The rain collector

Using this philosophy, Ryszard Rychlicki and Agnieszka Nowak, Polish Architectual Students of H3AR (a previously talked about group here at Vidafine), developed the ‘capture the rain’ skyscraper. This building has a roof and external shell made up of a gutter system that aims at collecting as much rainwater as possible (The average daily consumption of water per person reaches 150 litres of a day – which includes water for showering, washing hands, toilet water, drinking water, and cooking water). Of the 150 litres, 85 litres (just over 50%) can be replaced with rainwater – a staggering fact that we as socially aware individuals should look more closely at. When over a billion people worldwide lack clean drinking water, how can we sit on our hands and simply flush our toilets with water that is cleaner than the drinking water that a significant portion of our world consumes? Coupled with the fact that since 1900, the consumption of water in the Western world has increased by 1000% and individuals in North America consume five times more water than people in developing countries, we should celebrate the efforts of architects who formulate brave new designs focusing on combining sustainability efforts and modern design.

Via: designboom.com