Healing from Within:

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Water Recycling Systems

for the Future Urban Systems

Hyundai – RISD Collaborative Research - Final Project Descriptions

May. 27, 2021

ID-24ST-15ADVANCED DESIGN: STUDIO 15

Instructors: Soojung Ham (ID) and Ryan McCaffrey (ARCH)

Presented by: Xinyi Liu

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1. The Key Issue to be Solved in the Future Urban Systems:

_The future urban systems will likely suffer from an increasing population, which can lead to difficulty sustaining an essential amount of clean water for daily drinking and usage.

II. The Design Proposal:

_This solution is a greenfield proposal about designing an efficient water recycling system on the community scale.

_The system will help residents reduce water usage directly from nature. 

_Since my first part of the research concerns water potential differentials in dicot transpiration, the second part also resonates with “differentials” but is oriented around social

and political agendas.

III. Two Main Parts Included in This Proposal and Their Influences:

PART-01: Greywater recycling stations that collect water from agriculture/rainwater/roads (PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT)

PART-02: Greywater recycling systems for residential use (basins, shower, toilet, etc.) (PRIVATE ENGAGEMENT)

IV. Conclusions:

_This design is based on graywater reuse, which is realized by implanting mechanical and biological systems in public and private areas.

_The purpose of this project has two aspects: bringing sustainable design inspirations and fostering social awareness of future environmental challenges.