Karst Atl Chipāhuani Tlecotl by Chi-Hao Chiang

Karst Atl Chipāhuani Tlecotl by Chi-Hao Chiang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse in Caltlamanalli ihuan Calchihualiztli Tlatquitl Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.

BronseCaltlamanalli· 2022

Karst Atl Chipāhuani Tlecotl

by Chi-Hao Chiang

Client: Chi-Hao Chiang

Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse Winner in Caltlamanalli Category

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The Design

About Karst Atl Chipāhuani Tlecotl

Karst, cē tlecotl tlamantlamantli īpampa Governors Island īpan Nueva York, yuhqui cē ōztōtl īpampa tlācah quittazqueh īhuan caquizqueh in atl nenemi, īca cē atl chipāhuani tlamantli tlen quinhuīca yōliliztli īpan calli, quicepanoa in tlācah īhuan in atl. Mochīn tlamantli quipiya cē xiquipilli īpampa cē tlaquimilolli tapachtehuatl xixiptli. In ehuameh īca carbonato de calcio huelih quichīhuaz īca quiyahuitl āxixtic īpampa chipāhuaz huēyātl āxixtic, quicuiz dióxido de carbono. Īpan tlahcoyān, cē chipāhuani tlamantli huelih poloaz in nepantlah tlācah īhuan yōliliztli īpan Governors Island.

The Recognition

About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse

Karst Atl Chipāhuani Tlecotl ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse, hueyi tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in cualli tlachihualli in motenehua ipampa yancuic tlamantli, tlamatiliztli ihuan ixtlamatiliztli. In quicuicah Bronse ca tlachihualli in quipia toltecayotl ihuan quinextia in cenca miac nemiliztli ihuan tlamatiliztli intlachihuanime. Ca quinequi in Karst Atl Chipāhuani Tlecotl ca tlazohtli tlamantli, mahuiztic ihuan cualli. Ni dizayno in quicuic Bronse quipia cualli toltecayotl ihuan quitta in tlen tepiton. Karst Atl Chipāhuani Tlecotl quipaquiltia in tlacah ihuan quitlamahuiztiltia in intlanequiliz.

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.