Floriculture
Pisciculture
Blackwater
Greywater
Drinkable Water
Blackwater Ice
Greywater Ice
Edible Ice
Research & Analysis
Design & Policy
32°F Armature
冰點中樞
Site Analysis
_floriculture+pisciculture
_threatened wetland
Design Argument
_ice economy as armature
_value-added optimization
Regional Framework
_ice along sewage canals
_alt-state of economy
_32°f landscape reform
_ice making cooperatives
Future Implication
_ice making apparatus
_stakeholder&stewardship
32ºF Armature’s act of changing state of water could be seen as a metaphor for the will of deliberately reshape current floriculture & pisciculture economical structure in Kolkata. This sustainable hydromorphology design counters the urbanization encroachment pressure at rural Kolkata and accommodates the growth of grass roots value-addition industries benefiting Calcuttans who are underprivileged.
#32°f #altstatewater
#icemakingcooperatives
#altstateeconomy
_alt-state of water, catalyst for alt-state of economy
_kolkata_west bengal_india
_design completed 2017
#COLLABORATORS
#chu li #huaxia wu
#floriculture
#mullickghat
#distributionnetwork
#spiritualprosperity
#postmonsoon
#distributionnetwork
#physicalgrowth
#monsoon
Indigenous ice making has long been a tradition practiced by the Calcuttans. Yet, it is the scarcity of ice which limits the distance and time allowed for fish and flower transportation/storage and constrains the development of by-product industries in Kolkata.
#synthesizedcalendar
#iceasarmature
#efficiencyoptimization
32°f economy
in kolkata
Blackwater Ice
_made out of blackwater
_solar-powered ice making
_pre-monsoon season*
Greywater Ice
_made out of greywater
_biogas-powered ice making
_monsoon season*
Edible Ice
_made out of drinkable water
_solar-powered ice making
_post-monsoon season*
_strong solar radiation
_relatively high sewage volume
_low fish & flower sales volume
_highest temperature
#novdecjan
#premonsoon
_weakest solar radiation
_highest sewage volume
_highest fish sales volume at low sales price
_relatively high temperature
#febmaraprmay
#monsoon
_strongest solar radiation
_lowest sewage volume
_highest flower sales volume at lowest sales price
_low temperature
#junjulyaugsepoct
#postmonsoon
Alt-State of Water
Alt-State of Economy
_32°f blackwater
_blackwater ice for environmental cooling
_32°f greywater
_greywater ice for fish & flower transportation
_32°f drinkable water
_edible ice for value-added manufacturing
#scenario1
#blackwaterice
#solarpowered
#civicengagement
Scenario 1 focuses on the period from February to May, when the temperature rises to its highest point of the year; thus ice is majorly used for environmental cooling. As this level of ice does not require direct contact with humans, it can be made out of untreated sewage water. By altering the micro typography and designing a trenches to connect the two parallel open sewage channels, delta areas are created in between. This space is then used to form a air-conditioned "blackwater ice co-operative".
urban interaction
#scenario2
#greywaterice
#biogaspowered
#pisciculture
Scenario 2 centers around the interval between June and October, which is the monsoon season when both city sewage outflow and fish production reach their annual peaks. As solar energy is inaccessible at this time of the year, "greywater ice co-operative" is powered by biogas(methane) electric generator. Ice factories hence sit adjacent to fishing ponds and anaerobic ponds, with the former providing greywater for ice and the latter offering biogas as power supply.
#scenario3
#edibleice
#solarpowered
#valueaddition
Scenario 3 situates in the time between November to January, when Kolkata enjoys the strongest solar radiation. The continuous solar energy supply for ice making can be combined with the byproduct industries. Ice workshops are strategically located at low points, along with water ditches excavated according to typography; The "edible ice co-operative" projects an economic boom from iced beverages, scented water, tie-dye crafts, fish oil medication and other value-addition industries
Alt-State of Water
Catalyst for
Alt-State of Economy
32°F Apparatus
Stakeholder &
Stewardship
32°F Armature intends to gradually form an experimental network which integrates ice, fish and flower to benefit the people economically and a framework that allows the expansion to happen in an eco-friendly manner.
