Project Overview

The designer wishes to design a landscape installation for outdoor rainwater utilization, to effectively collect, store, and reuse the natural rainwater, while enriching the urban landscape and promoting the interaction of human and nature. It helps simple cleaning, and quick and easy car washing while providing a place for passersby to rest and shade.

Organisation

Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts

Team

Alexander Boichuk, Yidi Zhang, Wuhao Xie

Project Brief

The project is planned to be constructed in rain-rich areas to better implement sustainability by setting up a multi-functional reuse system of storing, watering, and filtering, and a recreational landscape pavilion (wheelchair accessible).
There are downpipes along the supporting column from the top water tank, passing through two layers of plant filtration belts, which not only achieve an aesthetic effect but also offer further fine filtering function, ending up connecting to a small high-pressure tank below. The stored rainwater flows to the bottom tank through several filtering layers while watering.
Finally, the dirty water after use flows away from the waterproof anti-skid runway designed with a drainage slope to the urban sewer system.
Meanwhile, the landscape pavilion provides a place for passersby to rest and shade. The integrated seats allow the space for wheelchairs which offers more convenience to the group of people in particular need.

Project Innovation/Need

To better achieve both a well-run sustainable rainwater utilization system and a recreational multifunctional landscape pavilion with modern beauty, the designer has put into this project careful considerations covering ergonomics, functionality, aesthetics, as well as humanistic care.

Design Challenge

The bottom high-pressure water tank is equipped with components such as a switch for controlling water intake, a pressure safety valve, a manual inflation valve, a water level window, a water pipe, a high-pressure water spray gun, a brush, etc. The water pipe, water spray gun, and brush can be used for simple cleaning, quick and easy car washing.

Future Impact

The designer always keeps in mind to look at problems from a dynamic and developmental perspective, thinking deeply about the effective reuse of natural resources and the sustainable development of the environment, and will definitely continue to practice the concepts of low-carbon, environmentally friendly, green and sustainable design.