Counter Proposal

Envac’s Concept for AVAC’s Future

Roosevelt Island’s network has been expanded three times but its machinery is 35 years old. What would the system look like if it were built today? Envac, the manufacturer of the original system, suggests that a new AVAC facility be housed in a building less than a quarter the current size with the ability to collect two or more separate waste streams. Residents would continue to deposit garbage in building chute rooms, but recyclables would now be accepted in inlets located in building courtyards or on the sidewalk. Envac prepared the following schematic proposal for this exhibition.

General Network and Detail drawing, Envac.
General Network and Detail drawing, Envac.
Proposed Terminal aerial photo collage, Envac.
Proposed Terminal aerial photo collage, Envac.
Proposed Terminal, Ground Floor Plan, Envac.
Proposed Terminal, Ground Floor Plan, Envac.
Proposed Terminal, Section B-B, Envac.
Proposed Terminal, Section B-B, Envac.
Proposed Terminal, Second Floor Plan, Envac.
Proposed Terminal, Second Floor Plan, Envac.
Proposed Terminal, Section C-C, Envac.
Proposed Terminal, Section C-C, Envac.

Exhibition

Organized by Juliette Spertus with Project Projects

Curatorial assistant: Jack McGrath

Exhibition and website design: Project Projects

Research: Juliette Spertus, Jack Conviser and Jack McGrath

Video: Gregory Whitmore

Photography: Kate Milford

Sponsors

Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC)

Envac AB

Roosevelt Island Historical Society (RIHS)

Roosevelt Island Visual Arts Association (RIVAA)

Lamson Airtubes, LLC


Fiscal sponsor and educational programming

The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP)


Special thanks

NYC Dept. of Sanitation; Jerry Sorgente, DSNY; and Judith Berdy, RIHS

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