Thursday, May 10, 2012
Do This / Arts / Architecture / Visual Art UIUC students try to create a better coastal city
Posted By Elly Fishman on 05.10.12 at 02:38 PM
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This Friday Larsen shows her students’ studio work in the exhibition “Manufacturing Landscapes.” Five projects are represented in the show, each one a different approach to coastal planning through an architectural framework. One project, “Unzipping the Coast,” proposes creating mini weirs—basically mini dams—that capture water in the event of coastal flooding. Another project, “Siphon Sponge,” suggests an underground drainage system that filters excess water into buildings with malleable storage systems that release the water over time. Sounds like “Siphon Sponge” took some cues from the human bladder.
Perhaps the Chicago water management department should pay a visit to “Manufacturing Landscapes.” Anything is better than the current system where excess rain causes the sewage lines to spill into Lake Michigan.
In addition to "Manufacturing Landscapes," Larsen will hold a symposium on May 19 as a way to contextualize the students' work within the broader architectural discipline and more formally investigate the effects of natural disasters in the urban realm.
Fri 5/11, 7-10 PM, 1414 N. Kingsbury.
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