Karst Vai Faasitepu Faamama by Chi-Hao Chiang

Karst Vai Faasitepu Faamama by Chi-Hao Chiang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Apamemea in Vaega Fau Fale Competition Category.

ApamemeaVaega Fau Fale· 2022

Karst Vai Faasitepu Faamama

by Chi-Hao Chiang

Client: Chi-Hao Chiang

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Vaega Fau Fale Category

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The Design

About Karst Vai Faasitepu Faamama

Karst, o se faasitepu faʻapitoa ua fuafuaina mo le Kovana Island i Niu Ioka, e pei o se ana fofo mo tagata e vaʻai ma faʻalogo i le tafe o le vai, faʻatasi ai ma se vai faʻamamaina e aumaia ai le lagona o le natura i totonu o le fale, e fesoʻotaʻi ai le faʻalapotopotoga o tagata ma vai. . O vaega ta'itasi e iai le taga e tu'u ai se ato o atigi faisua nuti. O atigi o lo'o faia i le calcium carbonate e mafai ona tali atu i timuga oona e fesoasoani e fa'ate'a le vasa fa'asa'o e ala i le mitiia o le kasa okesene. I le faaiuga, o se faiga faamama e mafai ona faanenefu le tuaoi i le va o tagata ma le natura i luga o le Kovana Island.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Karst Vai Faasitepu Faamama, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Karst Vai Faasitepu Faamama e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Karst Vai Faasitepu Faamama e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

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.