Living Machine water Tower(LMWT) WATER REGENERATION IN DROUGHT LAND URBAN SOS 2011 COMPETITION (FINALISTS)
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Living Machine water Tower(LMWT) WATER REGENERATION IN DROUGHT LAND URBAN SOS 2011 COMPETITION (FINALISTS)
Growing Water Tower Believe it or not, the water problem is worse than most people realize, particularly in several large cities, such as Madrid, Beijing and Ankara which are occasionally low on water already but will face definite shortfalls in the next few years. Compared with traditional water storage method- the Water Tower, the massive challenge for designers is how to use the effective ways to deal with water problem considered both functional and aesthetically. The Living Machine Water Tower (LMWT) not only provide the low cost recycling water for urban residents but more as growing urban inhabitant exchange linkage, creating wetlands on dry land, transporting the re-use water naturally by wetlands water corridor, generating walkable community water park within landscape value. Site located along the ChamartĂn District, northeast of Madrid, Spain. It occupies more than 750 acres (320 acres of park) of suburban of underutilized active rail yards.
WATER POWER SYSTEM TYPICAL SOLAR PANEL
LIVING MACHINE TOWER
ROOF GREEN To decrease temperature Water collection
WETLANDS LAYERS
LIVING MACHINE TOWER living machine tank
WETLANDS LAYERS Biomedicine systems
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Mitigating Tank
1th Layer 2th Layer
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3th Layer
inlet
Storage Tank
Water Outlet
SOLAR POWER SYSTEM Combine multiple sources to deliver non-intermittent electric power
TYPICAL SOLAR PANEL
2011
220 W/HR
(.72 MJ/HR)
0%
2020
270W/HR
(.90 MJ/HR)
30%
2030
330 W/HR
(1.0 MJ/HR)
60%
Water Outlet
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Traditional water tower
proposal living machine tower water tower
single water tower niche
water creating
Eco-Grid space forming rain water domestic water
pocket wetlands water detention box phytodegradation hyperaccumulation Organic PCE Vinyl Chloride Dichloroethene (cis) Metal Arsenic Copper Pesticide Endrin O,p-DDT
PERMEABLE LAYER
WATER inlet 1. grey water outlet 2. water pump station 3. up to pocket wetlands clean water 4. pocket wetlands phytodegradation 5. living machine column 6. grey water purification classification 7. water storage tank 8 sterilization filtration water sample text daily 9. recycling water
INLET
WATER out let
30M 15M 0M 15M
RAMP UP
ECO- Land Platform
entrance square Wetland terrain
Educative approach Biomedicine systems
LIVING MACHINE AND PARK
Playground entrance square
1-1 section playground recreational activities Garden
PARK FUNCTION
Pocket wetlands Zero energy use, Solar power usage outdoor shading platform
LIVING MACHINE TOWER
Ecological educational house restaurant, cafĂŠ, bars.
Roof playground
Agriculture Land Platform
2-2 section 2 horizontal and vertical sections to present the difference between the tack layers and plaza layers supported from the LMWT.
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Water detention box on pocket wetlands in each layers to mitigate grey water and collect in the living machine tank to infiltrate and then transform as recycling water that are appropriately purified without the use of chemicals and sustainable low cost.
TOTAL DOMESTIC WATER USAGE: 439 MILLION GAL/YEAR (1,662 million liters/yr) PROJECTED D. WATER USAGE: 221 MILLION GAL/YEAR (840 million liters/year) POTABLE WATER:
water detention box
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SOURCES
NON-POTABLE WATER:
85 MILLION GAL/YEAR (321 million liters/year) captured from 39 roofs, which is 3/4 of total potable water need. 2 MILLION GAL/YEAR (8 million liters/year) captured in reservoirs. 104 MILLION GAL/YEAR (394 million liters/year) from living machines
greywater inlet pipe living machine column visible treatment process
water detention box NON-POTABLE WATER OUT
Inside the LMWT, a great educational platform to show the process of water recycling. It would offer a rich wildlife habitat, excellent sustainable water supply and the various spaces for the communities with both function and have a fun.
WATER GROWING CREATING WATER LINKAGE
HABITAT EXCHANGE
LANDSCAPE VALUE