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Formerly a symbol of immense urban waste, the Fresh Kills Landfill is being transformed into an enormous urban parkland that is destined to exemplify the values of ecological restoration and environmental sustainability. Part of that transformation includes a competition for a site-specific public artwork designed to operate as a source of clean energy for the city's utility grid. This volume features many of the top submissions to the LAGI competition, which aims to create sustainable design solutions that integrate art and technology into renewable energy infrastructure around the world. The book creates a much-needed connection between two critical issues of sustainable development - energy generation and waste management - highlighting design solutions that address both problems at once, thereby creating economically beneficial hybrid utility installations.

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Staten Island's Fresh Kills was once the world's largest landfill. Closed in 2001, the area has begun a transformation resulting from a build-out program that marries ecological restoration with cultural/educational programming. While this revitalization will continue for three decades, the creation of Freshkills Park out of Fresh Kills landfill evidences strategic efforts to revamp the area through wetland restoration and species control, and the construction of sustainable facilities. Such facilities were the focus of a 2012 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition focused on the creation of a three-dimensional sculptural form with the ability to "stimulate and challenge the mind of visitors to the site." Most of this volume comprises the competition and a selection of entries, with four winning entries discussed on six-page spreads; shortlisted and other selected designs receive briefer notice. Rounding out the text are a brief history of Fresh Kills and essays on sustainability, renewable energy, and histories of sorting and materials' use. Regenerative Infrastructures will interest students and scholars in environmental science, civil engineering, landscape architecture, and recreation/park/public administration. Given the proposals' crossover into the areas of installation, performance, and site-specific works, the book will also appeal to artists, administrators, and others in fields related to public art. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals. J. Decker Georgetown College

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Caroline Klein is an architect for offices, author, and editor for international architectural magazines and publishing houses.