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Shading and Powering Seaglass Carousel Park
Pvilion installed umbrellas along the party area and line formation of the SeaGlass Carousel at the Battery Park Conversancy earlier this month. Currently, the umbrellas provide beautiful shade around the Carousel. In the future, they will be equipped with solar arrays to generate electricity to charge phones in the line formation and shine light at […]
Pvilion Designs Battery Conservancy Stands
We designed and built 100 custom tents for the Battery Conservancy’s Midsummer Fair on June 25th and 26th, celebrating the completion of the Battery Oval! The weekend-long event engaged the public with the region’s biodiversity, showcasing local horticulturalists and agriculturalists, and emphasizing the connection between plant and food production. Our tents provided shade and space […]
Brooklyn Roasting Co. Coffee Cart!
Pvilion paired with Brooklyn Roasting to construct environmentally-conscious mobile coffee stations. The coffee carts were made from both recycled and sustainable materials; the wooden frames were built from reclaimed basketball courts, and coffee is kept either iced or hot by Pvilion’s solar technology. A four-point fabric tensile canopy equipped with a solar array stretches over […]
First Positive Net Energy Building in the Northeast
Pvilion has engineered, fabricated, and will install a solar wrapper for the Artists for Humanity Epicenter in Boston, Massachusetts. Pvilion’s solar trellis wrapper will enhance the aesthetic of the building as well as harvest solar energy to power the building. Artists for Humanity (AFH) is a non-profit youth center for art, science, and enterprise. AFH’s […]