Karst Amazi Yo Kuyungurura Amazi by Chi-Hao Chiang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze in Ibikoresho by'Ubwubatsi Competition Category.
BuronzeIbikoresho by'Ubwubatsi· 2022
Karst Amazi Yo Kuyungurura Amazi
Client: Chi-Hao Chiang
Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze Winner in Ibikoresho by'Ubwubatsi Category
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The Design
About Karst Amazi Yo Kuyungurura Amazi
Karst, ingazi yubusa yagenewe ikirwa cya ba guverineri i New York, ni nkubuvumo bwakemuka kugirango abantu babone kandi bumve amazi atemba, hamwe na sisitemu yo kuyungurura amazi izana ibyiyumvo byibidukikije munzu, ihuza umuryango wabantu n amazi . Buri module ifite umufuka wo gushyira igikapu cya shitingi yamenetse. Igikonoshwa kigizwe na karisiyumu ya calcium irashobora kwitwara hamwe nimvura ya aside kugirango ifashe kwangiza inyanja ya acide ikuramo dioxyde de carbone. Mu kurangiza, ni sisitemu yo kuyungurura ishobora guhuza imipaka hagati yabantu na kamere ku kirwa cya ba Guverineri.
The Recognition
About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze
Karst Amazi Yo Kuyungurura Amazi ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo by'indashyikirwa birangwa no guhanga, ubwenge n'ubushishozi. Abegukanye Buronze ni ibihangano bifite ubuhanga bwinshi kandi bihanga cyane, bishimangira uburambe, ubwenge n'ubushobozi bw'ababihanze. Karst Amazi Yo Kuyungurura Amazi biteganyijwe ko izaba ikintu cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifite ubunyamwuga n'udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Buronze gikoresha uburyo bwiza mu buhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga kandi kirarenze mu gutaha ku tuntu duto. Karst Amazi Yo Kuyungurura Amazi ishimisha ibyo dukeneye, ikora ku byifuzo byacu, itwara amarangamutima yacu kandi ikurura amatsiko yacu.
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.
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