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Karst

Chi-Hao Chiang



  • Chi-Hao Chiang
  • Chi-Hao Chiang
  • Zhixian Song
  • New York - USA
  • Karst is a staircase designed for Governors Island with a modular water-filtering system that brings the sensation of nature into the house, connecting the community of humans and water.
    Its cave form can allow people to see and hear the flowing water, and the filtration function can create the process that acid rain acts with the bags of crushed oyster shells to reduce ocean acidification by absorbing carbon dioxide.
    Karst has two pathways merging with each other to achieve the interaction of humans and water. The left side of the stairs is designed for humans, each tread extends to gradually become the trough and cliff for water. The rainwater drips from the pockets after filtration, then it trickles down the stairs and eventually out of the house to the sea below.
    Not only applied indoor but every modular sliced unit of the system can also be installed along the coastline. In the end, the filtered water can return to the harbor and benefit the Governors Island.

  • https://youtu.be/mHJbpqyaq6c
  • Chi-Hao Chiang, Zhixian Song
  • Chi-Hao Chiang, Zhixian Song
Product description

Karst is a staircase designed for Governors Island with a modular water-filtering system that brings the sensation of nature into the house, connecting the community of humans and water. Its cave form can allow people to see and hear the flowing water, and the filtration function can create the process that acid rain acts with the bags of crushed oyster shells to reduce ocean acidification by absorbing carbon dioxide. Karst has two pathways merging with each other to achieve the interaction of humans and water. The left side of the stairs is designed for humans, each tread extends to gradually become the trough and cliff for water. The rainwater drips from the pockets after filtration, then it trickles down the stairs and eventually out of the house to the sea below. Not only applied indoor but every modular sliced unit of the system can also be installed along the coastline. In the end, the filtered water can return to the harbor and benefit the Governors Island.


Product details
Designer / Studio NameChi-Hao Chiang
Lead designerChi-Hao Chiang
Team MembersZhixian Song
Location:New York - USA
Photography creditsChi-Hao Chiang, Zhixian Song
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