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Galleries // 2025 Spark:Spring Student // HAWA
HAWA
Winner - Bronze
Competition: Spark:Spring Student
Designer: Jaeho Lee
Design Type: Product & industrial
Company / Organization / School: Cheongju University
Team Members: Jaeho Lee
HAWA is a self-sustaining survival kit designed to generate drinking water in isolated environments where both electricity and external water sources are completely cut off. Compact and portable at approximately 25cm in size, it takes the form of a capsule equipped with a foldable, rotating moisture-harvesting unit based on MOF (Metal-Organic Framework) technology. This unit efficiently extracts moisture from the air and guides the condensate toward the center using a sloped structure. The collected water then passes through a gravity-fed purification filter and is stored in a lower clean-water container. The entire process operates without any electricity, relying solely on sunlight or ambient heat. To use it, the user simply unfolds and sets up the device, then waits. It can produce approximately 0.5 to 1 liter of clean water per day. HAWA is especially effective in extreme conditions such as deserts, high-altitude regions, battlefields, and refugee camps—environments where both water and power are unavailable. The name “HAWA” originates from the Hebrew word for Eve, the biblical mother of life, symbolizing the instinctive act of harvesting and drinking water. More than just a purifier, HAWA is a new kind of water-harvesting tool that revives the primal instinct for survival.
