The Channelside Studio combines Water harvesting with terrestrial artwork
The blue water catcher is a short lived set up Developed by Channelside Studio in collaboration with the NGO A Drop of Life. Positioned in Kuk Po’s rural space, a Hakka Historic Village within the North -the new territories in Hong KongThe venture integrates Water harvesting Methods with the precise website Terrestrial artwork to assist the schooling and consciousness of the setting.
Set up demonstrates methods of amassing rainwater and fog by means of a modulation and conveyable design system. 5 massive blue components every just like a drop of water, have been constructed utilizing painted Rattan Baskets, porous textileand bamboo framing. These buildings serve double capabilities, visually referring to water and accumulate it bodily. The porous cloth captures the fog in “Mist Mode”, whereas within the “rain mode”, the rainfall is inclined by means of plastic Lower right into a fountain close by. The buildings are supported by counterparty filled with water integrated into the soil.
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Blue Water Catcher hires bamboo and rattan objects
The system refers to each up to date environmental issues and native historic practices. dESIGNER At Canalside Studio I mirror the irrigation infrastructure constructed by the villagers Kuk Po throughout the Qing dynasty by means of a plastic pipeline. Though they’re now not maintained, these historic programs have as soon as irritated the agricultural lands of the realm, now exceeded by the wholesome wetlands. These wetlands assist mangrove, egrets, mudskippers and different ecologically vital species.
Designed for low affect set up in distant areas, the blue water seize makes use of mild, scalable supplies, appropriate for rural implementation. The weather of bamboo and rattan are straightforward to move, and using coloration and form are based mostly on visible precedents, resembling The Gates, of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, emphasizing the distinction with the encompassing panorama.
5 blue -like blue buildings kind the blue water seize set up
The blue water catcher could be disassembled and reassembled
Initially supposed for a seasonal summer season set up in 2024, the Blue Water Catcher of Channelside Studio was later reassembled as a short lived mild set up for the inaugural pageant of rural harvest 2025. It’s aligned with the goals of the Basecamp water expertise, which affords Arms-On schooling on water impairment.
Entry to Kuk PO is restricted to the foot or boat, topic to a particular allow, making the location an efficient location for experiential studying. The blue water catcher additionally acquired recognition by means of a nomination prize for the Higher Design inaugural award. The venture was doable by supporting a drop of life, design confidence (by means of a seed subsidy), the Rural Conservation Workplace and the Polyu Design curatorial workforce.
The collected water is transported by means of the plastic tubes to be saved in a close-by fountain
The porous cloth captures the humidity of the fog and rain in two distinct assortment methods
Rattan baskets, bamboo frames and materials make each water assortment construction
Painted blue, rattan baskets stand on a bamboo construction
In Mist mode, the material stays lively to gather fog within the air with its enlarged floor
Within the rain mode, the material is eliminated so the hampers can accumulate the rainwater straight