Jane Withers picks five projects that don't "take water for granted" from MK&G exhibition
An exhibition at Hamburg's MK&G museum examines the global water crisis and what architects and designers can do to help. Here, curator Jane Withers selects five highlights from the show and explains the stories behind them.
Water Pressure: Designing for the Future is the result of several years of research by Jane Withers Studio, which involved compiling a broad range of ideas on how to confront water scarcity from the fields of design, science and activism.
"The current water crisis is largely the result of mismanagement and overconsumption, so there is potential to rethink the systems," Withers told Dezeen. "A multidisciplinary approach is required and architecture and design are strong components within this."
A new exhibition at MK&G (top image) deals with issues of water scarcity (pictured above in Cape Town) The exhibition, on show at MK&G until 13 October, is organised around five themes: Water Stories, Bodily Waters, Invisible Water ? Agriculture and Industry, Thirsty Cities, and Ecosystems ? Land and Ocean.
Each theme explores water as a life force and a common medium that unites humans, plants, animals and the landscape.
"We take water for granted in every way and we need to rekindle our psychological, physiological and spiritual understanding of it," Withers said.
The projects on show range from the CloudFisher system, which harvests water from fog or clouds, to a proposal for low-cost floating schools by architecture s...
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