With the steady environmental degradation of Jakarta's landscape a shift in the capital is imminent within the next 20 years to escape a sinking city. The project aims to assist with the flooding and pollution that kampung residents along the Ciliwung river face and contribute to, whilst allowing individuals to experience the intangible qualities of the environment as presented in Indonesian and Asian mythology as a physical reality to learn from. By nurturing and changing individuals' perception and attitude towards the river, the project attempts to change the ongoing narrative of the environmental degradation of Jakarta's rivers in an alternate future where the city and forest intertwine and are bridged by water, the very element that the city flees from.
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River of Forgotten Myths: The city and the forest exist in a state of imbalance due to over exploitation and forgotten cultural methods to mediate between these realms.
Prototype: Model and Installation that diverted polluted water through different paths to result in varied purified water output based on user interaction that varied in difficulty.
Water Skin Mechanism: Elevated water holding skins expand and contract with water movement in the purification cycle via gravity and water weights.
Water Purification Cycle Characters
Overview of The River Creature: The residents work with the creature to purify the polluted river water while being engulfed by its qualities that illustrate the environment as portrayed in myth.
River Creature Long Section: The creature is divided into 7 zones based on the stages of the water purification process which positively impact the site and residents in a multitude of ways.
