A few months ago Luca Rizzi Brignoli, Davide Neri and I decided to enter a competition to design a 20 cubic meter shelter, known as a bivacco, for hikers in the Italian alps. We decided to enter 2 weeks before the deadline and what you see is the result of two weeks of evening toil, which was a lot of fun. The basic concept was to make the building as tall as possible so that it would work as a waypoint for hikers, provide a look out platform and create a larger surface area for photo-voltaics.
As part of the collaborative project ‘High(dro)-Rise with Amanda Bate we produced these schematics for the exhaust water distillation pools. The schematics were used as tools helping us position the aqua-culture and leisure industries through out the power station.
Size: 420mm x 594
Price: £75
No. in Edition: 20
In 2011 Amanda Bate and I entered the Evolo Magazine sky-scraper competition with High(dro)-Rise.
The proposal is for an osmotic power plant situated on the Danshu River in Taipei, making use of the fresh and salt water available in the location. Aqua-cultural and water leisure
industries are integrated into the system taking advantage of the different salinities of the exhaust waters. The scheme would supplement the fading light manufacture associated with
the ‘made in taiwan’ brand, provide sustainable energy for the ever expanding metropolis and recreate a cultural link with the feared Danshu.
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