WATER IS LIFE

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PROBLEMS or OPPORTUNITIES

REALITY and POSSIBILITY

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CALAMITY OF CLIMATE CHANGEglobal applicationsregional aspects local solutions from doom to HOPE

IMAGE SOURCES: Andrew Smith, in “The Making of a City”, by Worden, et al. : ANNUAL KHOI TRANSHUMANCE PATTERNS IN AND AROUND THE CAPE PENINSULA. Cape Archives M166; Greenmarket Square. BURGHERSWACHTPLEIN (1764) WATER CARRIERS. CARON VON ZEIL, January 2009 - Indlovini Squatter Camp, Monwabisi - Cape Town, 2009.

WATER CARRIERS

OUR LEGACY AND OUR DESTINY?

Photograph taken in Monwabisi, CAPE TOWN, 2009.

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“Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest level of access to safe water coverage of any region, with only 60% of the population served.” -- UNESCO Water Portal Bi-monthly Newsletter No. 205, 10 July 08

GLOBAL, NATIONAL & REGIONAL

“ALL WATER VESTED IN THE STATE”

CITY WITHIN A REGION

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CAPE TOWN: the MOTHER city

The frontier of our modern nation

The very ‘meaning’ of the city of Cape Town: CAMISSA – the place of sweet waters

WE NEED ECOLOGYNot economy…..

WE NEED HONEYNot money…..

REGIONAL / METRO

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…..some knownsestimated 6.5m sea level rise, within the next 50 years….

AND BEYOND THAT: TRUE BAY.

MAP, by Chris Berens: CLIP CLOP

www.clipclop.co.za

CAPE TOWN – a sprawl city SOURCE: CARON VON ZEIL, 2004.

SIGNAL HILL

TABLE MOUNTAINDEVIL’S PEAK

LION’S HEAD

OLD SHORE LINE

THE ORIGINAL SHORELINE - CAPE TOWN SOURCE: CARON VON ZEIL: LAND-UNIT, 2004. SPRINGS

…..some knowns

• 2013 - the City of Cape Town is no longer water secure

• an estimated 6.5m sea level rise, within the next 50 years.

CLIMATE CHANGE & WATER……………some many unknowns.METRO / LOCAL

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LOCAL / SUB-METRO

Stadsfontein SpringFlow rate in excess of 2.5 million litres/ day.

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THE ARK IS READY TO FLOAT

OUR HERITAGE and OUR FUTURE

FIFA WORLD CUP 2010let’s give them a GOAL

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reality and possibilityWATER IS A LIVING CYCLE

QUANTUM LEVEL APPLICATIONCape Town uniquely possesses

a natural dual water system with 20 artesian springs and a 6.7km ‘urban river’

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reality and possibility economics & (community) urban eco-tourism

“For every foreign tourist to South Africa, eight permanent jobs are created. In terms of sustainable development, tourism is therefore critical to the economy of the country....The Council for Geoscience has identified geo-tourism as one of its focus areas for sustainable development.” - (GEOCLIPS 2002:4)

Table Mountain (potential World Heritage Site) – “an authentic illustration of the evolution of the earth and the origin of life from 3500million years ago to the present”. --Council for Geoscience: GEOCLIPS: South Africa - our geological wonderland, June 2002:4

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THE ROLE OF WATER IN STRUCTURING THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE

Source:Nitschhke, 1993

COLONISATIONSLAVERY

BOER WARAPARTHEID

POVERTYCLIMATE CHANGE

the (spiritual) healing of a nation“closing the frontier”

LANDSCAPE COSMOLOGY

JUSTICE ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL SPATIAL SOCIAL CULTURAL SPIRITUAL ECONOMICAL PUBLIC SPACE

(Source: Eko: 35)

HEAD

godmountains

(wo)manland

evil sea

BODYLEG

SOLUTIONCIVIC HYDROLOGYCIVIC HYDROLOGY

BEFORE SEOUL CITY, KOREA – 4 YEAR PROJECT AFTER

LIVING RIVER = LIVING CITY

ROME2 800 YEAR OLD HISTORY OF A (DUAL WATER SYSTEM) CIVIC HYDROLOGY

The concept is to transform the stormwater infrastructure so as to create a powerful civic infrastructure that engages citizens in ways that conventional infrastructure is unable to do. By creating a public landscape that is physically accessible, expressive of civic ideals and a place where the public can gather: a progressive stormwater system that is an effective mechanism for building the city’s civic life and also a compelling strategy where water is renewed and falls abundantly throughout the city', before finally being used to water the city’s green spaces.

CAMISSA - ONE OF MANY SYSTEMS

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CAMISSA

TRAFALGAR

LIESBEEK

BLACK

CAPE FLATS AQUIFER UNITOUDE KRAALNEWLANDS

WEB OF SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL LINKS

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Water follows the path of least resistance - it has no boundaries: When one uncovers the history of a 'place', it is through means of title deeds - ownership and power. But, when one uncovers the history of a place, through its water - upon which everything is dependant - one uncovers the popular history of that place……

TABLE MOUNTAIN

PLACES OF CIVIC HYDROLOGY

WATER, LAND and HUMANKIND - in unison

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DUAL WATER SYSTEMform and function

GRAVITY FED

ATLANTIC OCEAN

TABLE MOUNTAIN

OLD SHORELINE

spring water & mountain run-offDOCKSIDE MARKET

possibilities to navigate

NEW WATERSEDGEpossibilities to navigate - water taxi

irrigation & displayTHE OLD CITY WATERWAYS

navigation of subterranean water taxi routessubterranean gracht adventure trail

irrigation & displayCULTURAL HEART

irrigation & displayopportunities re-instate mill

opportunities re-instate storage reservoirs

A WATER SUSTAINABILITY PARKenvironmental ; public & commercial opportunities:

retention & detention, filtration & displaypower generation through water mills

re-instatement of Graaff's Hydro-Electricalre-instate reservoirs

CIVIC-HYDROLOGY PRECINCTScatchment; detention, filtration & display

water museum – field of springsOranjezicht Farmstead

lost heritage spaces & linksGATEWAY TO THE MOUNTAIN

catchment; detention; filtration & displayre-instatement of dam; weir; filtration, mill,

wasplaas, washer-women’s cultural /water museum

SALT WATER

100M ASL

RECYCLED WATER

POTABLE WATER

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FRAMEWORK STRUCTURE SYSTEMATIC LAYERS

DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

GREEN system GREEN & URBAN PUBLIC SPACES

RED system URBAN MOBILITY

BLUE system CIVIC HYDROLOGY

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NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS

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existing building

INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE

WHAT COULD BE….

WHAT IS…

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CIVIC HYDROLOGY PRECINCTS

WATER SUSTAINABILITY PARK

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LIVING WATER = LIVING CITY

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