Architecture as a Datum: new models of architecture at Lake Victoria, source of the Nile M. Arch thesis studio project Kelley, Corinne Water resources development Drinking water Runoff Water consumption Water pollution Water quality management Water rights Water pollution Architecture is a major contributor to runoff. This project will study water paths, redirection, use, rainwater collection and pollution in Jinja, Uganda, a city perched as the gateway of Lake Victoria to The Nile. As the sole resource for millions of inhabitants, Lake Victoria is becoming more and more polluted as water levels are dropping to significant lows. Simultaneously, conflicts over control of The Nile River upstream are erupting into full out wars as dams are over stepping their boundaries of outflow. This project will consider the edge condition produce built architecture as well as landscape considerations for a community in desperate need of better watershed management practices, small reservoirs for rainwater harvesting and small scale irrigation, access for fishing, as well as a source for potable drinking water. School of Architecture. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 2007) Mistur, Mark Images Digital Jpk2 Jinja, Busoga, Uganda 2007 Spring semester Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Architecture as a Datum: new models of architecture at Lake Victoria, source of the Nile
M. Arch thesis studio project
Kelley, Corinne
Water resources development
Drinking water
Runoff
Water consumption
Water pollution
Water quality management
Water rights
Water pollution
Architecture is a major contributor to runoff. This project will study water paths, redirection, use, rainwater collection and pollution in Jinja, Uganda, a city perched as the gateway of Lake Victoria to The Nile. As the sole resource for millions of inhabitants, Lake Victoria is becoming more and more polluted as water levels are dropping to significant lows. Simultaneously, conflicts over control of The Nile River upstream are erupting into full out wars as dams are over stepping their boundaries of outflow. This project will consider the edge condition produce built architecture as well as landscape considerations for a community in desperate need of better watershed management practices, small reservoirs for rainwater harvesting and small scale irrigation, access for fishing, as well as a source for potable drinking water.
School of Architecture. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 2007)
Mistur, Mark
Images
Digital
Jpk2
Jinja, Busoga, Uganda
2007 Spring semester
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY