Eco-pods: Seeing green again for Filene’s Basement

Howeler Yoon Architecture has proposed that an algae farm and vertical garden be erected at the old Filene’s Basement site in Boston’s Downtown Crossing.

The prefabricated design of interlocking pods containing algae-incubators on the inside and plants on the outside would be a temporary structure until the city of Boston, the site’s owners, and the new owner of the bankrupt Filene’s Basement chain agree on what to ultimately do with the historic Washington Street real estate.