AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Home
GOALS
Responsible Consumption & Production
KEYWORDS
pollution, air quality, Garden
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Anna Dyson, Jason Vollen, Ted Ngai & Matt Gindlesparger (Center for Architecture Science and Ecology)
WEBSITE
http://www.case.rpi.edu/
AMPS
A clever green wall system that can effectively reduce airborne pollution while saving energy.
The AMPS system provides habitat for multiple types of plants, which are all fed water and nutrients through a hydroponic system. The key to the effectiveness of the design is through blowing air across the plants rhizoshpere, located on the surface of its roots. The biologically active surface can absorb 200 times the pollutants than the roots or leaves of a plant, thus dramatically improving the system’s capacity.
By recirculating air through the AMPS, the system can provide 60% of the fresh air required by ASHRAE 62.1. Typically that air would need to be sourced from the outdoors, and would then need to be heated or cooled at a high energy penalty before being circulated. Thus the reduction in the amount of incoming air required provides a large cost savings.
Aesthetically AMPS is a dynamic green wall that has a parametrically sculptural quality. The modular system can wrap around columns, band around rooms, or take up entire walls.