OASIS

Pop-up cooling station

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OASIS is a pop-up, open-air, cooling station. In high heat, New Yorkers are often forced to retreat to indoor, air-conditioned spaces, which can be isolating as well as energy-intensive. OASIS offers an alternative: a communal, outdoor gathering space that relies on water, plants, and shade to cool people, right in the heart of neighborhoods. The pop-up features a custom-designed misting river that encourages people of all ages to gather and cool off together, all without power.

In 2024, Street Lab rolled out OASIS in more than 15 locations, focusing on neighborhoods with the highest Heat Vulnerability Index in New York City, with support from Con Edison, AARP, NYC Dept. of Transportation, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and Street Lab donors. 

A rendering showing people sitting around blue river fixture and plant carts on the street.

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Children playing on the street on top of a blue river-like misting structure.
New York City DOT logo
conEdison logo
Red logo that says "AARP"
View of an empty street.
A bird's eye view of the street with colorful activities.
People hanging out around a blue, river-like foam structure on the street.
Kids playing in the street.
Adults and children hanging out around a blue foam river-like structure on the street.
A child looking at plants on the street.
A smiling woman making a V sign with her hands and holding a sun umbrella with another hand on the street; plant cart and river-like blue foam structure are on the ground.
People planting on the street.
Children playing on a blue, river-like foam structure on the street.
Adults and children hanging out around a blue foam river-like structure on the street.
A view of different legs and feet on a blue, river-like structure on the street.
A view of a street with colorfully designed pop-up structures.
Children playing on a blue, river-like foam structure on the street.
Children playing on a blue, river-like foam structure on the street.
People sitting around a blue, river-like misting structure on the street.
Children playing on a street; a child looking at the camera and smiling.
Adults and children hanging out around a blue foam river-like structure on the street.
A view of wooden plant carts on the street.
Children planting on the streets.
Children playing on the street, on top of a blue, river-like foam structure.
People sitting around a blue, misting river-like structure on the street.
A wooden fixture placed on a cart with wheels.
A close-up view of a blue foam pop-up structure.
Children playing on the street on top of a blue river-like misting structure.
Children playing on the street on top of a blue river-like misting structure.
Two people sitting next to a blue river-like misting structure on the street.
Two people sitting next to a blue river-like misting structure on the street.

Get in touch to get involved with OASIS!

People sitting around a blue, misting river-like structure on the street.
Children playing around a blue, river-like misting structure on the street.
A older woman planting on the street.
People sitting around a blue, river-like misting structure and planters on the street.