SHELTER
Shelter - Life necessity Non specified Life basics that are necessary for survival in unknown environment are FRESH WATER, for life support, and finding or creating a SHELTER from rain, snow or hot sun, to preserve normal body temperature. This project explores how snow or rain can be used for underground drinking water tank using traditional typology of collecting water in underground tanks, but with a twist. The main core of the house is vertical canal filled with river stone and sandstone to filter rain water, before it can be used for drinking. Filters with 10x10mm granulation are placed on upper side of canal, and have access with vertical stairs so they can easily be manually cleaned from leaves. Underground tank is sheathed with stone wall and water resistant layer so exterior dirty water doesn't enter the tank, or so the clean water doesn't get disposed in environment. The level of water in tank is limited, it has the irretrievable filter that lets extra water out and preserves water in tank. It presents problem since it basically collects itself on the roof, until warmer weather occurs. Filters are heated trough solar panels. Also vertical canal is equipped with metal chimney with full longitudinal length of vertical canal. The chimney filters are binded with interior fire heater for cold weather. When user uses shelter during snow season, and fires up the heater, it translates the heat trough pipes to chimney filters, wich heatens with filters and melts off the snow into water. Water flows into canal and gets filtered into drinking water. Biggest problem is large amount of snow, wich can cover the chimney itself and enter its core in times no one keeps heaters for chimney up. Problem is resolved with simple windmill that is connected to small generator inside the shelter. The generator is connected to heaters on the upper metal roof panel and mostly to chimney as it is the lowest point of snow placement on roof, that is constantly heated to minimum 12°C so snow doesn't crowd the roof, and it melts to water. The idea is to try to have as much fresh water as possible. Prefabricated wooden panels with inner isolation, and metal moisture isolation layer on the upper side of roof and vertical canal. Tank is made of stone walls with isolation layer for water protection. Two volumes are SEPARATE BY VERTICAL CANAL WITH CHIMNEY. Smaller volume is for outside seating and information maps. Larger volume is for dwelling. Interior is clean, simple, made of wood, and heater, sink with manual pipe for fresh water, wooden panels for seating and vertical ladder for upper resting panel, and metal lines for clothes dryout.
PROJECT LOCATION DESCRIPTION
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SNOW
CONSTRUCTION ORGANISATION INTERIOR
FORMING A SLOPE FOR THE SPLIT BY VERTICAL WATER COLLECTION CANAL AND CHIMNEY, WICH WITH SOLAR PANELS HEAT WATER TO IT FILTERS TROUGH FILTERS 12 DEGREES CELSIUS FOR SNOW ATTACHED TO CHIMNEY ON BOTTOM OF ROOF SLOPE MELTING ON ROOF
CHIMNEY
WATER
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chimney pipe
FILTERS
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