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    Project entry 2014 Europe – De-Salination: Symbiotic water supply and landscape regeneration, Dublin, Ireland

    In a simple technology setup, water runs through pipes and depressurized containers, trades heat and shows off its many forms. The layout of buildings follows the linear nature of the desalination process and forms an additive composition to create sheltered pockets for a garden. The new water infrastructure generates and sustains the place in which it is situated. In this small public utility urban, industrial and coastal ecologies are considered to highlight the strong interdependencies of their coexistence.

The jury was highly impressed by the young architect’s ability to translate a complex set of technical parameters into a series of architectural interventions, all represented by means of beautiful drawings. The proposed desalination system is transformed into a poetic artefact in the landscape, a “machine à émouvoir” that performs its functions, while touching the senses.

Last updated: June 06, 2014 Zurich, Switzerland

The jury was highly impressed by the young architect’s ability to translate a complex set of technical parameters into a series of architectural interventions, all represented by means of beautiful drawings. The proposed desalination system is transformed into a poetic artefact in the landscape, a “machine à émouvoir” that performs its functions, while touching the senses.