Environmental Art Projects along the Green Corridor

May 26th, 2009, 6:34 pm

The Art Gallery of Windsor and the University of Windsor’s School of Visual Arts in tandem with the Green Corridor team are working toward a designated permanent site area that will provide for the exhibition of temporary environmental Art projects.

Community Enhancements and Green Facades

July 9th, 2007, 6:25 pm

Community enhancements will be made through a variety of green treatments, all of which will make a positive impact towards the preservation of historically significant sites. Green Walls or Green Facades will add to heritage sites’ beauty and regard in an environmentally sensitive manner, ensuring sustainability and preservation for future generations within the community.

Public Artwork

July 9th, 2007, 6:23 pm

As a gateway, a landmark, whether functional or aesthetic, a public artwork helps to create a strong sense of place and enhances community members’ lives. Connections with the community’s heritage and Windsor’s existing Riverfront Sculpture Garden will be achieved with the realization of public artworks. The history of the community will be evoked through public art for immediate community members, Windsor residents or tourists. Projects such as David Acheson’s “First Drop” and Oliver Kellhammer’s ”Means of Production – Eastern Iteration” will highlight the region’s history and help to ensure a cultural benefit for future generations. “First Drop” is an interactive, self-sustainable and socially responsive, expanding sculptural entity. It is designed to foster the reality of connective, relational existence through the cohesive nature of water. “Means of Production” is a series of neighbourhood scale botanical interventions into damaged urban landscapes, which provide urban greening, raw materials and relational social spaces in marginalized areas.

Eco Parking Lot

July 9th, 2007, 6:22 pm

The Eco Parking Lot will utilize environmental technologies and green design practices to create a hardscape that is practical and innovative. The surrounding community will benefit from the additional planting, stormwater remediation technology and designated student parking. The stylized layout of the parking lot acts to make parking more efficient while maximizing greening potential within the lot. As another aesthetic marker for the Community and city of Windsor, the Eco Parking Lot will utilize current dormant space to provide a welcomed service for its users and neighbours.

Native Plantings and Urban Forests

July 9th, 2007, 6:20 pm

ative Plantings will offer a wide range of benefits to the local ecosystem and community. Plants that are local and native to the area are better adapted for the local climate conditions, indigenous pests and also require less irrigation than non-native plants. Urban forests will help to improve the air quality and overall environmental health of the surrounding community. In addition to improvements in health, having a naturalized space within the neighbourhood to enjoy throughout the seasons will enhance quality of life.

Wetland Stormwater Treatment

July 9th, 2007, 6:18 pm

Wetlands within an urban space act in a variety of capacities to improve the quality of life within a community. Through a naturalized process of water filtration, stormwater run-off and the Detroit River will be cleansed, making for a cleaner and healthier environment and ecosystem. Stormwater from the Ambassador Bridge, as well as the proposed Canadian Customs and University of Windsor parking lot, will be pumped through the wetlands to purify the water of its contaminants. Educational opportunities for both the University of Windsor and area secondary schools will be abundant throughout the wetlands.

Solar Meadow

January 25th, 2007, 6:32 pm

Project for an inspirational and educational ‘meeting place’ for community and visitors, combining solar energy, landscape art, and sculpture.

Environmental Monitoring and Feedback Art, Remote Sensing Project

January 25th, 2007, 6:31 pm

Development of Water and Air Quality monitoring stations operating in ‘real time’ displaying informative graphs about the state of the environment. Environmental monitoring information, traffic information, corporate partnership signage, and visual art will be displayed on multi-functional display screens mounted along the Green Corridor. The project includes: 1) Research and creation of floating islands (in the Detroit River) holding vegetation while remotely sending water quality data to the display screens; 2) Establishing an air quality monitoring system on the Nature Bridge that sends air quality data to the display screens. Project Partners: Great Lakes Institute, University of Windsor, School of Environmental Engineering.

Traffic Pump

January 25th, 2007, 6:27 pm

Project for a traffic-driven irrigation system that will feed the wetland project. The issue of sustainability will be explored through the harnessing of traffic flow to generate energy. This project will establish a visual/sensual link between traffic flow and hydraulic flow and will also be researched as ‘environmental feedback art’.