Karst Staighre Scagacháin Uisce by Chi-Hao Chiang

Karst Staighre Scagacháin Uisce by Chi-Hao Chiang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award in Dearadh Comhpháirteanna Foirgníochta Competition Category.

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Karst Staighre Scagacháin Uisce

by Chi-Hao Chiang

Client: Chi-Hao Chiang

Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award Winner in Comhpháirteanna Foirgníochta Category

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The Design

About Karst Staighre Scagacháin Uisce

Tá Karst, staighre modúlach deartha le haghaidh Oileán na nGobharnóirí i Nua-Eabhrac, cosúil le uaimh réitigh chun go bhféadfaidh daoine an t-uisce atá ag sileadh a fheiceáil agus a chloisteáil, le córas scagtha uisce a thugann ceint an dúlra isteach sa teach, ag nascadh an phobail daoine agus uisce. . Tá póca ag gach modúl chun mála de shliogáin oisrí brúite a chur. Is féidir leis na sliogáin atá comhdhéanta de charbónáit chailciam freagairt le báisteach aigéadach chun cuidiú leis an aigéan aigéadaithe a neodrú trí dhé-ocsaíd charbóin a ionsú. Sa deireadh, is córas scagairí é atá in ann an teorainn idir daoine agus an dúlra ar Oileán an Ghobharnóra a dhéanamh doiléir.

The Recognition

About the Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh Karst Staighre Scagacháin Uisce Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award, aitheantas an-ghradamach a bhronntar ar dhearaí sármhaithe a mbíonn cruthaitheacht, aireagacht agus géarchúis mar shaintréithe acu. Is déantúsáin ghlic agus chruthaitheacha go suntasach iad buaiteoirí Cré-umha a dhearbhaíonn taithí fhairsing, samhlaíocht agus acmhainneacht a ndearthóirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh Karst Staighre Scagacháin Uisce ina rud a bhfuil an-mheas air, a n-ardaítear agus a ghráitear, atá thar a bheith gairmiúil agus nuálach. Ionchorpraíonn an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award na cleachtais is fearr san ealaín, san eolaíocht, sa dearadh agus sa teicneolaíocht, agus tá sé sármhaith as a aird ar mhionsonraí. Sásaíonn an dearadh Karst Staighre Scagacháin Uisce riachtanais go hálainn, bainíonn sé le mianta, cuireann sé draíocht ar mhothúcháin agus tarraingíonn sé fiosracht.

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.