Art installation in Vadi Salib

Water Squares

This is a story about the city and about rain. Worldwide, the frequency and severity of rainfall is becoming more extreme. This is a problem for many cities, especially delta cities such as Rotterdam, which lies on the River Maas and also below sea level. Capacity must be created in Rotterdam to receive 600 million litres of extra rainwater annually. Radical but clever measures are urgently needed.
To meet this problem, De Urbanisten devised the water square: a plaza that functions as a play area, a floating grass field, a theatre, and a place that can accommodate the water that would otherwise flood the streets and inundate basements.

http://www.urbanisten.nl/wp/?portfolio=waterpleinen

http://www.marcovermeulen.eu/projects/projects/46/waterpleinen/english/

http://www.010.nl/catalogue/book.php?id=737

http://www.010.nl/images/pdfs/737.pdf

Crown Center Square Fountain Kansas City MO

Water Cleansing Traffic Circle in Normal, Illinois

The central Illinois town of Normal has a new roundabout that doubles as a living plaza where stormwater recycling, public space, and transportation work in unison. The Circle, designed by Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects, cleanses water collected from surrounding streetscapes through chemical-free filtration bogs and then returns it to the site in the form of a public water feature. Later, the water is recycled again to irrigate the adjacent streets.



http://inhabitat.com/water-cleansing-roundabout-in-normal-illinois/

http://www.hoerrschaudt.com/civic/uptown-normal-circle.php

NK siskiyou street, Portland, Oregon, USA

איסוף וטיהור מי נגר בערוגות מבונות בצידי הדרך והחדרתם לקרקע

פרוייקט ניסיוני של פורטלנד כחלק מהשאיפה ליצור "רחוב ירוק". בשלב הראשון נבנו שתי ערוגות לאיסוף מי נגר בשטח של 55 מ"ר.

הערוגות מנקזות נגר מ864- מ"ר העוברים ביופילטרציה ע"י שורשי הצמחים לפני החדרתם לקרקע. הצמחים לגינון נבחרו לפי חסכנות במים, עלווה ירוקת עד ומבנה נמוך. 

מתחת לכל ערוגה מיכל לאחסון 3.3 מ"ק מים ומעבר לכך עודפים מועברים לניקוז העירוני. 

תושבי השכונה שותפים להצלחת הפרויקט ודואגים להשקות את הצמחים כאשר אין גשם.

Fata Morgana - Ghigos Ideas

Ghigos Ideas proposes Fata Morgana, a pavilion consisting of horizontally and vertically installed circular platforms connected by ladders and showered by jets of water. Mirrored surfaces reflecting the sky, smaller platforms temporarily elevated by water jets, and various other waterworks create areas for play and relaxation; visitors can sit and lie on the platforms while enjoying the shade and cool water from the installation’s drinking fountains. The platforms are constructed mainly from wood, and all the water used—apart from that dispensed by the drinking fountains—is recycled back through the design.

http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/yap/2011rome_fatamorgana

Water Cathedral Project - GUN

The Water Cathedral is a large, horizontal urban nave for public use. The structure is made up of numerous slender, vertical components, which hang or rise like stalactites and stalagmites in a cave, varying in height and concentration. The project incorporates water dripping at different pulses and speeds from these hanging elements, fed by a hydraulic irrigation network. When filled with small amounts of water, the stalactite components act as interfaces out of which water droplets gradually flow and cool visitors below. The stalagmites topography provides elements of shade, along with plants and water that collect under the Water Cathedral’s canopy.

http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/yap/2011santiago_gun.html