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Karst Степениште За Филтрирање Воде by Chi-Hao Chiang

Karst Степениште За Филтрирање Воде by Chi-Hao Chiang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Бронзана награда A' Design Award in Дизајн грађевинских материјала и компоненти Competition Category.


БронзанаГрађевинске компоненте· 2022

Karst Степениште За Филтрирање Воде

by Chi-Hao Chiang

Client: Chi-Hao Chiang

Бронзана награда A' Design Award Winner in Грађевинске компоненте Category

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The Design

About Karst Степениште За Филтрирање Воде

Карст, модуларно степениште дизајнирано за Острво Говернорс у Њујорку, је као решена пећина за људе да виде и чују воду која тече, са системом за филтрирање воде који доноси осећај природе у кућу, повезујући заједницу људи и воде . Сваки модул има џеп за стављање врећице здробљених шкољки острига. Шкољке састављене од калцијум карбоната могу да реагују са киселом кишом како би помогле у неутрализацији закисељеног океана апсорбовањем угљен-диоксида. На крају, то је систем филтера који може замаглити границу између људи и природе на острву Гувернерс.

The Recognition

About the Бронзана награда A' Design Award

Karst Степениште За Филтрирање Воде је добитник Бронзане награде A' Design Award, високо престижног признања које се додељује изванредним дизајнима који се одликују креативношћу, домишљатошћу и оштроумношћу. Добитници Бронзане награде у потпуности су вешти и упечатљиво креативни артефакти који потврђују велико искуство, машту и снаљажљивост својих дизајнера. Очекује се да Karst Степениште За Филтрирање Воде буде високо цењен, дивљен и вољен предмет, запажено професионалан и иновативан. Овај дизајн награђен Бронзаном наградом A' Design Award уграђује најбоље праксе у уметности, науци, дизајну и технологији и одличан је по пажњи према детаљима. Karst Степениште За Филтрирање Воде сјајно задовољава потребе, дотиче жеље, очарава осећања и привлачи радозналост.

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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