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Galleries // 2022 Spark:Spring Student // Greenification Pavilion
Greenification Pavilion
Finalist
Competition: Spark:Spring Student
Designer: Inae Kim
Design Type: Concept, Spaces: architecture, interiors, landscape
Company / Organization / School: Design Matter
Team Members: Inae Kim
Desertification has been described as “the greatest environmental challenge of our time” and climate change is making it worse. The desertification is a destination from the cycles of grasslands. All grass decay biologically to introduce a new generation of fresh grass. However, if the grass fails to decay, the grass and the soil beneath it begin to die. The process is known as oxidation, where the dead grass shifts to woody vegetation, and the soil release carbon. People have been purposely burning fields to get rid of dead grass, which releases more carbon and methane into the atmosphere. Greenification Pavilion is an architectural revolution, in which the pavilion acts as a solution to climate threatening issues, by collecting atmospheric water vapor to create humid environment. Atmospheric water vapor condenses against the cold surface of the mesh, forming droplets of liquid water that trickle down into a reservoir found at the bottom of the structure. A fabric canopy shades the lower sections of the tower to prevent the collected water from evaporating. Beetles were inspired for how they collect atmospheric water vapor from their skins, and mangrove trees were inspired for their structural values.
