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Hydro-body

THE THEME

Water is the most efficient element of life. We use water not only for drinking but for agriculture, farming, manufacturing etc. The water crisis is the number one global risk on impact to society as a measure of devastation. In the near future, water sanitation and scarcity will become the global crisis, as freshwater resources that we can access could not keep up with the demand of the water consumption. Currently, ⅘ of the world population do not have access to clean water. With a billion more people to feed by 2025 and increasing industrialization, nature itself can no longer regenerate itself. Natural water including the lake, river and ocean has been contaminated by human activities. What if we could be able to help accelerate the natural water filtration process? As a result, improving the current condition of those living in poverty with contaminated water and transforming water resources in nature to be potable water in order provide a solution for future water scarcity in the next ten years.

MANIFESTO

THE FUTURE

Rotterdam in the year 2025, assuming that the seawater level continue rising in this pace where it goes beyond what the government and authority are expecting. Instead of keep continuing to invest more and more on the mechanical part, water sewage system, water treatment plant. This is not the root of the problem and sustainable solution as the problem will getting worse and worse. We should take a step back and realize what are the real problems and how can we live with this situation and how can we provide a solution for the future.

PAVILION

The water problem is becoming a significant problem for the future of Rotterdam. The Hydro-Body Pavilion will serve as a mechanism to purify the water as well as didactic role models of future passive sustainable water treatment and uses. We present a possible site near the sluice that is possible to let the water flow through the building. It will be a community hub of purification of the water, from rainfall, river, residential area, and industrial ports, as well as a public space of recreational and leisure program.

DESIGN PARAMETERS

1.ANCHORING POINT WILL MARK ENTRANCE AND EXIT This points will be generated from different actors entering the pavilion from different location. This different types of user are local people from residential area, Industrial Workers from nearby warehouses and shipping yard, Tourist from Sc commercial area

2.DIFFERENT SOURCE OF WATER = EXHIBITION CIRCULATION PATH Different direction of water flow near the site will be use to shape the pavilion.

3.COMBINE WITH PROGRAM The pattern on the floor will guide the visitors moving inside the pavilion.