{"id":13937,"date":"2025-08-30T05:29:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/ellipsoidal-greenhouse-by-saw-earth-and-design-students-brings-sunlight-to-brooklyn-garden\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T05:29:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:29:41","slug":"ellipsoidal-greenhouse-by-saw-earth-and-design-students-brings-sunlight-to-brooklyn-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/ellipsoidal-greenhouse-by-saw-earth-and-design-students-brings-sunlight-to-brooklyn-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"ellipsoidal greenhouse by SAW.Earth and design students brings sunlight to brooklyn garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">Ellipsoidal Greenhouse built for a Brooklyn community garden<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SAW.Earth has directed a student workshop to create an ellipsoidal <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/greenhouses-in-architecture\/\">greenhouse<\/a><\/strong>, optimizing solar exposure for the Scholes Street Community Garden in Brooklyn, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-new-york\/\">NY<\/a><\/strong>. Over 4 weeks, with students from the New York Institute of Technology Graduate School of Architecture and Design, the team constructed an ellipse-shaped greenhouse with tiered <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/wood-and-timber-architecture\/\">wooden<\/a><\/strong> shelving to maximize area along the sun path of the garden.<\/p>\n<p>all images by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcmahonphotography.com\/\">Dan McMahon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">SAW.Earth collaborates with students on the greenhouse design<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Students, along with the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saw.earth\/\">design team<\/a><\/strong> at SAW.Earth, used cedar wood and copper flashing to allow for subtle aging over time. This marks the sixth completed permanent structure SAW.Earth\u2019s program at NYIT SoAD has built, creating structures for community gardens throughout NYC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Ellipsoidal Greenhouse designed for a Brooklyn community garden<\/p>\n<p>created through a workshop led by SAW.Earth<\/p>\n<p>built in collaboration with NYIT architecture graduate students<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>the structure optimizes solar exposure for plant growth<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>shaped as an ellipse to follow the sun path<\/p>\n<p>tiered wooden shelving maximizes interior growing space<\/p>\n<p>cedar wood used for natural durability<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>elliptical geometry enhances light distribution inside<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>workshop provided hands-on construction experience for students<\/p>\n<p>structure combines functionality with material longevity<\/p>\n<p>designed to support the Scholes Street Community Garden<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>name:<\/strong>\u00a0Ellipsoidal Greenhouse<br \/>\n<strong>architect:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saw.earth\/\">SAW.Earth<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/saw.earth\/\">@saw.earth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>project team director:<\/strong> Drew Seskunas\/SAW.Earth<\/p>\n<p><strong>students:<\/strong> Rayhaan Albuquerque, Yeisy Batista, Devam Desai, Michelle Jungreis, Matan Lobel, Yuan Luo, Angela Madrigal, Mert Osar, Anjali Nilesh Patel, Hetvi Gauravkumar Patel, Meet Hareshkumar Patel, Alicia Daniela Perozo Maldonado, Finley Yaoming Richard<\/p>\n<p><strong>photographer:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcmahonphotography.com\/\">Dan McMahon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mcmahon_photo\/\">@mcmahon_photo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>designboom has received this project from our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/readers-submit\">DIY submissions<\/a>\u00a0feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/readers\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/architecture\/ellipsoidal-greenhouse-saw-earth-design-students-sunlight-brooklyn-garden-08-29-2025\/\">ellipsoidal greenhouse by SAW.Earth and design students brings sunlight to brooklyn garden<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/\">designboom | architecture &amp; design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellipsoidal Greenhouse built for a Brooklyn community garden \u00a0 SAW.Earth has directed a student workshop to create an ellipsoidal greenhouse, optimizing solar exposure for the Scholes Street Community Garden in Brooklyn, NY. 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