The Waterpod

Waterpod™ was a floating, sculptural, eco-habitat designed for the rising tides. It launched in the summer of 2009, navigated down the East River, explored the waters of New York Harbor, and docked at several Manhattan piers on the Hudson River before continuing onward. The Waterpod™ demonstrated future pathways for water -based innovations. As a sustainable, navigable living space, the Waterpod™ showcased the critical importance of the environment and art, serving as a model for new living, d.i.y. technologies, art, and dialogue. It illustrated positive interactions between communities: public and private; artistic and social; aquatic and terrestrial while exploring the cultural richness of New York's five boroughs and beyond. By visualizing the future, the Waterpod™ embodied self-sufficiency and resourcefulness, learning and curiosity, human expression and creative exploration. Through its dilatory, watery peregrinations, the Waterpod's intent is to prepare, inform, inspire, provoke, and fortify humanity for tomorrow's exterior explorations.

http://www.thewaterpod.org/

Origins and Evolution of the Waterpod

http://www.thewaterpod.org/mm.html

Waterpod Map and Tour

http://www.thewaterpod.org/map.html

The Waterpod Business Plan (20 page .PDF file)

http://www.marymattingly.com/images/Waterpod/BusinessPlanJune6.pdf