Aquatecture designing Water Adaptable Architecture

AQUATECTURE Designing Water Adaptable Architecture

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WHAT IS AQUATECTURE

• Aquatecture is simple an Architecture that collaborates with water elements and creating sustainable habitual space on or in water surface.
• AQUATECTURE can be defined as an architectural adaptation typology used to mitigate and manage flooding (long and short term). With this typology, WATER AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN can unite to produce dynamic and reliable mitigation solutions. The main course of action involves redefining three main living systems: a home, a neighborhood, and a residential tower to resist destruction of rising water levels and to continue city-town home inhabitation.
• In addition to adaptable building design, supporting systems will be communicate throughout affected areas. Systems such as alternative energy production, alternative farming, mixed-used industry, alternative transportation, and water filtration zones will be incorporated.Due to the flexibility of site location that Aquatecture allows, this inversion serve as a long- term solution and standard of living within current and projected flood prone areas around the world.

On

water

water

• Floating structures
• Reclaimed land

• Semi submerged structures
• Fully submerged

structures

AIM:

The aim is to study and provide an architectural intervention for long term solution to mitigate, adapt and manage the catastrophic destruction caused due to Riverine Floods.

FUTURE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE:

As the earth continues to warm, it is predicted that average sea levels will rise between 7 and 36 centimetres by the 2050s, and by 9 and 69 centimetres by the 2080s. By the year 2100, sea levels are projected to be approximately 22 inches higher than they are today.

An increase of this magnitude could inundate coastal areas, erode beaches and increase flooding and storm surge. The destruction around the world could be devastating. (# 12 Ref: Roaf, Cricton, and Nicol. “Adapting Building and Cities for Climate Change.” (Architectural Press: 2004), 190.)12

OBJECTIVE :

• To explore the historical relationship between water and architecture.
• To study new ways of designing for water using examples from around the world to illustrate methods of utilizing water innovatively.
• To study Water –relatedTechnologies.
• To study the disaster management and their structural details in flood prone areas.

SCOPE :

• The concept of this project can be multiplied in different Disaster Regions according to site context.
• Life in water body can be explored better.
• Transportations through water can be used efficiently.
• Self renewable energy source can be generated easily.

LIMITATIONS :

• Detailed study in terms of technology for Aquatecture may not be required.
• Study in identifying the typologies for the Aquatecture.
• Climatic issues related studies and typologies related to solve it can be studied.
• Study of floating structures for developing an urban community using Aquatecture.

LITERATURE STUDY

FORMOSA, THE AMPHIBIOUS HOUSE

An amphibious house is a building that rests on the ground but whenever a flood occurs, the entire building rises in its dock, where it floats, buoyed by the floodwater. Amphibious construction brings together standard components from the construction and marine industries to create an intelligent solution to flooding. The house itself sits in the ground and the floating base is almost invisible from the outside.

LITERATURE STUDY

SILODAM - AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

Silodam is equipped with 157 apartments, business units, and public spaces.

The apartments are different sizes and are stacked to create internally connected neighborhoods. Residents can walk through the building, passing different facades and roof tops, under the building through the hall to the terrace, or along the marina where boats can be docked.

The incorporation of mixed used industry allows for the development of a community. The silodom is not only a place to live, but it provides, jobs, and public spaces. Also, the location of silodam is beneficial to promote transitions from land to aquatic living in the event of a rising sea/river level crisis.

FLOATING STRUCTURE

RESEARCH ARTICLES:

JAFFAR AHMED

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Technical Research Paper Osama Naji - 4254198 aE - Architectural Engineering MSc Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences Delft University of Technology

Thesis paper submitted to PRIYADARSHINI INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN STUDIES, NAGPUR

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