HYDROGENIC CITY 2020

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Uploaded by on Dec 4, 2009

a project by aershop: Darina Zlateva + Takuma Ono
video co-produced with nutshellvisions: Helen Han
voice: Andrea Tzvetkov
visualization support: Matt Storus, Erin Kasimow, Ryan Leidner

HYDROGENIC CITY 2020 was selected as one of six finalist projects from a pool of nearly three hundred professional entries in the WPA 2.0: Working Public Architecture competition. Organized by UCLA¹s cityLAB, the two-stage competition culminated in a symposium at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC that marked the first national discussion about the role of design in restoring the nation¹s infrastructure. The jury consisted of Stan Allen, Cecil Balmond, Elizabeth Diller, Walter Hood, Thom Mayne, and Marilyn Jordan Taylor.

Proposal location: Cities vulnerable to reduced water supply. Pilot project located in Los Angeles, CA.

Primary Issues: Metropolitan regions that draw water from considerable distances are particularly vulnerable to impacts of climate change on their water supply. As an integrated solution, this project envisions a network of ecologically sensitive and aesthetically compelling water reclamation centers. Each center provides a sustainable water source to the city. The mechanistic infrastructure of waterworks is transformed into an interactive and sensory series of public nodes. As mist platforms, solar-encased water tanks, urban beaches, aquatic parking lots, reflecting pools and channels, water-based landscapes become organizational moments for community building.

copyright aershop, 2009

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  • I think this is the coolest idea.

  • looks great.

  • now i'm thirsty..

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