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| ATLANTA: 2020 ECOLOGY DOWNTOWN |
| MITCHELL JOACHIM ARCHITECTURAL + URBAN + ECO-DESIGN |
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| Harvard Design School: Atlanta Studio |
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| Mitigating the Urban Heat Island Enigma The city of Atlanta is emphatically suffering from the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. The first recuperative step will require a substantial body of water combined with adjacent greenery to alleviate the phenomenon. Developmental growth, land cover change, congestion, and deforestation are some of the pervasive factors significantly altering the temperature in Atlanta. An effort to mitigate the UHI effect is though the use of water absorption. Water absorbs a large amount of heat before its temperature rises one degree, and takes a long time to release it. That means that trees, which have a large water content and release water into the atmosphere to keep themselves cool, also absorb a lot of the incoming heat and release it over a longer period of time (evapotranspiration). This is a suggestion to combine elements of vegetation with a hydrological feature to subside urban heat. To do this it is necessary to capture some of the city's grey water. Atlanta: Hottie & The Hoochee A fantasy of bringing the element of water to a city that has none. The central source of water in the sprawling city of Atlanta is the Chattahoochee River. It roars miles away from downtown and is burdened by overuse. Can the sweltering city of Atlanta carefully approach its’ water needs and restore the vitality of downtown? Atlanta relies heavily upon this intermittent source of water. The inaccessible and distant river serves 80% of the region with surface water (almost no ground water, aquifers or wells exist). The river also must accept discharges of treated wastewater and runoff with pollutants . The city pays extreme attention to what is allowed to flow inside the river. Thus Atlanta faces critical water quality challenges. Investing in resources that can manage water treatment is a priority. Project Credits: Mitchell Joachim |
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