Art Portfolio Two: Final sketch

 Today, I created my final sketch. I decided to continue my improvement with the Rainwater Tower. At the group prototype reflection, my cohorts preferred another of my designs; however, after thinking about which design I prefer more, I stopped on the water tower. This design seemed to me more suitable. I want it to be placed in London, that usually associated with rain, so this project will be connected with the city. After Toyo Ito's works, where he connects the environment with people, I wanted to create something similar. Also, I had an inspiration from a waterfall that was a part of the Seville World Expo 1992 that had a mechanism to create energy and with the size of my building is possible to do the same. But the purpose for energy conversion will be different, more clearly I talked about it in this post "Art Portfolio Two: Seville World Exhibition in Spain (Waterwall) research".

I started creating my design from a concept sketch (Fig1, 2 is possible to see below). While I made a sketch, I had an idea to do a waterfall on the last floor. The inspiration for this decision was the Liebian International Building in Guiyang, China (see Fig3, below). The 108-meter waterfall uses rain and sewage water that is saved in big reservoirs. The waterfall has been working just a couple of times because of its extreme cost of 800 yuan (S$160) per hour (Straits Times, 2018). The artificial waterfall is powered by four pumps, and to create a pressure to pump water for 108 meters requires a lot of electricity and which is expensive. My building will be 13 meters because it will have high ceilings, this is requires much less electricity. However, my idea is to do it self-sufficiently. Because the height of the building is not that big, however, it's tall enough to create pressure to roll a turbine and create enough electricity to pump water through the pipes upstairs. Also, at the start, I wanted to allow for water to fall down on the floor that will have a small angle to direct it to the barrels. However, Liebian International Building had this design at the start, but a lot of people complained that "When the waterfall was first turned on, local residents even reported a major water leak, mistaking it for a plumbing issue."(Tieku,2024). So they made an improvement and added the pool so the water dont splash everywhere. Furthermore, this is a better idea because this way it will be possible to save more pressure for turbins spin.

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Fig2

Fig3. Liebian International Building, China, by Ludi Industry Group

Next, I drew some technical details to show where the light lamps, the roof will be placed and how the waterwall and waterfall will look. I add comments to every construction that explain how it works (the photos with comments are possible to see below)

Link to Art Portfolio Two: Seville World Exhibition in Spain (Waterwall) research 

References:

Tang, Didi. “The Great Waterfall of China.” Thetimes.com, The Times, 23 July 2018, www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/the-great-waterfall-of-china-liebian-mansion-cjwvvqw2s?utm_medium=website&utm_source=archdaily.com. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

Stott, Rory. “Impractical Chinese Skyscraper Features 108-Meter-Tall Facade Waterfall.” ArchDaily, 24 July 2018, www.archdaily.com/898841/impractical-chinese-skyscraper-features-108-meter-tall-facade-waterfall. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

The Straits Times. “China “Waterfall” Skyscraper Hit by Torrent of Ridicule.” The Straits Times, 27 July 2018, www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-waterfall-skyscraper-hit-by-torrent-of-ridicule. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

Tieku, Williams Effah. “The Liebian International Building: A Towering Marvel with an Artificial Waterfall.” Giloshop.com, Giloshop, 29 May 2024, giloshop.com/blog/post/the-liebian-international-building-a-towering-marvel-with-an-artificial-waterfall. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.