TUB Park, 2012
TUB Park = The Utopian Bath.
This park is utopian – “an ideal place or state” – because in this place both the children and adults are in their ideal states. Children are at play and adults are relaxing. In our utopian vision these two states are mutually compatible and beneficial.
A series of childlike drawing and grown-up schematics depict Husk‘s vision for the show Brooklyn Utopias. TUB Park is a unique park of public baths and innovative play equipment that can be enjoyed by Brooklynites of all ages. The adult-only hot tubs in the park are constructed from re-purposed rooftop water towers, a classic Brooklyn icon. They operate on an ingeniously sustainable system that harvests rainwater. The water is heated by compost and pumped through the system by children’s energy — generated on state of the art play equipment.
