2018 IFLA Student Landscape Architecture Design Competition Awards UNIVERSITY CATEGORY
WAIT FOR TYPHOON TO COME As the major riverway of Fuding city, the Shuibeixi River not only becomes the corridor for water storage, but also poses potential threat to this city. Excessive rainwater brought by typhoon destroys the water corridor balance of Fuding. Thus, rainwater accumulates excessively in this city within a short time, and results in such ecological problems as landslides, urban waterlogging and water body pollution. Facing this city’s pattern, which is featured with “a city, a river, two banks and lots of hills”, we have put forward three ways to enhance the antidisaster ability of coastal cities: dredging the water system network, flexibly draining and storing water, and purifying water bodies. By maintaining water balance, we aim to strengthen the urban flexibility before and after the arrival of a typhoon, reduce the destruction of the city due to too much rainwater. At the same time, we store water, and release clean water at the time of drought to maintain water balance and intensify the reversibility of urban ecology by intelligent technologies.
Zitong Liu, Yan Song
Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology