At Milan Design Week 2014, Budapest based designer Ivanka debuted its model of The Water of Life Project, a concrete rainwater management system. The RainHouse building collects rain run-off and filters the water through the structure to turn it into high quality drinking water.
Ivanka's bio-concrete technology allows the rainwater management to happen naturally and physically to produce clean, sun-distilled drinking water. During the design week demonstration, a fake cloud created rain that flowed from the roof into a bio-concrete storage tank. This system was also previously tested for six months in Hungary's Balaton Uplands National Park, Europe's largest freshwater surface.
This structure demonstrates how future homes could be built to generate clean water for its inhabitants. With freshwater being limited, sustainable technology is paramount.
Water-Collecting Bio Buildings
Ivanka's Rainwater Management System Creates Clean Drinking Water
Trend Themes
1. Bio-concrete Water Harvesting - Ivanka's RainHouse building uses innovative bio-concrete technology to collect and filter rain run-off for high-quality drinking water.
2. Green Buildings for Water Management - The Water of Life Project demonstrates new possibilities for sustainable architecture that generates clean water for inhabitants.
3. Sustainable Water Solutions - Ivanka's rainwater management system could lead to scalable and eco-friendly water collection and filtration solutions for homes, buildings, and communities.
Industry Implications
1. Architecture - Innovative rainwater collection and filtration technology presents an opportunity for architects to design eco-friendly and sustainable buildings that generate clean water.
2. Construction - The emergence of bio-concrete water harvesting technology could spur demand for the construction of green buildings that collect and filter rainwater for consumption.
3. Environmental Engineering - Efforts to develop new and innovative solutions for managing freshwater resources could drive research and development in environmental engineering and related fields.