Karst ’ Ann An Staidhre sìoladh Uisge by Chi-Hao Chiang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Duais Umha A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Stuthan Togail agus Co-phàirtean Togail Competition Category.
UmhaCo-phàirtean Togail· 2022
Karst ’ Ann An Staidhre sìoladh Uisge
Client: Chi-Hao Chiang
Duais Umha A' Design Award Winner in Co-phàirtean Togail Category
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About Karst ’ Ann An Staidhre sìoladh Uisge
Tha Karst, staidhre modular a chaidh a dhealbhadh airson Eilean nan Riaghladairean ann an New York, coltach ri uamh fuasglaidh far am faod daoine an t-uisge a tha a’ sruthadh fhaicinn agus a chluinntinn, le siostam sìoltachaidh uisge a bheir faireachdainn nàdur a-steach don taigh, a’ ceangal coimhearsnachd dhaoine agus uisge. . Tha pòcaid aig gach modal airson poca de shligean eisirean brùite a chuir. Faodaidh na sligean a tha air an dèanamh de chalcium carbonate freagairt le uisge searbhach gus an cuan searbhach a neodachadh le bhith a’ gabhail a-steach carbon dà-ogsaid. Aig a ’cheann thall, is e siostam sìoltachain a th’ ann a dh ’fhaodas a’ chrìoch eadar daoine agus nàdar air Eilean nan Riaghladairean a mhilleadh.
The Recognition
About the Duais Umha A' Design Award
Tha Karst ’ Ann An Staidhre sìoladh Uisge air Duais Umha A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh gu math urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean sònraichte a tha air an comharrachadh le cruthachalachd, innleachd agus geurchuis. Tha buannaichean Umha nan obraichean gu math sgileil agus gu sònraichte cruthachail a dhearbhas eòlas farsaing, mac-meanmna agus tapachd an luchd-dealbhaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi Karst ’ Ann An Staidhre sìoladh Uisge na nì air a bheil mòran meas, ion-mholta agus gràdhach, a tha gu sònraichte proifeiseanta agus ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Umha A' Design Award a' cur nan cleachdaidhean as fheàrr ann an ealain, saidheans, dealbhadh agus teicneolas an gnìomh, agus tha e sàr-mhath airson an aire do mhion-fhiosrachadh. Bidh Karst ’ Ann An Staidhre sìoladh Uisge a' sàsachadh fheumalachdan gu h-iongantach, a' suathadh ri miannan, a' tàladh faireachdainnean agus a' togail fiosrachd.
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.
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