As a designer, I like to create spaces that bring together people’s views from different angles and cultures. I hope to deduce wonderful and distinctive stories through different spatial languages. The last project in my third year is “The Black Forest in the City.” As the city’s air pollution grows, more citizens will suffer from lung cancer in urban areas. In the future, ‘Black Forest’ will use high technology to capture soot from the traffic and residential areas in the city, creating a closed loop between those who produce the air pollutants and those who use them. The project questions if turning pollutants into resources could create a clean air environment.
Black Forest in the City
In the future, “Black Forest” will use high technology to capture soot from the traffic and residential areas in the city. About 200kg of black carbon, every two weeks, is collected from urban areas and transferred to factories to be processed into black carbon for automobile tires.
Conceptual Collage
Turning air pollutants into resources. In the future, a closed loop occurs between those who produce the air pollutants and those who use them.
Collecting Dust
Every two weeks, cleaning staff will come here to collect the dust. They wear uniforms, masks and carry machines to collect the dust.
Process
a. Electrodes cause soot particles to obtain a negative charge as they pass. b. The negatively charged soot particles stick on the electrodes with a positive charge. c. About 200 kg of black carbon is collected after two weeks. d. Dust is collected by machine and manual operation.
Support (Studio: Enlivening the Living Museum)
It is an assistance program for manufacturing workers. The building's shape intends to reflect the complex and dangerous work of the workers. The past pipe workers' story is interpreted to attract more contemporary workers to gather and support each other.
Aiqi Xu, Black Forest in the City
Aiqi Xu, Conceptual Collage
Aiqi Xu, Collecting Dust
Aiqi Xu, Process
Aiqi Xu, Support (Studio: Enlivening the Living Museum)
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