该项目由三家工程公司和一组建筑师领导的设计团队与纽约市环境保护部(DEP)合作完成，以取代陈旧的、环境治理不完善的污水处理设施。施工分阶段完成，所以在整个生产过程中工厂仍能充分运作。设计团队在项目中的角色多样：全楼室外部分和场地主特色的概念设计，以满足工厂处理污水所需的建筑外壳设计；为了纽约市政府的Percent for Art项目与选出的艺术家们一起合作；向新镇溪监督委员会、社区委员会和纽约市政府艺术委员会介绍设计方，并监督工程队在施工与存档记录中的工作实施。

The Design Team, led by three engineering firms and a team of architects, worked with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to replace the outmoded and environmentally unsound wastewater treatment facility. Constructed in phases, the plant remains fully operational throughout the process. The Design Team’s extended role in the project has been to design all building exteriors and main physical site features to a schematic level as required for enclosure of plant processes, to work with and incorporate the art of selected artists as part of New York City’s Percent for Art program, to present the designs for review by the Newtown Creek Monitoring Committee, Community Board and New York City Art Commission, and to oversee implementation of the approved work by the engineering team throughout documentation and construction.

▼外观一览，overview

Ennead设计的废水处理厂的总规划长达25年，将建设耗资45亿美元的新建筑。怎样在满足大型污水处理厂的需求的同时考虑到其周围社区是很关键的。总体规划包括一个灵活的概念设计和规划框架，解决了一些问题，例如社区对于在其内部建立一个大型且仍在扩张的设施的担忧；分阶段施工以保证工厂仍然可以全天候运转；灵活地应用最新的技术；满足众多的环境和法规要求；达到这个重要的公共工程中场地规划和建筑设计的最高标准，以满足DE和艺术委员会的愿望。

Ennead’s master plan for this wastewater treatment plant outlines $4.5 billion in new construction over 25 years. The need to balance the requirements of a large-scale water pollution control plant with the concerns of the surrounding community was critical. The master plan established a flexible physical and conceptual design and planning framework that addresses issues such as the community’s concerns about a large and expanding facility in their midst; 24/7 functionality of the existing plant and phased construction throughout the upgrade; flexibility to accommodate new and developing technologies; satisfaction of numerous environmental and regulatory requirements; and the desire of the DEP and Art Commission for the highest standard of site planning and architectural design on a major and very prominent public work.

▼入口大楼，the building at the entrance