Karst Grisiau Hidlo Dŵr by Chi-Hao Chiang

Karst Grisiau Hidlo Dŵr by Chi-Hao Chiang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award in Cydrannau Adeiladu Competition Category.

EfyddCydrannau Adeiladu· 2022

Karst Grisiau Hidlo Dŵr

by Chi-Hao Chiang

Client: Chi-Hao Chiang

Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award Winner in Cydrannau Adeiladu Category

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The Design

About Karst Grisiau Hidlo Dŵr

Mae Karst, grisiau modiwlaidd a ddyluniwyd ar gyfer Ynys y Llywodraethwyr yn Efrog Newydd, fel ogof atebol i bobl weld a chlywed y dŵr yn llifo, gyda system hidlo dŵr sy'n dod â theimlad natur i'r tŷ, gan gysylltu'r gymuned o bobl a dŵr. . Mae gan bob modiwl boced ar gyfer gosod bag o gregyn wystrys wedi'u malu. Gall y cregyn sy'n cynnwys calsiwm carbonad adweithio â glaw asid i helpu i niwtraleiddio cefnfor asidig trwy amsugno carbon deuocsid. Yn y diwedd, mae'n system hidlo a all gymylu'r ffin rhwng bodau dynol a natur ar Ynys y Llywodraethwyr.

The Recognition

About the Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award

Mae Karst Grisiau Hidlo Dŵr yn enillydd Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award, cydnabyddiaeth hynod fawreddog a roddir i ddyluniadau rhagorol sydd yn nodedig am greadigrwydd, dyfeisgarwch a chraffter. Mae enillwyr Efydd yn arteffactau medrus iawn a thrawiadol o greadigol sydd yn dilysu profiad helaeth, dychymyg a dyfeisgarwch eu dylunwyr. Disgwylir i Karst Grisiau Hidlo Dŵr fod yn wrthrych uchel ei fri, a edmygir ac a anwylir, sydd yn nodedig o broffesiynol ac arloesol. Mae'r dyluniad buddugol hwn o Wobr Efydd A' Design Award yn ymgorffori arferion gorau mewn celf, gwyddoniaeth, dylunio a thechnoleg, ac yn rhagorol am ei sylw i fanylion. Mae Karst Grisiau Hidlo Dŵr yn bodloni anghenion yn odidog, yn cyffwrdd â dyheadau, yn swyno teimladau ac yn apelio at chwilfrydedd.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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.