Karst Tangga Panyaring Uwae by Chi-Hao Chiang

Karst Tangga Panyaring Uwae by Chi-Hao Chiang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Tambaga in Desain Bahan Bangunan na Komponen Konstruksi Competition Category.

TambagaKomponen Bangunan· 2022

Karst Tangga Panyaring Uwae

by Chi-Hao Chiang

Client: Chi-Hao Chiang

A' Design Award Tambaga Winner in Komponen Bangunan Category

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The Design

About Karst Tangga Panyaring Uwae

Karst, tangga modular narekae' ri Governors Island ri New York, maega nasengngi gua solutional pole rilalengna tau silaonna mita sibawa menngero uwae malliburé, mabbawa sistema panyaring uwae naétteng sensasi alenna' ripadduppai bola, massambung komunitas tau sibawa uwae. Seuwa-seuwa modul maega kantongenna pole riasengna mabiccainna sakong cangkang kaloang reppe nareppe. Cangkang narekae' natarékkalé kalsium karbonat silaonna maréaksi sibawa urang aseng matulung manétralisasi tasik naaséngnge riasengna manyerop karbon dioksida. Riolona, iyanaritu sistema panyaring silaonna mamaruntu batasanna antara tau sibawa alenna' ri Governors Island.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Tambaga

Karst Tangga Panyaring Uwae iyanaritu pakoro A' Design Award Tambaga, pakalebbi iya malompo tongeng iya ripabbere ri desain luar biasa iya riissengngi nasaba kreativitas, kecerdikan sibawa ketajaman. Pakoro Tambaga iyanaritu artefak iya terampil sibawa mappabbura kreatif iya mappabbentuk pengalaman iya maega, imajinasi sibawa kecerdikan tau mabbuat. Karst Tangga Panyaring Uwae ripakkirangngi mancaji objek iya ripakalebbi, ripuji sibawa rirennu, profesional sibawa inovatif. Desain pakoro A' Design Award Tambaga iyae mappasilaong praktik tepat ri seni, sains, desain sibawa teknologi sibawa makessing nasaba perhatiannna ri detail. Karst Tangga Panyaring Uwae mappabbura kebutuhan makessing, mappakkela keinginan, mappabbentuk perasaan sibawa mappabbura rasa penasaran.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Karst, a modular staircase designed for Governors Island in New York, is like a solutional cave for people to see and hear the flowing water, with a water-filtering system that brings the sensation of nature into the house, connecting the community of humans and water. Each module has a pocket for placing a bag of crushed oyster shells, and the shells composed of calcium carbonate can react with acid rain to reduce ocean acidification by absorbing carbon dioxide.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2032 mm x 5740.4 mm x 5130.8 mm
Tags: Staircase, Concrete, Water Filtration, Governors Island, Sustainable
Production Technology: It will be made out of concrete, and the bags with crushed oyster shells inside as the filtering material.
Design Challenge: Finding a way to combine two very different forms to be consistent and functional is the design challenge.
Research: Question the relationship between industrial standardized building material and organic material in the present time when concrete jungles are sprawling on the land. Our goal is to allow nature to appear and break the traditional boundary that we humans created, separating ourselves from nature. After the explorations of physical material combinations, we took styrofoam and pine cone models to deconstruct and reconstruct. After simplifying, two different forms combined in a consistent way.
Inspiration: The goal is to allow nature to appear and break the traditional boundary that we humans created, separating ourselves from nature. After many physical explorations, the proposal was narrowed down to create an interactive community for humans and water. Also, the reason for naming the staircase Karst is from the Karst terrain, which is famous for solutional caves, with its cave form and the process that acid rain can act with the crushed oyster shell.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2020 in New York and finished in May 2020 in New York, and was exhibited on Governors Island in New York in October 2020.
Operation Flow: First, the rainwater drips from the pockets with bags of crushed oyster shells. After the filtration, it trickles down on the cliff and flows through the troughs. Potentially, this staircase can be not only applied indoors but also separated into modular sliced units then installed along the island. It is a filter system that can blur the boundary between humans and nature on Governors Island. In the end, the filtered water can return to the harbor and benefit the island.
Team Members: Chi-Hao Chiang
Zhixian Song
Image Credits: Image #1: Industrial Designer Chi-Hao Chiang, Front View of Karst, 2020.
Image #2: Industrial Designer Chi-Hao Chiang, Side View of Karst, 2020.
Image #3: Industrial Designer Chi-Hao Chiang, Filtration Bags of Karst, 2020.
Image #4: Industrial Designer Chi-Hao Chiang, Handrail of Karst, 2020.
Image #5: Industrial Designer Chi-Hao Chiang, Steps of Karst, 2020.
Video Credits: Architect Zhixian Song, Application of Karst, 2020.