Fine waters MAST
resilient architecture | graduation project
Venice durnig aqua alta. Photography taken during research trip on resilitent architecture. (2019)
location
Dordrecht, The Netherlands
year
2019-2020
status
academic, thesis
program
water purification plant
with research facility & public space
architect
Joanna König
institution
Technical University of Eindhoven
software
Archicad, Twinmotion, Photoshop,
Adobe Illustrator
Dordrecht, The Netherlands
year
2019-2020
status
academic, thesis
program
water purification plant
with research facility & public space
architect
Joanna König
institution
Technical University of Eindhoven
software
Archicad, Twinmotion, Photoshop,
Adobe Illustrator
This project is a part of resilient architecture studio held by TU/e Eindhoven. The research on the topic of resilience in architecture was acompanied by a trip to Venice during extreme acqua alta, an exceptional high tide which reguraly causes a partial flooding of the city. The findings of the adaptive strategies of this historical city were translated into a Dutch context - a city of Dordrecht, which is specifically thretaned by the rising sea levels due to its location by the river Maas.
This study at large explored the causes of the environmental crisis on a societal level. In the presence of the complex technical solutions, the presence of architecture is very often undermined and technicality takes charge. This creates environments where people are disconnected from their surroundings and unaware of the progressing risks of the climate change. The technological fix alone is unable to fight the climate change. The design proposal is a theoretical example of drawing a link between the natural environment, people and technological processes - specifically water purification systems, in order to create a more aware and thus, more resilient society.
It is done by implementing four design principles: connecting to the context, exposing technological processes, engaging interaction between people and technology and making the climate change visible. With this dissertation technology, people and nature are not perceived as entities separated from one another but instead, they become intertwined and attached to each other in multiple ways, functioning as one.
This study at large explored the causes of the environmental crisis on a societal level. In the presence of the complex technical solutions, the presence of architecture is very often undermined and technicality takes charge. This creates environments where people are disconnected from their surroundings and unaware of the progressing risks of the climate change. The technological fix alone is unable to fight the climate change. The design proposal is a theoretical example of drawing a link between the natural environment, people and technological processes - specifically water purification systems, in order to create a more aware and thus, more resilient society.
It is done by implementing four design principles: connecting to the context, exposing technological processes, engaging interaction between people and technology and making the climate change visible. With this dissertation technology, people and nature are not perceived as entities separated from one another but instead, they become intertwined and attached to each other in multiple ways, functioning as one.
