year we published an article on the ‘waterpod‘, a self sufficient island. the ‘waterpod’ has since been completed, beginning its journey from newtown creek between brooklyn and queens, slowly navigating down the east river, exploring the waters of new york harbor. last week it docked at several manhattan piers along the hudson river and is continuing onward until october, 2009.

the ‘waterpod’ demonstrates future pathways for nomadic, mobile shelters and water-based communities, docked and roaming. it intends to prepare, inform, and provide an alternative to current and future living spaces. the ‘waterpod’ residents, new york artists grow their own vegetables, raise chickens, compost, recycle greywater, generate electricity with solar power, and when they have a spare minute, continue with their art work.you can check the docking schedule here.

waterpod docked at the south street seaport, 2009 photograph by mira hunter

waterpod at sheepshead bay marina, 2009 photograph by mary mattingly

sunfrost composter fully installed and growing buck wheat and lettuce photograph by mira henter

view from the dome at the south street seaport, manhattan, 2009 photograph by mira hanter

waterpod in sheepshead bay, 2009 photograph by mary mattingly

waterpod, 2009 photograph by eve k. tremblay