Rivalis - Meredith Nortz - Critical Mass Presentation

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  1. Hello. My name is MEREDITH Nords, and today I'm presenting
  2. my project or violas with this project.
  3. I am investigating water management, and the main question guiding
  4. my research is who has the right to water?
  5. Charlotte's waterways operate under a part in law, being that
  6. anyone who owns one adjoining surface water has the right
  7. to make greens will use that water.
  8. In other words, you can't separate the right to use
  9. the water from the ownership of the land beside it.
  10. Mountain Island and, like Norman, where Charlotte's water is sourced
  11. is controlled, maintained in even some cases was created by
  12. private entities.
  13. In the southern portion of Northwest Charlotte, similar conditions are
  14. found. The majority of extremes are adjacent of private in
  15. municipal parcels.
  16. Furthermore, the same areas experiencing a sharp degradation in water
  17. quality. It also has a high concentration of contamination sources,
  18. such as large quantities of impervious surfaces and the sand
  19. and tears you over for us.
  20. Unsurprisingly, the quality of life and the overall health of
  21. the community is suffering.
  22. These areas present in the lowest life expectancy as well
  23. as high levels of unemployment, poverty, crime and energy reliance
  24. within this distressed area is Independent Beverage Company, a privately
  25. owned facility that produces carbonated beverages for the greater Charlotte
  26. area. Okay, yeah, I am conceiving the Indem Beverage companies
  27. site as an opportunity to respond to the water and
  28. health crisis present in the area.
  29. The independent beverage company generates an opportunity to get a
  30. new water source and stream by reclaiming the wastewater produces.
  31. This reclaimed water can be used to generate a hydrophobic
  32. environment that not only enhances the health of the surrounding
  33. community, but also therapeutically heels.
  34. The independent beverage company generates a massive amount of wastewater
  35. from production process specifically at the bottle filling station in
  36. Washington machinery.
  37. The company has the ability to generate upwards of 1.8
  38. million gallons of wastewater per week.
  39. The project aims to reclaim this waste water to create
  40. a hybrid hydrotherapy center with the plant.
  41. Hydrotherapy is a unique treatment that uses a variety of
  42. water temperatures and experiences to impact and heal the body
  43. mechanically and thermally.
  44. A new building is conceived a hybrid of the Beverage
  45. Production Hydrotherapy center.
  46. Formerly, the production lines are lifted above the main mass
  47. of the building, highlighting the new water soars.
  48. The hydrotherapy centre gradually angles down to meet Stewart Creek
  49. below and his ankle to capture a southern sun.
  50. Water harvested from the production lines above utilized gravity and
  51. natural water pressure to transfer water without the building, a
  52. new stream is created.
  53. The stream generates pools of collection and the hydrotherapy centre
  54. below where the community can gather and physically healed.
  55. Mm hmm.
  56. Okay. A variety of hot, cold and temperate pools allow
  57. for a customized circulatory ailments and a connection to the
  58. education stream.
  59. This building not only reclaims water as a resource, but
  60. serves as a place of collective community ownership.
  61. Thank you for your time.