Program
In this second phase, we must think about the uses that will be the right ingredients for the market to be attractive, sustainable and in line with the technological future. This approach by the program is linked to the programs of the markets studied in phase 1 while thinking about the implementation of technologies in the project.
shrimp industry service of plants
network water sellers product valuation
Water is a recurring theme in my Phase 1 review where the three markets have built up a different approach to this element.
WATER: A RESOURCE, A RISK, LIVING WITH?
A RESOURCE
Water is a symbolic element of poetry, spirituality and the source of all life. It has been at all times the vector of the development of our civilizations. Architecture is born of the need to be "out of water" to protect itself from this element as a nuisance for the human being. At the same time, living on water is a dream for many men
Tanka communoty, China
A RISK
Bangkok is built on a clay ground, only one meter above sea level. It sinks at a rate of two centimeters per year. This natural process has been amplified by anarchic urban development, in particular by the excessive pumping of groundwater.
Global warming causes rising sea levels and increases the intensity of monsoons. Less than thirty kilometers from Bangkok, not far from the mouth of the Chao Praya River, the village of Khun Samut Chin had to be displaced before being swallowed up by the waters.
The risk of flooding has also been exacerbated by the disappearance of most of the canals that once occupied a drainage function. The boom of the shrimp industry in the 1980s aggravated the situation, destroying the mangroves protecting floods and pollution to dig ponds.
Khun Samut Chin, Thailand
Water can create urban symbiosis by establishing close contacts between districts and uncultivated green land and cities. Progressively, cities can equip themeselves with facilities that enable them to operate in a closed loop, with short supply channels as a backbone. The result is the emergence of farm districts that achieve independence in food.
Water is the easiest way to transport goods (90% of traded goods in the world). The Chao Praya and its khlongs bordering on lots of agricultural land and is a genuine and feasible means for transporting produce. To avoid time-consuming intermediate re-loading, the barges are designed to be floating markets. Within a few hours, the market weighs anchor before stopping in another neighbouring district. The barges are progressively emptied of their fruits, vegetables and transformed produce, then load containers of compost and other fertilising agents from public dry toilets. The compost is used as a sort of exchange currency between the urban inhabitant and the farmer who can produce with what the city offers him.
Petroleum platform, Mexico Golfe
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