Sustainable skyscraper captures the rain to fulfill water needs of its residents
March 12 2010, 11:14am
- Etiquetas:
- design
- architecture
- Architecture Design
- Sustainable skyscraper
- Capture the Rain
- Ryszard Rychlicki
- Agnieszka Nowak
- H3AR
- rainwater harvesting
- eco scraper
- hydro botanic water treatment unit
- Eco-friendly
- Lifestyle
Designed for the 2010 Skyscraper Competition, the “Capture the Rain†by Ryszard Rychlicki and Agnieszka Nowak, architectural students at H3AR, is a sustainable skyscraper that harvests rainwater to fulfill the daily water needs of its residents. Featuring an innovative roof to capture as much rainwater as possible, together with the external shell comprising a system of gutters to maximize rainwater harvesting, the eco scraper locates special water tanks in the form of a large funnel and reed fields, underneath the roof, to work as a water treatment unit. The hydro botanic system filters or processes rainwater before transmitting to the apartments for consumption. In addition, the Capture the Rain integrates a reservoir under the building to store surplus water gathered in the rainy season, which when required can be pumped up to be distributed to the apartments.
Via: Designboom
