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Karst Зинапояи Филтратсия Об by Chi-Hao Chiang

Karst Зинапояи Филтратсия Об by Chi-Hao Chiang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Ҷоизаи биринҷии A' Design Award in Дизайни масолеҳ ва қисмҳои сохтмонӣ Competition Category.


БиринҷҚисмҳои сохтмонӣ· 2022

Karst Зинапояи Филтратсия Об

by Chi-Hao Chiang

Client: Chi-Hao Chiang

Ҷоизаи биринҷии A' Design Award Winner in Қисмҳои сохтмонӣ Category

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The Design

About Karst Зинапояи Филтратсия Об

Карст, зинапояи модулӣ, ки барои ҷазираи Губернаторҳо дар Ню Йорк тарҳрезӣ шудааст, ба ғори ҳалкунанда барои одамон барои дидан ва шунидани оби равон бо системаи филтркунии об, ки эҳсоси табиатро ба хона меорад ва ҷомеаи одамон ва обро мепайвандад. . Ҳар як модул ҷайб дорад, ки барои гузоштани як халта снарядҳои кӯфташуда. Снарядҳое, ки аз карбонати калсий иборатанд, метавонанд бо борони кислота вокуниш нишон дода, безарар кардани уқёнуси кислоташуда тавассути азхудкунии гази карбон кӯмак расонанд. Дар ниҳоят, ин як системаи филтрест, ки метавонад сарҳади байни одамон ва табиатро дар ҷазираи Губернаторҳо норавшан кунад.

The Recognition

About the Ҷоизаи биринҷии A' Design Award

Karst Зинапояи Филтратсия Об ғолиби Ҷоизаи биринҷии A' Design Award аст, ки эътирофи басо обрӯманд буда, ба тарҳҳои барҷаста дода мешавад, ки бо эҷодкорӣ, зеҳни тез ва зиракӣ фарқ мекунанд. Ғолибони биринҷ артефактҳои хеле моҳир ва ба таври ҷолиб эҷодкоронаанд, ки таҷрибаи васеъ, тасаввурот ва зеҳни тарроҳони худро тасдиқ мекунанд. Интизор меравад, ки Karst Зинапояи Филтратсия Об ашёи хеле қадршуда, мавриди таҳсин ва маҳбуб бошад, ки ба таври назаррас касбӣ ва навоварона аст. Ин тарҳи ғолиби Ҷоизаи биринҷии A' Design Award беҳтарин амалияро дар санъат, илм, тарроҳӣ ва технология дар бар мегирад ва бо диққати худ ба тафсилот аъло аст. Karst Зинапояи Филтратсия Об эҳтиёҷотро бо зебоӣ қонеъ мекунад, ба хостаҳо даст мерасонад, эҳсосотро мафтун месозад ва кунҷковиро ҷалб мекунад.

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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