AWARD YEAR
2019
CATEGORY
Home
GOALS
Climate Action
KEYWORDS
climate change, animal protection, design for the Arctic
COUNTRY
China
DESIGNED BY
Yiyang Xu, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Jingyi Ye, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
WEBSITE
https://www.behance.net/gallery/77173289/THE-ARCTIC-SAVER-TOWER
The Arctic Saver Tower
Protect the polar glaciers and cover the Arctic permafrost for the balanced development of Arctic.
In each April,the ice begins to melt in the Arctic.Meanwhile,the outer frame of the Artistic Saver Tower begins rotating,the unit of which under the water surface also start on storing water while the internal sea water begin to freeze when those units above the water surface are exposed to cold air during rotation.The ice storage unit is placed outside when the outer frame rotates to sea level,and the ice will melt which absorbs the heat in the atmosphere and slows the rise of temperature,so that the melting period is prolonged.In the meantime,those external units will move to a fixed position,providing a foothold for a small number of polar bears that begin to migrate from May to June.In September,The sprinkler installed on the outer frame of the tower will spray treated seawater to the ice, and, by controlling the spraying direction and distance through the water pressure and the rotation of the outer frame, the ice will be thickened while the melting period is thus also prolonged.