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  • PORTFOLIOANNIE RITZ

  • contentsSTUDENT

    9

    PROFESSIONAL35

    RESEARCH49

  • student

  • contentsAQUA-ARIUM

    2008

    ALLIANCE FRANCAISE2007

    LAS VEGAS2007

  • This project is enabled by the citys dirty water. On a bimonthly basis the city exceeds its infrastructural limits of processing polluted water, due to heavy rainfall, snow or melting ice. During these periods, polluted water flows directly into the citys harbour rendering the water hazardous and polluted. Recognizing this cycle as both natural and perpetual, this project inserts itself into this rhythm and uses these periods of overflow - instances of pollution - as positive moments in the production of raw materials. Normally a shameful consequence of modern urban life, the citys polluted water becomes a source for materials, and energy in a geo-engineering process that reverses the harmful effects of water pollution. Instead of losing the ability of to access the citys waterfront, the polluted water becomes the catalyst in the creation of a new public beach.At the confluence of Lake Ontario and the Don River, one of the main feeding rivers of the harbour lies an old industrial silo. The abandoned Victory Silos lie on a site adjacent to the Don River and several sewer lines that deposit runoff into the harbour. Its proximity to the waterfront, the Don River and the sewer lines makes it an ideal site in which to address the current condition of the Toronto waterfront. The silo, with

    POSITIVE POLLUTION IN TORONTOS HARBOUR(un)natural processes

    its storage capacity is reprogrammed as a water treatment facility. Sewage lines adjacent to the site, that flow directly into Lake Ontario are re-routed into the silos for treatment. Integrally linked to weather and the environment, the silo splices itself into the natural water cycle of the city. Activated during specific climatic conditions, the silo processes and filters polluted water into its constituent parts producing clean water, bio gas, and sediment. These materials are in turn used as raw construction materials in the formation of new public beaches.

    The water-pollution-swimming cycle as a result of water runoff.

    city sewage capactiy

    percipitation rising pollution levels beach closures

    beach formations

    new construction materials

    bypass of treatment facility into Lake Ontario

    bypass of treatment facility into Vicotry Silos

    input processing output

    WATERSEWAGE

    BIOMATTER

    CLEAN WATER

    BIOGAS

    SEDIMENT

    city sewage capactiy

    percipitation rising pollution levels beach closures

    beach formations

    new construction materials

    bypass of treatment facility into Lake Ontario

    bypass of treatment facility into Vicotry Silos

    input processing output

    WATERSEWAGE

    BIOMATTER

    CLEAN WATER

    BIOGAS

    SEDIMENT

    city sewage capactiy

    percipitation rising pollution levels beach closures

    beach formations

    new construction materials

    bypass of treatment facility into Lake Ontario

    bypass of treatment facility into Vicotry Silos

    input processing output

    WATERSEWAGE

    BIOMATTER

    CLEAN WATER

    BIOGAS

    SEDIMENT

    city sewage capactiy

    percipitation rising pollution levels beach closures

    beach formations

    new construction materials

    bypass of treatment facility into Lake Ontario

    bypass of treatment facility into Vicotry Silos

    input processing output

    WATERSEWAGE

    BIOMATTER

    CLEAN WATER

    BIOGAS

    SEDIMENT

    city sewage capactiy

    percipitation rising pollution levels beach closures

    beach formations

    new construction materials

    bypass of treatment facility into Lake Ontario

    bypass of treatment facility into Vicotry Silos

    input processing output

    WATERSEWAGE

    BIOMATTER

    CLEAN WATER

    BIOGAS

    SEDIMENT

    city sewage capactiy

    percipitation rising pollution levels beach closures

    beach formations

    new construction materials

    bypass of treatment facility into Lake Ontario

    bypass of treatment facility into Vicotry Silos

    input processing output

    WATERSEWAGE

    BIOMATTER

    CLEAN WATER

    BIOGAS

    SEDIMENT

    city sewage capactiy

    percipitation rising pollution levels beach closures

    beach formations

    new construction materials

    bypass of treatment facility into Lake Ontario

    bypass of treatment facility into Vicotry Silos

    input processing output

    WATERSEWAGE

    BIOMATTER

    CLEAN WATER

    BIOGAS

    SEDIMENT

    SEDIME

    NT EXT

    RACTIO

    NBIO

    GAS H

    EAT

    WATER D

    ISTRIBUT

    ION

    LAKE ONTARIO

    SEWER

    OVERFL

    OW INP

    UT

    SEDIMENT DIS

    TRIBUTION

    WATER TREAT

    MENT

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    6

    7

    8

    9

    THERMAERIUM

    COMBINED SEWER INPUTWater overflow that is collected from the city due to heavy runoff is diverted from its final destination of Lake Ontario and transferred into the reprogrammed silo. Water arrives from four points: two lo-cated at the mouth of the Don River, one south of the Keating Channel, and anoth-er to the west of the silo. Water, mixed with dirt, sewage, urban runoff, and other pollutants enters the silo underground to begin its processing cycle.

    1

    INPUT PROCESS OUTPUTWATER

    SEWAGEBIOMATTER

    CLEAN WATERBIOGAS

    SEDIMENT

    EvapourationRain Air

    Body of WaterRiverCity

    Strom Drain

    DomesticIndustrial

    CommercialSewage

    Body of Water

    Outfall Pipe to Lake

    To POTW

    uban water cycle

    uban watercycle

    transmission cycle

    transmission cycle pollution cycle silo cycle

    OVERFLOW ASHBRIDGES BYPASS:SEWAGE INTO LAKE ONTARIO

    Mouth of the Don

    1

    10

    100

    1000

    10000

    6/01 6/08 6/15 6/22 6/29 7/06 7/13 7/20 7/27 8/03 8/10 8/17 8/24 8/31

    E. C

    oli p

    er 1

    00 m

    l

    0

    20

    40

    Rai

    nfal

    l

    Rainfall E.Coli

    Ashbridges Capacity

    Swimming Limit

    Beach Closure

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    Rainfall Rising E.Coli levels Beach closuresNo SwimmingLake Contamination

    Current Rainfall Cycle

    OVERFLOW OVERFLOW INTO SILO

    Rainfall Warer Filtration and pond creation

    SwimmingPond Creation

    Proposed Cycle Intervention

    Mouth of the Don

    1

    10

    100

    1000

    10000

    6/01 6/08 6/15 6/22 6/29 7/06 7/13 7/20 7/27 8/03 8/10 8/17 8/24 8/31

    E. C

    oli p

    er 1

    00 m

    l

    0

    20

    40

    Rai

    nfal

    l

    Rainfall E.Coli

    Overflow Diversion to Silo

    Swimming Limit

    Silo Pond activationOverflow

    AQUA-ARIUMAn aquarium (plural aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium consisting of at least one trans-parent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Aquaria are primarily used for fishkeeping, although invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, and aquatic plants are also housed in aquaria. The term combines the Latin root aqua, meaning water, with the suffix -arium, meaning "a place for relating to".[1]

    The aquarium has a long history and maintaining an aquarium has become immensely popular worldwide; a person who owns or maintains an aquarium is known as an aquar-ist. Aquaria can come in a variety of materials, shapes, and sizes. They are typically con-structed of glass or high-strength plastic. Cuboid aquaria are also known as fish tanks or simply tanks, while bowl-shaped aquaria are also known as fish bowls. Size can range from a small glass bowl to immense public aquaria. A number of components are used to maintain appropriate water quality and characteristics suitable for the aquarium's resi-dents. There are many types of aquaria, classified by the organisms maintained or the type of environment that is mimicked.

    6/01

    6/08

    6/15

    6/22

    6/29

    7/06

    7/13

    7/20

    7/27

    8/03

    8/10

    8/17

    8/24

    8/310

    20

    40

    0

    1000

    10000mm

    mm

    mm

    ppm

    ppm

    ppm

    PROCESSING CAPACITY

    Toronto Rainfall

    This proposal envisions a new beach typology for the Toronto Waterfront. Responding to the lack of swimming at Torontos new urban beaches and consistent CSO closures at surround-ing swim areas, we offer new possibilities for water immersion and activity that are enabled, rather than prohibited, by pollu-tion.

    CSOsApproximately sixty times per year, CSOs are dumped into Lake Ontario untreated. They cause high levels of pollutants and E.Coli, forcing beaches to post No Swimming signs. We use water to clean everything; from the dishes to our bodies, water is imperative to our notions of cleanliness and purity. However, the act of cleaning transforms clean water into dirty water. This project is enabled by dirty water. On the days when water flow in the city exceeds the infrastructural limits, the site and silo are put into action.

    SILO PROCESSORActing as a processor, the silo treats the dirty water as an in-put and productively reuses its by-products: sediment, heat and clean water. These outputs are used to construct new ponds in which visitors can bathe, swim and socialize. The ponds are heated by the cleaning process and filled with treated CSO wa-ter. As the number of overflow mounts, the silo site continues to grow and the lattice like structure accumulates.

    SITE STRATEGYThe program on the site is based on water immersion and expe-rience. Acting as a new type of park, the site can be navigated from within or on top of the new form work. Pools are distrib-uted in varying sizes to accommodate a variety of uses and group sizes.aa

    WATER TREATMENT

    Don R

    iver

    Keating Channel

    Lake Ontario

    CSO Diversion CSO Diversion

    Combined Sewer Overflow Discharge Point

    Existing Sewers

    Proposed Diversion

    Victory Silo

    Don R

    iver

    Keating Channel

    Lake Ontario

    CSO Diversion CSO Diversion

    Combined Sewer Overflow Discharge Point

    Existing Sewers

    Proposed Diversion

    Victory Silo

    SITE PLAN: CSO DIVERSION POINTS

    PRIMARY SEDIMENTATIONThe first phase of water treatment settles large particles and objects out of the ef-fluent. Heavier objects such as solids, biowaste sink to the bottom of the tank and are removed and sent to the anaero-bic digesters to be processed.

    2

    SECONDARY SEDIMENTATIONSuspended solids are treated by aerat-ing the effluent. Oxygen is introduced into the tanks to create a habitable en-vironment for bacterial growth. The bac-teria consume the suspended solids and as the food source depletes die and fall to the bottom of the tank to be removed and sent to the digesters.

    3

    ANAEROBIC DIGESTERReceiving all sludge, dirt, and extracted materials from the cleansing process. Anaerobic digesters convert biowaste into biogas and sediment, using an envi-ronment devoid of oxygen, bacteria con-vert the waste material into the fuel of the project.

    4

    CLARIFIERClarification is done by causing a pre-cipitate to form in the water which can be removed. Initially the precipitate forms as very small particles but as the water is gently stirred, these particles stick to-gether to form bigger particles. Large pieces of precipitate are removed and sent to the digester.

    5

    CHLORINATIONChlorine is added to the purified water to remove any lasting pathogens, and bac-teria.

    6

    SEDIMENT ELEVATORAll material extracted from the purifica-tion process is transported via grain ele-vator, to the distribution deck, where it is loaded into the crane for site distribution. Sediment is dropped from the crane into conical piles around the site.

    7

    WATER HEATINGBiogas extracted from the digestion pro-cess is used to power the silo as well as heat the purified water. Through gas heating, water is heated to a temperature of 45 degrees.

    8

    9 WATER DISTRIBUTIONHeated water is distributed through a pip-ing network over the site, forming ponds of varying exposure and temperatures. Water is finally drained from the ponds into Lake Ontario, from where it re-enters the water cycle.

    WATER PROCESSEXTRACTING MATERIAL

    SEWER OVERFLOW EXTRACTED SEDIMENT HEATED WATER

    1920S VIBRANT TORONTO BEACH

    TODAY: NO BEACH

    TORONTO BEACHES

    uban watercycle

    transmission cycle

    pollution cycle

    AQUA-ARIUMAn aquarium (plural aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium consisting of at least one trans-parent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Aquaria are primarily used for fishkeeping, although invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, and aquatic plants are also housed in aquaria. The term combines the Latin root aqua, meaning water, with the suffix -arium, meaning "a place for relating to".[1]

    The aquarium has a long history and maintaining an aquarium has become immensely popular worldwide; a person who owns or maintains an aquarium is known as an aquar-ist. Aquaria can come in a variety of materials, shapes, and sizes. They are typically con-structed of glass or high-strength plastic. Cuboid aquaria are also known as fish tanks or simply tanks, while bowl-shaped aquaria are also known as fish bowls. Size can range from a small glass bowl to immense public aquaria. A number of components are used to maintain appropriate water quality and characteristics suitable for the aquarium's resi-dents. There are many types of aquaria, classified by the organisms maintained or the type of environment that is mimicked.

    EvapourationRain Air

    Body of WaterRiverCity

    Strom Drain

    DomesticIndustrial

    CommercialSewage

    Body of Water

    Outfall Pipe to Lake

    To POTW

    uban water cycle transmission cycle pollution cycle silo cycle

    North elevation East elevation

    330

    2950

    3065

    840

    53

    3819

    1

    4216 5489

    56013

    4053

    3393

    8

    3592 5178 3592

    42 325 m3

    January December

    RainfallE.Coli

    PollutantsBeach Closure

    Water Level

    silo cycle

    PublicAccessArea

    MethaneProduction

    Water Feedback

    Future Pond

    Future Land(from sediment)

    Gas Heater Fueledby Methane

    Process Input/Output

    High RainfallSnow CollectionWinter Thaw causesSewer Input

    Influent

    GritRemoval

    PrimarySedimentation

    Aeration FinalSedimentation

    Chlorination

    Sediment1

    Final StorageTank

    AnaerobicDigestion/Biosolids

    Sediment2

    Sediment3

    PumpStation

    PumpStation

    Aeration1

    Aeration2

    Aeration3

    Aeration4

    Sediment1b

    Sediment2b

    Sediment3b

    Final Tank1

    Final Tank2

    Final Tank3

    Heat

    CSOs occur about 50 to 60 times a year in Toronto

    6/01

    6/08

    6/15

    6/22

    6/29

    7/06

    7/13

    7/20

    7/27

    8/03

    8/10

    8/17

    8/24

    8/310

    20

    40

    0

    1000

    10000mm

    mm

    mm

    ppm

    ppm

    ppm

    PROCESSING CAPACITY

    OVERFLOW ASHBRIDGES BYPASS:SEWAGE INTO LAKE ONTARIO

    Rainfall Rising E.Coli levels Beach closuresNo SwimmingLake Contamination

    Current Rainfall Cycle

    OVERFLOW OVERFLOW INTO SILO

    Rainfall Water Filtration and pond creation

    SwimmingPond Creation

    Proposed Cycle Intervention

    BEACH NETWORK1.HtO Urban Beach / 2. Jarvis Slip / 3. SITE / 4. Hanlans Point beach / 5. Centre Island beach / 6. Wards Island beach / 7. Cherry Beach

    12 3

    4

    5

    6

    7

    Toronto Rainfall

    Downtown Beach Network

    Urban Cycles

    ROMAN BATHS OF DIOCLETIAN

    SEDIME

    NT EXT

    RACTIO

    NBIO

    GAS H

    EAT

    WATER D

    ISTRIBUT

    ION

    LAKE ONTARIO

    SEWER

    OVERFL

    OW INP

    UT

    SEDIMENT DIS

    TRIBUTION

    WATER TREAT

    MENT

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    6

    7

    8

    9

    THERMAERIUM

    COMBINED SEWER INPUTWater overflow that is collected from the city due to heavy runoff is diverted from its final destination of Lake Ontario and transferred into the reprogrammed silo. Water arrives from four points: two lo-cated at the mouth of the Don River, one south of the Keating Channel, and anoth-er to the west of the silo. Water, mixed with dirt, sewage, urban runoff, and other pollutants enters the silo underground to begin its processing cycle.

    1

    INPUT PROCESS OUTPUTWATER

    SEWAGEBIOMATTER

    CLEAN WATERBIOGAS

    SEDIMENT

    EvapourationRain Air

    Body of WaterRiverCity

    Strom Drain

    DomesticIndustrial

    CommercialSewage

    Body of Water

    Outfall Pipe to Lake

    To POTW

    uban water cycle

    uban watercycle

    transmission cycle

    transmission cycle pollution cycle silo cycle

    OVERFLOW ASHBRIDGES BYPASS:SEWAGE INTO LAKE ONTARIO

    Mouth of the Don

    1

    10

    100

    1000

    10000

    6/01 6/08 6/15 6/22 6/29 7/06 7/13 7/20 7/27 8/03 8/10 8/17 8/24 8/31

    E. C

    oli p

    er 1

    00 m

    l

    0

    20

    40

    Rai

    nfal

    l

    Rainfall E.Coli

    Ashbridges Capacity

    Swimming Limit

    Beach Closure

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    Rainfall Rising E.Coli levels Beach closuresNo SwimmingLake Contamination

    Current Rainfall Cycle

    OVERFLOW OVERFLOW INTO SILO

    Rainfall Warer Filtration and pond creation

    SwimmingPond Creation

    Proposed Cycle Intervention

    Mouth of the Don

    1

    10

    100

    1000

    10000

    6/01 6/08 6/15 6/22 6/29 7/06 7/13 7/20 7/27 8/03 8/10 8/17 8/24 8/31

    E. C

    oli p

    er 1

    00 m

    l

    0

    20

    40

    Rai

    nfal

    l

    Rainfall E.Coli

    Overflow Diversion to Silo

    Swimming Limit

    Silo Pond activationOverflow

    AQUA-ARIUMAn aquarium (plural aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium consisting of at least one trans-parent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Aquaria are primarily used for fishkeeping, although invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, and aquatic plants are also housed in aquaria. The term combines the Latin root aqua, meaning water, with the suffix -arium, meaning "a place for relating to".[1]

    The aquarium has a long history and maintaining an aquarium has become immensely popular worldwide; a person who owns or maintains an aquarium is known as an aquar-ist. Aquaria can come in a variety of materials, shapes, and sizes. They are typically con-structed of glass or high-strength plastic. Cuboid aquaria are also known as fish tanks or simply tanks, while bowl-shaped aquaria are also known as fish bowls. Size can range from a small glass bowl to immense public aquaria. A number of components are used to maintain appropriate water quality and characteristics suitable for the aquarium's resi-dents. There are many types of aquaria, classified by the organisms maintained or the type of environment that is mimicked.

    6/01

    6/08

    6/15

    6/22

    6/29

    7/06

    7/13

    7/20

    7/27

    8/03

    8/10

    8/17

    8/24

    8/310

    20

    40

    0

    1000

    10000mm

    mm

    mm

    ppm

    ppm

    ppm

    PROCESSING CAPACITY

    Toronto Rainfall

    This proposal envisions a new beach typology for the Toronto Waterfront. Responding to the lack of swimming at Torontos new urban beaches and consistent CSO closures at surround-ing swim areas, we offer new possibilities for water immersion and activity that are enabled, rather than prohibited, by pollu-tion.

    CSOsApproximately sixty times per year, CSOs are dumped into Lake Ontario untreated. They cause high levels of pollutants and E.Coli, forcing beaches to post No Swimming signs. We use water to clean everything; from the dishes to our bodies, water is imperative to our notions of cleanliness and purity. However, the act of cleaning transforms clean water into dirty water. This project is enabled by dirty water. On the days when water flow in the city exceeds the infrastructural limits, the site and silo are put into action.

    SILO PROCESSORActing as a processor, the silo treats the dirty water as an in-put and productively reuses its by-products: sediment, heat and clean water. These outputs are used to construct new ponds in which visitors can bathe, swim and socialize. The ponds are heated by the cleaning process and filled with treated CSO wa-ter. As the number of overflow mounts, the silo site continues to grow and the lattice like structure accumulates.

    SITE STRATEGYThe program on the site is based on water immersion and expe-rience. Acting as a new type of park, the site can be navigated from within or on top of the new form work. Pools are distrib-uted in varying sizes to accommodate a variety of uses and group sizes.aa

    WATER TREATMENT

    Don R

    iver

    Keating Channel

    Lake Ontario

    CSO Diversion CSO Diversion

    Combined Sewer Overflow Discharge Point

    Existing Sewers

    Proposed Diversion

    Victory Silo

    Don R

    iver

    Keating Channel

    Lake Ontario

    CSO Diversion CSO Diversion

    Combined Sewer Overflow Discharge Point

    Existing Sewers

    Proposed Diversion

    Victory Silo

    SITE PLAN: CSO DIVERSION POINTS

    PRIMARY SEDIMENTATIONThe first phase of water treatment settles large particles and objects out of the ef-fluent. Heavier objects such as solids, biowaste sink to the bottom of the tank and are removed and sent to the anaero-bic digesters to be processed.

    2

    SECONDARY SEDIMENTATIONSuspended solids are treated by aerat-ing the effluent. Oxygen is introduced into the tanks to create a habitable en-vironment for bacterial growth. The bac-teria consume the suspended solids and as the food source depletes die and fall to the bottom of the tank to be removed and sent to the digesters.

    3

    ANAEROBIC DIGESTERReceiving all sludge, dirt, and extracted materials from the cleansing process. Anaerobic digesters convert biowaste into biogas and sediment, using an envi-ronment devoid of oxygen, bacteria con-vert the waste material into the fuel of the project.

    4

    CLARIFIERClarification is done by causing a pre-cipitate to form in the water which can be removed. Initially the precipitate forms as very small particles but as the water is gently stirred, these particles stick to-gether to form bigger particles. Large pieces of precipitate are removed and sent to the digester.

    5

    CHLORINATIONChlorine is added to the purified water to remove any lasting pathogens, and bac-teria.

    6

    SEDIMENT ELEVATORAll material extracted from the purifica-tion process is transported via grain ele-vator, to the distribution deck, where it is loaded into the crane for site distribution. Sediment is dropped from the crane into conical piles around the site.

    7

    WATER HEATINGBiogas extracted from the digestion pro-cess is used to power the silo as well as heat the purified water. Through gas heating, water is heated to a temperature of 45 degrees.

    8

    9 WATER DISTRIBUTIONHeated water is distributed through a pip-ing network over the site, forming ponds of varying exposure and temperatures. Water is finally drained from the ponds into Lake Ontario, from where it re-enters the water cycle.

    WATER PROCESSEXTRACTING MATERIAL

    SEWER OVERFLOW EXTRACTED SEDIMENT HEATED WATER

    1920S VIBRANT TORONTO BEACH

    TODAY: NO BEACH

    TORONTO BEACHES

    uban watercycle

    transmission cycle

    pollution cycle

    AQUA-ARIUMAn aquarium (plural aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium consisting of at least one trans-parent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Aquaria are primarily used for fishkeeping, although invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, and aquatic plants are also housed in aquaria. The term combines the Latin root aqua, meaning water, with the suffix -arium, meaning "a place for relating to".[1]

    The aquarium has a long history and maintaining an aquarium has become immensely popular worldwide; a person who owns or maintains an aquarium is known as an aquar-ist. Aquaria can come in a variety of materials, shapes, and sizes. They are typically con-structed of glass or high-strength plastic. Cuboid aquaria are also known as fish tanks or simply tanks, while bowl-shaped aquaria are also known as fish bowls. Size can range from a small glass bowl to immense public aquaria. A number of components are used to maintain appropriate water quality and characteristics suitable for the aquarium's resi-dents. There are many types of aquaria, classified by the organisms maintained or the type of environment that is mimicked.

    EvapourationRain Air

    Body of WaterRiverCity

    Strom Drain

    DomesticIndustrial

    CommercialSewage

    Body of Water

    Outfall Pipe to Lake

    To POTW

    uban water cycle transmission cycle pollution cycle silo cycle

    North elevation East elevation

    330

    2950

    3065

    840

    53

    3819

    1

    4216 5489

    56013

    4053

    3393

    8

    3592 5178 3592

    42 325 m3

    January December

    RainfallE.Coli

    PollutantsBeach Closure

    Water Level

    silo cycle

    PublicAccessArea

    MethaneProduction

    Water Feedback

    Future Pond

    Future Land(from sediment)

    Gas Heater Fueledby Methane

    Process Input/Output

    High RainfallSnow CollectionWinter Thaw causesSewer Input

    Influent

    GritRemoval

    PrimarySedimentation

    Aeration FinalSedimentation

    Chlorination

    Sediment1

    Final StorageTank

    AnaerobicDigestion/Biosolids

    Sediment2

    Sediment3

    PumpStation

    PumpStation

    Aeration1

    Aeration2

    Aeration3

    Aeration4

    Sediment1b

    Sediment2b

    Sediment3b

    Final Tank1

    Final Tank2

    Final Tank3

    Heat

    CSOs occur about 50 to 60 times a year in Toronto

    6/01

    6/08

    6/15

    6/22

    6/29

    7/06

    7/13

    7/20

    7/27

    8/03

    8/10

    8/17

    8/24

    8/310

    20

    40

    0

    1000

    10000mm

    mm

    mm

    ppm

    ppm

    ppm

    PROCESSING CAPACITY

    OVERFLOW ASHBRIDGES BYPASS:SEWAGE INTO LAKE ONTARIO

    Rainfall Rising E.Coli levels Beach closuresNo SwimmingLake Contamination

    Current Rainfall Cycle

    OVERFLOW OVERFLOW INTO SILO

    Rainfall Water Filtration and pond creation

    SwimmingPond Creation

    Proposed Cycle Intervention

    BEACH NETWORK1.HtO Urban Beach / 2. Jarvis Slip / 3. SITE / 4. Hanlans Point beach / 5. Centre Island beach / 6. Wards Island beach / 7. Cherry Beach

    12 3

    4

    5

    6

    7

    Toronto Rainfall

    Downtown Beach Network

    Urban Cycles

    ROMAN BATHS OF DIOCLETIAN

    SEDIME

    NT EXT

    RACTIO

    NBIO

    GAS H

    EAT

    WATER D

    ISTRIBUT

    ION

    LAKE ONTARIO

    SEWER

    OVERFL

    OW INP

    UT

    SEDIMENT DIS

    TRIBUTION

    WATER TREAT

    MENT

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    6

    7

    8

    9

    THERMAERIUM

    COMBINED SEWER INPUTWater overflow that is collected from the city due to heavy runoff is diverted from its final destination of Lake Ontario and transferred into the reprogrammed silo. Water arrives from four points: two lo-cated at the mouth of the Don River, one south of the Keating Channel, and anoth-er to the west of the silo. Water, mixed with dirt, sewage, urban runoff, and other pollutants enters the silo underground to begin its processing cycle.

    1

    INPUT PROCESS OUTPUTWATER

    SEWAGEBIOMATTER

    CLEAN WATERBIOGAS

    SEDIMENT

    EvapourationRain Air

    Body of WaterRiverCity

    Strom Drain

    DomesticIndustrial

    CommercialSewage

    Body of Water

    Outfall Pipe to Lake

    To POTW

    uban water cycle

    uban watercycle

    transmission cycle

    transmission cycle pollution cycle silo cycle

    OVERFLOW ASHBRIDGES BYPASS:SEWAGE INTO LAKE ONTARIO

    Mouth of the Don

    1

    10

    100

    1000

    10000

    6/01 6/08 6/15 6/22 6/29 7/06 7/13 7/20 7/27 8/03 8/10 8/17 8/24 8/31

    E. C

    oli p

    er 1

    00 m

    l

    0

    20

    40

    Rai

    nfal

    l

    Rainfall E.Coli

    Ashbridges Capacity

    Swimming Limit

    Beach Closure

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    Rainfall Rising E.Coli levels Beach closuresNo SwimmingLake Contamination

    Current Rainfall Cycle

    OVERFLOW OVERFLOW INTO SILO

    Rainfall Warer Filtration and pond creation

    SwimmingPond Creation

    Proposed Cycle Intervention

    Mouth of the Don

    1

    10

    100

    1000

    10000

    6/01 6/08 6/15 6/22 6/29 7/06 7/13 7/20 7/27 8/03 8/10 8/17 8/24 8/31

    E. C

    oli p

    er 1

    00 m

    l

    0

    20

    40

    Rai

    nfal

    l

    Rainfall E.Coli

    Overflow Diversion to Silo

    Swimming Limit

    Silo Pond activationOverflow

    AQUA-ARIUMAn aquarium (plural aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium consisting of at least one trans-parent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Aquaria are primarily used for fishkeeping, although invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, and aquatic plants are also housed in aquaria. The term combines the Latin root aqua, meaning water, with the suffix -arium, meaning "a place for relating to".[1]

    The aquarium has a long history and maintaining an aquarium has become immensely popular worldwide; a person who owns or maintains an aquarium is known as an aquar-ist. Aquaria can come in a variety of materials, shapes, and sizes. They are typically con-structed of glass or high-strength plastic. Cuboid aquaria are also known as fish tanks or simply tanks, while bowl-shaped aquaria are also known as fish bowls. Size can range from a small glass bowl to immense public aquaria. A number of components are used to maintain appropriate water quality and characteristics suitable for the aquarium's resi-dents. There are many types of aquaria, classified by the organisms maintained or the type of environment that is mimicked.

    6/01

    6/08

    6/15

    6/22

    6/29

    7/06

    7/13

    7/20

    7/27

    8/03

    8/10

    8/17

    8/24

    8/310

    20

    40

    0

    1000

    10000mm

    mm

    mm

    ppm

    ppm

    ppm

    PROCESSING CAPACITY

    Toronto Rainfall

    This proposal envisions a new beach typology for the Toronto Waterfront. Responding to the lack of swimming at Torontos new urban beaches and consistent CSO closures at surround-ing swim areas, we offer new possibilities for water immersion and activity that are enabled, rather than prohibited, by pollu-tion.

    CSOsApproximately sixty times per year, CSOs are dumped into Lake Ontario untreated. They cause high levels of pollutants and E.Coli, forcing beaches to post No Swimming signs. We use water to clean everything; from the dishes to our bodies, water is imperative to our notions of cleanliness and purity. However, the act of cleaning transforms clean water into dirty water. This project is enabled by dirty water. On the days when water flow in the city exceeds the infrastructural limits, the site and silo are put into action.

    SILO PROCESSORActing as a processor, the silo treats the dirty water as an in-put and productively reuses its by-products: sediment, heat and clean water. These outputs are used to construct new ponds in which visitors can bathe, swim and socialize. The ponds are heated by the cleaning process and filled with treated CSO wa-ter. As the number of overflow mounts, the silo site continues to grow and the lattice like structure accumulates.

    SITE STRATEGYThe program on the site is based on water immersion and expe-rience. Acting as a new type of park, the site can be navigated from within or on top of the new form work. Pools are distrib-uted in varying sizes to accommodate a variety of uses and group sizes.aa

    WATER TREATMENT

    Don R

    iver

    Keating Channel

    Lake Ontario

    CSO Diversion CSO Diversion

    Combined Sewer Overflow Discharge Point

    Existing Sewers

    Proposed Diversion

    Victory Silo

    Don R

    iver

    Keating Channel

    Lake Ontario

    CSO Diversion CSO Diversion

    Combined Sewer Overflow Discharge Point

    Existing Sewers

    Proposed Diversion

    Victory Silo

    SITE PLAN: CSO DIVERSION POINTS

    PRIMARY SEDIMENTATIONThe first phase of water treatment settles large particles and objects out of the ef-fluent. Heavier objects such as solids, biowaste sink to the bottom of the tank and are removed and sent to the anaero-bic digesters to be processed.

    2

    SECONDARY SEDIMENTATIONSuspended solids are treated by aerat-ing the effluent. Oxygen is introduced into the tanks to create a habitable en-vironment for bacterial growth. The bac-teria consume the suspended solids and as the food source depletes die and fall to the bottom of the tank to be removed and sent to the digesters.

    3

    ANAEROBIC DIGESTERReceiving all sludge, dirt, and extracted materials from the cleansing process. Anaerobic digesters convert biowaste into biogas and sediment, using an envi-ronment devoid of oxygen, bacteria con-vert the waste material into the fuel of the project.

    4

    CLARIFIERClarification is done by causing a pre-cipitate to form in the water which can be removed. Initially the precipitate forms as very small particles but as the water is gently stirred, these particles stick to-gether to form bigger particles. Large pieces of precipitate are removed and sent to the digester.

    5

    CHLORINATIONChlorine is added to the purified water to remove any lasting pathogens, and bac-teria.

    6

    SEDIMENT ELEVATORAll material extracted from the purifica-tion process is transported via grain ele-vator, to the distribution deck, where it is loaded into the crane for site distribution. Sediment is dropped from the crane into conical piles around the site.

    7

    WATER HEATINGBiogas extracted from the digestion pro-cess is used to power the silo as well as heat the purified water. Through gas heating, water is heated to a temperature of 45 degrees.

    8

    9 WATER DISTRIBUTIONHeated water is distributed through a pip-ing network over the site, forming ponds of varying exposure and temperatures. Water is finally drained from the ponds into Lake Ontario, from where it re-enters the water cycle.

    WATER PROCESSEXTRACTING MATERIAL

    SEWER OVERFLOW EXTRACTED SEDIMENT HEATED WATER

    1920S VIBRANT TORONTO BEACH

    TODAY: NO BEACH

    TORONTO BEACHES

    uban watercycle

    transmission cycle

    pollution cycle

    AQUA-ARIUMAn aquarium (plural aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium consisting of at least one trans-parent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Aquaria are primarily used for fishkeeping, although invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, and aquatic plants are also housed in aquaria. The term combines the Latin root aqua, meaning water, with the suffix -arium, meaning "a place for relating to".[1]

    The aquarium has a long history and maintaining an aquarium has become immensely popular worldwide; a person who owns or maintains an aquarium is known as an aquar-ist. Aquaria can come in a variety of materials, shapes, and sizes. They are typically con-structed of glass or high-strength plastic. Cuboid aquaria are also known as fish tanks or simply tanks, while bowl-shaped aquaria are also known as fish bowls. Size can range from a small glass bowl to immense public aquaria. A number of components are used to maintain appropriate water quality and characteristics suitable for the aquarium's resi-dents. There are many types of aquaria, classified by the organisms maintained or the type of environment that is mimicked.

    EvapourationRain Air

    Body of WaterRiverCity

    Strom Drain

    DomesticIndustrial

    CommercialSewage

    Body of Water

    Outfall Pipe to Lake

    To POTW

    uban water cycle transmission cycle pollution cycle silo cycle

    North elevation East elevation

    330

    2950

    3065

    840

    53

    3819

    1

    4216 5489

    56013

    4053

    3393

    8

    3592 5178 3592

    42 325 m3

    January December

    RainfallE.Coli

    PollutantsBeach Closure

    Water Level

    silo cycle

    PublicAccessArea

    MethaneProduction

    Water Feedback

    Future Pond

    Future Land(from sediment)

    Gas Heater Fueledby Methane

    Process Input/Output

    High RainfallSnow CollectionWinter Thaw causesSewer Input

    Influent

    GritRemoval

    PrimarySedimentation

    Aeration FinalSedimentation

    Chlorination

    Sediment1

    Final StorageTank

    AnaerobicDigestion/Biosolids

    Sediment2

    Sediment3

    PumpStation

    PumpStation

    Aeration1

    Aeration2

    Aeration3

    Aeration4

    Sediment1b

    Sediment2b

    Sediment3b

    Final Tank1

    Final Tank2

    Final Tank3

    Heat

    CSOs occur about 50 to 60 times a year in Toronto

    6/01

    6/08

    6/15

    6/22

    6/29

    7/06

    7/13

    7/20

    7/27

    8/03

    8/10

    8/17

    8/24

    8/310

    20

    40

    0

    1000

    10000mm

    mm

    mm

    ppm

    ppm

    ppm

    PROCESSING CAPACITY

    OVERFLOW ASHBRIDGES BYPASS:SEWAGE INTO LAKE ONTARIO

    Rainfall Rising E.Coli levels Beach closuresNo SwimmingLake Contamination

    Current Rainfall Cycle

    OVERFLOW OVERFLOW INTO SILO

    Rainfall Water Filtration and pond creation

    SwimmingPond Creation

    Proposed Cycle Intervention

    BEACH NETWORK1.HtO Urban Beach / 2. Jarvis Slip / 3. SITE / 4. Hanlans Point beach / 5. Centre Island beach / 6. Wards Island beach / 7. Cherry Beach

    12 3

    4

    5

    6

    7

    Toronto Rainfall

    Downtown Beach Network

    Urban Cycles

    ROMAN BATHS OF DIOCLETIAN

    Toronto 2005Toronto 1930Roman Baths

  • Overflow Point

    Sewer Line

    Don River and Lake Ontario

    1

    2

    3

    4

    The proposed water-pollution-swimming cycle as a result of processing and cleaning.

    SEDIME

    NT EXT

    RACTIO

    NBIO

    GAS H

    EAT

    WATER D

    ISTRIBUT

    ION

    LAKE ONTARIO

    SEWER

    OVERFL

    OW INP

    UT

    SEDIMENT DIS

    TRIBUTION

    WATER TREAT

    MENT

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    6

    7

    8

    9

    THERMAERIUM

    COMBINED SEWER INPUTWater overflow that is collected from the city due to heavy runoff is diverted from its final destination of Lake Ontario and transferred into the reprogrammed silo. Water arrives from four points: two lo-cated at the mouth of the Don River, one south of the Keating Channel, and anoth-er to the west of the silo. Water, mixed with dirt, sewage, urban runoff, and other pollutants enters the silo underground to begin its processing cycle.

    1

    INPUT PROCESS OUTPUTWATER

    SEWAGEBIOMATTER

    CLEAN WATERBIOGAS

    SEDIMENT

    EvapourationRain Air

    Body of WaterRiverCity

    Strom Drain

    DomesticIndustrial

    CommercialSewage

    Body of Water

    Outfall Pipe to Lake

    To POTW

    uban water cycle

    uban watercycle

    transmission cycle

    transmission cycle pollution cycle silo cycle

    OVERFLOW ASHBRIDGES BYPASS:SEWAGE INTO LAKE ONTARIO

    Mouth of the Don

    1

    10

    100

    1000

    10000

    6/01 6/08 6/15 6/22 6/29 7/06 7/13 7/20 7/27 8/03 8/10 8/17 8/24 8/31

    E. C

    oli p

    er 1

    00 m

    l

    0

    20

    40

    Rai

    nfal

    l

    Rainfall E.Coli

    Ashbridges Capacity

    Swimming Limit

    Beach Closure

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    NO

    SW

    IMM

    ING

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    PO

    ND

    CR

    EA

    TIO

    N

    Rainfall Rising E.Coli levels Beach closuresNo SwimmingLake Contamination

    Current Rainfall Cycle

    OVERFLOW OVERFLOW INTO SILO

    Rainfall Warer Filtration and pond creation

    SwimmingPond Creation

    Proposed Cycle Intervention

    Mouth of the Don

    1

    10

    100

    1000

    10000

    6/01 6/08 6/15 6/22 6/29 7/06 7/13 7/20 7/27 8/03 8/10 8/17 8/24 8/31

    E. C

    oli p

    er 1

    00 m

    l

    0

    20

    40

    Rai

    nfal

    l

    Rainfall E.Coli

    Overflow Diversion to Silo

    Swimming Limit

    Silo Pond activationOverflow

    AQUA-ARIUMAn aquarium (plural aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium consisting of at least one trans-parent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Aquaria are primarily used for fishkeeping, although invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, and aquatic plants are also housed in aquaria. The term combines the Latin root aqua, meaning water, with the suffix -arium, meaning "a place for relating to".[1]

    The aquarium has a long history and maintaining an aquarium has become immensely popular worldwide; a person who owns or maintains an aquarium is known as an aquar-ist. Aquaria can come in a variety of materials, shapes, and sizes. They are typically con-structed of glass or high-strength plastic. Cuboid aquaria are also known as fish tanks or simply tanks, while bowl-shaped aquaria are also known as fish bowls. Size can range from a small glass bowl to immense public aquaria. A number of components are used to maintain appropriate water quality and characteristics suitable for the aquarium's resi-dents. There are many types of aquaria, classified by the organisms maintained or the type of environment that is mimicked.

    6/01

    6/08

    6/15

    6/22

    6/29

    7/06

    7/13

    7/20

    7/27

    8/03

    8/10

    8/17

    8/24

    8/310

    20

    40

    0

    1000

    10000mm

    mm

    mm

    ppm

    ppm

    ppm

    PROCESSING CAPACITY

    Toronto Rainfall

    This proposal envisions a new beach typology for the Toronto Waterfront. Responding to the lack of swimming at Torontos new urban beaches and consistent CSO closures at surround-ing swim areas, we offer new possibilities for water immersion and activity that are enabled, rather than prohibited, by pollu-tion.

    CSOsApproximately sixty times per year, CSOs are dumped into Lake Ontario untreated. They cause high levels of pollutants and E.Coli, forcing beaches to post No Swimming signs. We use water to clean everything; from the dishes to our bodies, water is imperative to our notions of cleanliness and purity. However, the act of cleaning transforms clean water into dirty water. This project is enabled by dirty water. On the days when water flow in the city exceeds the infrastructural limits, the site and silo are put into action.

    SILO PROCESSORActing as a processor, the silo treats the dirty water as an in-put and productively reuses its by-products: sediment, heat and clean water. These outputs are used to construct new ponds in which visitors can bathe, swim and socialize. The ponds are heated by the cleaning process and filled with treated CSO wa-ter. As the number of overflow mounts, the silo site continues to grow and the lattice like structure accumulates.

    SITE STRATEGYThe program on the site is based on water immersion and expe-rience. Acting as a new type of park, the site can be navigated from within or on top of the new form work. Pools are distrib-uted in varying sizes to accommodate a variety of uses and group sizes.aa

    WATER TREATMENT

    Don R

    iver

    Keating Channel

    Lake Ontario

    CSO Diversion CSO Diversion

    Combined Sewer Overflow Discharge Point

    Existing Sewers

    Proposed Diversion

    Victory Silo

    Don R

    iver

    Keating Channel

    Lake Ontario

    CSO Diversion CSO Diversion

    Combined Sewer Overflow Discharge Point

    Existing Sewers

    Proposed Diversion

    Victory Silo

    SITE PLAN: CSO DIVERSION POINTS

    PRIMARY SEDIMENTATIONThe first phase of water treatment settles large particles and objects out of the ef-fluent. Heavier objects such as solids, biowaste sink to the bottom of the tank and are removed and sent to the anaero-bic digesters to be processed.

    2

    SECONDARY SEDIMENTATIONSuspended solids are treated by aerat-ing the effluent. Oxygen is introduced into the tanks to create a habitable en-vironment for bacterial growth. The bac-teria consume the suspended solids and as the food source depletes die and fall to the bottom of the tank to be removed and sent to the digesters.

    3

    ANAEROBIC DIGESTERReceiving all sludge, dirt, and extracted materials from the cleansing process. Anaerobic digesters convert biowaste into biogas and sediment, using an envi-ronment devoid of oxygen, bacteria con-vert the waste material into the fuel of the project.

    4

    CLARIFIERClarification is done by causing a pre-cipitate to form in the water which can be removed. Initially the precipitate forms as very small particles but as the water is gently stirred, these particles stick to-gether to form bigger particles. Large pieces of precipitate are removed and sent to the digester.

    5

    CHLORINATIONChlorine is added to the purified water to remove any lasting pathogens, and bac-teria.

    6

    SEDIMENT ELEVATORAll material extracted from the purifica-tion process is transported via grain ele-vator, to the distribution deck, where it is loaded into the crane for site distribution. Sediment is dropped from the crane into conical piles around the site.

    7

    WATER HEATINGBiogas extracted from the digestion pro-cess is used to power the silo as well as heat the purified water. Through gas heating, water is heated to a temperature of 45 degrees.

    8

    9 WATER DISTRIBUTIONHeated water is distributed through a pip-ing network over the site, forming ponds of varying exposure and temperatures. Water is finally drained from the ponds into Lake Ontario, from where it re-enters the water cycle.

    WATER PROCESSEXTRACTING MATERIAL

    SEWER OVERFLOW EXTRACTED SEDIMENT HEATED WATER

    1920S VIBRANT TORONTO BEACH

    TODAY: NO BEACH

    TORONTO BEACHES

    uban watercycle

    transmission cycle

    pollution cycle

    AQUA-ARIUMAn aquarium (plural aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium consisting of at least one trans-parent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Aquaria are primarily used for fishkeeping, although invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, and aquatic plants are also housed in aquaria. The term combines the Latin root aqua, meaning water, with the suffix -arium, meaning "a place for relating to".[1]

    The aquarium has a long history and maintaining an aquarium has become immensely popular worldwide; a person who owns or maintains an aquarium is known as an aquar-ist. Aquaria can come in a variety of materials, shapes, and sizes. They are typically con-structed of glass or high-strength plastic. Cuboid aquaria are also known as fish tanks or simply tanks, while bowl-shaped aquaria are also known as fish bowls. Size can range from a small glass bowl to immense public aquaria. A number of components are used to maintain appropriate water quality and characteristics suitable for the aquarium's resi-dents. There are many types of aquaria, classified by the organisms maintained or the type of environment that is mimicked.

    EvapourationRain Air

    Body of WaterRiverCity

    Strom Drain

    DomesticIndustrial

    CommercialSewage

    Body of Water

    Outfall Pipe to Lake

    To POTW

    uban water cycle transmission cycle pollution cycle silo cycle

    North elevation East elevation

    330

    2950

    3065

    840

    53

    3819

    1

    4216 5489

    56013

    4053

    3393

    8

    3592 5178 3592

    42 325 m3

    January December

    RainfallE.Coli

    PollutantsBeach Closure

    Water Level

    silo cycle

    PublicAccessArea

    MethaneProduction

    Water Feedback

    Future Pond

    Future Land(from sediment)

    Gas Heater Fueledby Methane

    Process Input/Output

    High RainfallSnow CollectionWinter Thaw causesSewer Input

    Influent

    GritRemoval

    PrimarySedimentation

    Aeration FinalSedimentation

    Chlorination

    Sediment1

    Final StorageTank

    AnaerobicDigestion/Biosolids

    Sediment2

    Sediment3

    PumpStation

    PumpStation

    Aeration1

    Aeration2

    Aeration3

    Aeration4

    Sediment1b

    Sediment2b

    Sediment3b

    Final Tank1

    Final Tank2

    Final Tank3

    Heat

    CSOs occur about 50 to 60 times a year in Toronto

    6/01

    6/08

    6/15

    6/22

    6/29

    7/06

    7/13

    7/20

    7/27

    8/03

    8/10

    8/17

    8/24

    8/310

    20

    40

    0

    1000

    10000mm

    mm

    mm

    ppm

    ppm

    ppm

    PROCESSING CAPACITY

    OVERFLOW ASHBRIDGES BYPASS:SEWAGE INTO LAKE ONTARIO

    Rainfall Rising E.Coli levels Beach closuresNo SwimmingLake Contamination

    Current Rainfall Cycle

    OVERFLOW OVERFLOW INTO SILO

    Rainfall Water Filtration and pond creation

    SwimmingPond Creation

    Proposed Cycle Intervention

    BEACH NETWORK1.HtO Urban Beach / 2. Jarvis Slip / 3. SITE / 4. Hanlans Point beach / 5. Centre Island beach / 6. Wards Island beach / 7. Cherry Beach

    12 3

    4

    5

    6

    7

    Toronto Rainfall

    Downtown Beach Network

    Urban Cycles

    ROMAN BATHS OF DIOCLETIAN

    The current condition of the Toronto waterfront, like many North American cities, has been inherited from its industrial past. The inner harbour and the rivers and tributaries that feed it have long been used as a site of manufacturing, processing and shipping. For many years environmental pollutants flowed unabated into Lake Ontario causing the cleanliness and ecology of the water to be permanently altered. Currently the cleanliness of the harbour water suffers from ongoing pollution due to a dated sewer infrastructure where older sewer systems are directly connected to the harbour. During periods of heavy rainfall, snow fall or ice melting, runoff from the city streets and sewers is diverted from processing at the Ashbridges Bay treatment facility and deposited directly into the harbour.

    The Victory Silos, abandoned since the late 1970s, are given a new life. With its 27 large vertical storage chambers, the silo is reprogrammed as a small water treatment facility. Sewer lines that flow directly into Lake Ontario are diverted into the silo for treatment. The treatment of the incoming polluted water produces biomatter to form biogas, sediment and clean water. The materials extracted from the process are stored on site and form the raw materials for a construction process that will create new public swimming facilities along the waterfront.

    WATERFRONT POLLUTION

    WATER PROCESSING: EXTRACTING MATERIALS

    city sewage capactiy

    percipitation rising pollution levels beach closures

    beach formations

    new construction materials

    bypass of treatment facility into Lake Ontario

    bypass of treatment facility into Vicotry Silos

    input processing output

    WATERSEWAGE

    BIOMATTER

    CLEAN WATER

    BIOGAS

    SEDIMENT

    city sewage capactiy

    percipitation rising pollution levels beach closures

    beach formations

    new construction materials

    bypass of treatment facility into Lake Ontario

    bypass of treatment facility into Vicotry Silos

    input processing output

    WATERSEWAGE

    BIOMATTER

    CLEAN WATER

    BIOGAS

    SEDIMENT

    city sewage capactiy

    percipitation rising pollution levels beach closures

    beach formations

    new construction materials

    bypass of treatment facility into Lake Ontario

    bypass of treatment facility into Vicotry Silos

    input processing output

    WATERSEWAGE

    BIOMATTER

    CLEAN WATER

    BIOGAS

    SEDIMENT

    city sewage capactiy

    percipitation rising pollution levels beach closures

    beach formations

    new construction materials

    bypass of treatment facility into Lake Ontario

    bypass of treatment facility into Vicotry Silos

    input processing output

    WATERSEWAGE

    BIOMATTER

    CLEAN WATER

    BIOGAS

    SEDIMENT

    city sewage capactiy

    percipitation rising pollution levels beach closures

    beach formations

    new construction materials

    bypass of treatment facility into Lake Ontario

    bypass of treatment facility into Vicotry Silos

    input processing output

    WATERSEWAGE

    BIOMATTER

    CLEAN WATER

    BIOGAS

    SEDIMENT

    Sewer Outlet

    Overflow Point

    Sewer Line

    Don River and Lake Ontario

    1

    2

    3

    4

    Lake Ontario1

    Victory Silo Site2Don River3

    4 Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant

    1

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    Combined Sewer InputWater overflow collected during heavy rainfall is diverted into the Vistory Silos

    Primary SedimentationThe first phase of water treatment settles large particles and objects out of the effluent

    Secondary SedimentationSuspended solids are treated by aeration. Oxygen is introduced to stimulate bacteria

    4 Anaerobic DigestorIncoming effluent is converted into biogas and sediment

    6

    7

    ClarifierPrecipitate in the effluent is gathered and extracted

    ChlorinationChlorine is added to the purified water removing any lasting pathogens

    Sediment ElevatorExtracted solid material is transporte via the old grain elevator for storage

    8 Water HeatingBiogas extracted from the cleaning process is used for heating cleaned water for public use

    5

  • 6m radiusNo Deformation

    7mm fibre re-enforced ETFE skin(Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene)

    5m Height, 7m WidthSlight Compression

    4.25m Height, 8m WidthMedium Compression

    3.5m Height, 9m WidthHigh Compression

    3.0m Height, 10m WidthExtreme Compression

    Canvas attatchementstraps

    150 mm Drainage Pipeconnection to adjacent pond

    200 mm steel anchor500 mm concrete block3.0

    0

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    11.346.56 8.537.676.00 6.82

    3.00

    6m radiusNo Deformation

    7mm fibre re-enforced ETFE skin(Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene)

    5m Height, 7m WidthSlight Compression

    4.25m Height, 8m WidthMedium Compression

    3.5m Height, 9m WidthHigh Compression

    3.0m Height, 10m WidthExtreme Compression

    Canvas attatchementstraps

    150 mm Drainage Pipeconnection to adjacent pond

    200 mm steel anchor500 mm concrete block3.0

    0

    9.52

    6.00

    11.346.56 8.537.676.00 6.82

    3.00

    6m radiusNo Deformation

    7mm fibre re-enforced ETFE skin(Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene)

    5m Height, 7m WidthSlight Compression

    4.25m Height, 8m WidthMedium Compression

    3.5m Height, 9m WidthHigh Compression

    3.0m Height, 10m WidthExtreme Compression

    Canvas attatchementstraps

    150 mm Drainage Pipeconnection to adjacent pond

    200 mm steel anchor500 mm concrete block3.0

    0

    9.52

    6.00

    11.346.56 8.537.676.00 6.82

    3.00

    6m radiusNo Deformation

    7mm fibre re-enforced ETFE skin(Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene)

    5m Height, 7m WidthSlight Compression

    4.25m Height, 8m WidthMedium Compression

    3.5m Height, 9m WidthHigh Compression

    3.0m Height, 10m WidthExtreme Compression

    Canvas attatchementstraps

    150 mm Drainage Pipeconnection to adjacent pond

    200 mm steel anchor500 mm concrete block3.0

    0

    9.52

    6.00

    11.346.56 8.537.676.00 6.82

    3.00

    6m radiusNo Deformation

    7mm fibre re-enforced ETFE skin(Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene)

    5m Height, 7m WidthSlight Compression

    4.25m Height, 8m WidthMedium Compression

    3.5m Height, 9m WidthHigh Compression

    3.0m Height, 10m WidthExtreme Compression

    Canvas attatchementstraps

    150 mm Drainage Pipeconnection to adjacent pond

    200 mm steel anchor500 mm concrete block3.0

    0

    9.52

    6.00

    11.346.56 8.537.676.00 6.82

    3.00

    Deformation based on pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement GridLost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    3.00

    9.52

    6.00

    11.346.56 8.537.676.00 6.82

    3.00

    grid of tiesAir Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid

    Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    3.00

    9.52

    6.00

    11.346.56 8.537.676.00 6.82

    3.00

    spheres affixed to ties Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    3.00

    9.52

    6.00

    11.346.56 8.537.676.00 6.82

    3.00

    deformation from sediment

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement GridLost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    3.00

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    spheres removed and sediment hardened

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    6m radiusNo Deformation

    7mm fibre re-enforced ETFE skin(Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene)

    5m Height, 7m WidthSlight Compression

    4.25m Height, 8m WidthMedium Compression

    3.5m Height, 9m WidthHigh Compression

    3.0m Height, 10m WidthExtreme Compression

    Canvas attatchementstraps

    150 mm Drainage Pipeconnection to adjacent pond

    200 mm steel anchor

    500 mm concrete block

    Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid

    3.00

    9.52

    6.00

    11.346.56 8.537.676.00 6.82

    3.00

    Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement GridLost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid

    Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid

    PRESSURE AND FORM-MAKING

    Placement Grid Air Forms attached to Grid Deformation according to pressure Lost Form space

    DEFORMATION BY PRESSURE

    PLAN AND SECTIONS 1:500

    We envision the site as a dynamic space registering CSO in-flows over time. These accumulations spread as the amount of clean water and sediment increases and is distributed on the site. As the filtered water distributes from spout to edge, it will be released into Lake Ontario. Eventually, the border of the lake and the site will be eroded by this process and lake water will begin to infiltrate edge ponds. There is a potential for new ecologies and an eventual blurring of the waters edge. Water quality on the site is thus demonstrated by clean water, rain wa-ter and lake water.

    A

    B

    East-West Section

    Interior view of central hall.

    North-S

    outh Section

    Sphere Detail

    SITE PHASING

    LOST FORMCONSTRUCTION METHOD

    PASSIVE CONSTRUCTION

    Varied pressure based on sediment

    6m radiusNo Deformation

    7mm fibre re-enforced ETFE skin(Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene)

    5m Height, 7m WidthSlight Compression

    4.25m Height, 8m WidthMedium Compression

    3.5m Height, 9m WidthHigh Compression

    3.0m Height, 10m WidthExtreme Compression

    Canvas attatchementstraps

    150 mm Drainage Pipeconnection to adjacent pond

    200 mm steel anchor500 mm concrete block3.0

    0

    9.52

    6.00

    11.346.56 8.537.676.00 6.82

    3.00

    Deformation of spheres within sediment

    6m radiusNo Deformation

    7mm fibre re-enforced ETFE skin(Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene)

    5m Height, 7m WidthSlight Compression

    4.25m Height, 8m WidthMedium Compression

    3.5m Height, 9m WidthHigh Compression

    3.0m Height, 10m WidthExtreme Compression

    Canvas attatchementstraps

    150 mm Drainage Pipeconnection to adjacent pond

    200 mm steel anchor500 mm concrete block3.0

    0

    9.52

    6.00

    11.346.56 8.537.676.00 6.82

    3.00

    Workers assembling EFTE spheres in preparation of a future drop of sediment

    A construction method is devised to allow the processed materials to be deposited on the site in a passive manner. Sediment that has been extracted from the cleaning process is mixed with concrete and deposited on site via the silos grain elevator. Large conical piles are formed along the radius of the grain elevator. Within these piles, plastic deformable spheres are placed creating voids within sediment. When hardened, the spheres are deflated and removed, leaving a lost form geometry.

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    6m radiusNo Deformation

    7mm fibre re-enforced ETFE skin(Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene)

    5m Height, 7m WidthSlight Compression

    4.25m Height, 8m WidthMedium Compression

    3.5m Height, 9m WidthHigh Compression

    3.0m Height, 10m WidthExtreme Compression

    Canvas attatchementstraps

    150 mm Drainage Pipeconnection to adjacent pond

    200 mm steel anchor

    500 mm concrete block

    Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid

    3.00

    9.52

    6.00

    11.346.56 8.537.676.00 6.82

    3.00

    Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement GridLost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid

    Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid

    PRESSURE AND FORM-MAKING

    Placement Grid Air Forms attached to Grid Deformation according to pressure Lost Form space

    DEFORMATION BY PRESSURE

    PLAN AND SECTIONS 1:500

    We envision the site as a dynamic space registering CSO in-flows over time. These accumulations spread as the amount of clean water and sediment increases and is distributed on the site. As the filtered water distributes from spout to edge, it will be released into Lake Ontario. Eventually, the border of the lake and the site will be eroded by this process and lake water will begin to infiltrate edge ponds. There is a potential for new ecologies and an eventual blurring of the waters edge. Water quality on the site is thus demonstrated by clean water, rain wa-ter and lake water.

    A

    B

    East-West Section

    Interior view of central hall.

    North-S

    outh Section

    Sphere Detail

    SITE PHASING

    LOST FORMCONSTRUCTION METHOD

    EAST

    EN

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    T ENTR

    ANC

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    FUTU

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    6m radiusNo Deformation

    7mm fibre re-enforced ETFE skin(Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene)

    5m Height, 7m WidthSlight Compression

    4.25m Height, 8m WidthMedium Compression

    3.5m Height, 9m WidthHigh Compression

    3.0m Height, 10m WidthExtreme Compression

    Canvas attatchementstraps

    150 mm Drainage Pipeconnection to adjacent pond

    200 mm steel anchor

    500 mm concrete block

    Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid

    3.00

    9.52

    6.00

    11.346.56 8.537.676.00 6.82

    3.00

    Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement GridLost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid

    Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid

    PRESSURE AND FORM-MAKING

    Placement Grid Air Forms attached to Grid Deformation according to pressure Lost Form space

    DEFORMATION BY PRESSURE

    PLAN AND SECTIONS 1:500

    We envision the site as a dynamic space registering CSO in-flows over time. These accumulations spread as the amount of clean water and sediment increases and is distributed on the site. As the filtered water distributes from spout to edge, it will be released into Lake Ontario. Eventually, the border of the lake and the site will be eroded by this process and lake water will begin to infiltrate edge ponds. There is a potential for new ecologies and an eventual blurring of the waters edge. Water quality on the site is thus demonstrated by clean water, rain wa-ter and lake water.

    A

    B

    East-West Section

    Interior view of central hall.

    North-S

    outh Section

    Sphere Detail

    SITE PHASING

    LOST FORMCONSTRUCTION METHOD

    East-West Section

    EAST

    EN

    TRA

    NC

    EW

    ES

    T ENTR

    ANC

    E

    FUTU

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    6m radiusNo Deformation

    7mm fibre re-enforced ETFE skin(Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene)

    5m Height, 7m WidthSlight Compression

    4.25m Height, 8m WidthMedium Compression

    3.5m Height, 9m WidthHigh Compression

    3.0m Height, 10m WidthExtreme Compression

    Canvas attatchementstraps

    150 mm Drainage Pipeconnection to adjacent pond

    200 mm steel anchor

    500 mm concrete block

    Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid

    3.00

    9.52

    6.00

    11.346.56 8.537.676.00 6.82

    3.00

    Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement GridLost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid

    Lost Form Space Deformation according to Pressure

    Air Forms attatched to GridPlacement Grid

    PRESSURE AND FORM-MAKING

    Placement Grid Air Forms attached to Grid Deformation according to pressure Lost Form space

    DEFORMATION BY PRESSURE

    PLAN AND SECTIONS 1:500

    We envision the site as a dynamic space registering CSO in-flows over time. These accumulations spread as the amount of clean water and sediment increases and is distributed on the site. As the filtered water distributes from spout to edge, it will be released into Lake Ontario. Eventually, the border of the lake and the site will be eroded by this process and lake water will begin to infiltrate edge ponds. There is a potential for new ecologies and an eventual blurring of the waters edge. Water quality on the site is thus demonstrated by clean water, rain wa-ter and lake water.

    A

    B

    East-West Section

    Interior view of central hall.

    North-S

    outh Section

    Sphere Detail

    SITE PHASING

    LOST FORMCONSTRUCTION METHOD

    Site plan after 10 years of growth

  • LOST FORM POOLSThe geometry created through the lost form process of construction is ideal for the containment and transfer of water. Based on a spheres position within the sediment pile, and its corresponding amount of pressure, the sphere is deformed. Areas with lower amounts of pressure maintain the spheres concave geometry and are small and deeper pools, while areas subject to higher pressure for wider and shallower pools. These variations radiate outwards from the centre of the sediment pile, where the highest amount of pressure creates the most deformation, to the outside where little pressure forces little deformation.

    YEAR WATER BUILD

    0/0m 10/0m 10/35m 20/60m 20/60m 30/60m, 35m 50/100m, 35m 50/100m, 35m 1. SITE PREPGrid ties are distributed and fixed to the site, ready for sphere placement. The silo is in-ternally prepared for wastewater treatment and the sediment elevator and arm are at-tached. Finally major piping is laid to distrib-ute cleansed water to future ponds.

    2. ACCUMULATION AND SPHERE PLACEMENTAs the silo treats water it stores processed sediment and clean water. Spheres are tied in place for the first sediment pour and ar-ranged in a radiating grid surround the sedi-ment drop point. The silo is not yet publicly used.

    3. SEDIMENT RELEASEThe first round of sediment is released on the placed spheres. The distributes and takes its natural angle of repose. The sphere, once regular, become deformed by the varying amounts within the conical form.

    4. AIR RELEASEAir is released from the afixed spheres and piping is secured. Though not entirely re-moved, all removed sheres create new pond spaces.

    CLEANLINESS

    SOURCESILO NATURE

    LOW HIGH

    LOWHIGH

    45 C ??

    SILOINTERIOR POND SEMI OUTDOOR OUTDOOR POND SPILL OUT POND LAKE FLOODING

    INTERIOR POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:

    CONTROLLED WATER

    UNCONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE

    TEMPERATURE

    SEASONAL VARIATION

    Completely contained within the structure of the sedi-ment, the most interior of ponds are completely removed from all exterior conditions. The first recipi-ent of purified water from the silo, these interior ponds are the purest water available. Maintained at a con-stant 45 degrees, these large, group pools are a con-tant immersive environment. Filtered light from above reaches the ponds in thick streams passing through thick humidity, and steam thats emmited from the water.

    100% SILO

    45 C - CONSTANT

    NONE

    100% PURE

    SPA, HAMMAM, SAUNA

    HOT TUB, STEAM ROOM

    SEMI-OUTDOOR POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:

    Nearly contained within the sediment, small openings allow this pond to be affected by fluctuating weather conditions. Rainwater, snow, fog and other atmo-spheric water can enter, though in limited amounts. the result is a pond that takes the 45 degree water from the interior ponds and mixes it with small amounts from the exterior . The water within this area maintains a high temperature and due to its exposure with the outside will produce plumes of fog in the colder months.

    75% SILO / 25% RAIN

    45 C + OUTDOOR LOW - MID

    75% PURE

    OUTDOOR POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:Similar to a typical pool, the outdoor ponds have a basin to contain water, but are left completely open to the elements. Water, while originating from the silo has been cooled by prior ponds and is now com-pletely open to the exterior environment. All water, either in solid, gas, or liquid state is mixed within the pond. Heavy rainfall can pollute the pool, but cooler temperatures could make it the most ideal place to spend a summer afternoon.

    55% SILO / 45% RAIN

    25 C - -5 C

    HIGH

    65% PURE / 35% ??

    SWIMMING, WADING,

    ECOLOGICAL HABITAT

    SPILL-OVER POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:

    The release point for all water originating in the silo and collected by the ponds. Draining onto the land and overtime gradually flooding the shoreline of the site, these ponds mix pond water with Lake Ontario water. The shoreline of the sediment provides excel-lent habitat spaces for small aquatic wildlife and natu-ral water filtering plants. While not clean water, the final release point releases control of water and atmo-sphere to natural wildlife and water.

    25% SILO / 25% RAIN / 50 % LAKE20 C - 0 C HIGH

    25% PURE

    CLEANLINESS

    SOURCESILO NATURE

    LOW HIGH

    LOWHIGH

    45 C ??

    SILOINTERIOR POND SEMI OUTDOOR OUTDOOR POND SPILL OUT POND LAKE FLOODING

    INTERIOR POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:

    CONTROLLED WATER

    UNCONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE

    TEMPERATURE

    SEASONAL VARIATION

    Completely contained within the structure of the sedi-ment, the most interior of ponds are completely removed from all exterior conditions. The first recipi-ent of purified water from the silo, these interior ponds are the purest water available. Maintained at a con-stant 45 degrees, these large, group pools are a con-tant immersive environment. Filtered light from above reaches the ponds in thick streams passing through thick humidity, and steam thats emmited from the water.

    100% SILO

    45 C - CONSTANT

    NONE

    100% PURE

    SPA, HAMMAM, SAUNA

    HOT TUB, STEAM ROOM

    SEMI-OUTDOOR POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:

    Nearly contained within the sediment, small openings allow this pond to be affected by fluctuating weather conditions. Rainwater, snow, fog and other atmo-spheric water can enter, though in limited amounts. the result is a pond that takes the 45 degree water from the interior ponds and mixes it with small amounts from the exterior . The water within this area maintains a high temperature and due to its exposure with the outside will produce plumes of fog in the colder months.

    75% SILO / 25% RAIN

    45 C + OUTDOOR LOW - MID

    75% PURE

    OUTDOOR POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:Similar to a typical pool, the outdoor ponds have a basin to contain water, but are left completely open to the elements. Water, while originating from the silo has been cooled by prior ponds and is now com-pletely open to the exterior environment. All water, either in solid, gas, or liquid state is mixed within the pond. Heavy rainfall can pollute the pool, but cooler temperatures could make it the most ideal place to spend a summer afternoon.

    55% SILO / 45% RAIN

    25 C - -5 C

    HIGH

    65% PURE / 35% ??

    SWIMMING, WADING,

    ECOLOGICAL HABITAT

    SPILL-OVER POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:

    The release point for all water originating in the silo and collected by the ponds. Draining onto the land and overtime gradually flooding the shoreline of the site, these ponds mix pond water with Lake Ontario water. The shoreline of the sediment provides excel-lent habitat spaces for small aquatic wildlife and natu-ral water filtering plants. While not clean water, the final release point releases control of water and atmo-sphere to natural wildlife and water.

    25% SILO / 25% RAIN / 50 % LAKE20 C - 0 C HIGH

    25% PURE

    INTERIOR POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:Completely contained within the structure of the sedi-ment, the most interior of ponds are completely removed from all exterior conditions. The first recipi-ent of purified water from the silo, these interior ponds are the purest water available. Maintained at a con-stant 45 degrees, these large, group pools are a con-tant immersive environment. Filtered light from above reaches the ponds in thick streams passing through thick humidity, and steam thats emmited from the water.

    100% SILO

    45 C - CONSTANT

    NONE

    100% PURE

    SPA, HAMMAM, SAUNA

    HOT TUB, STEAM ROOM

    SEMI-OUTDOOR POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:

    Nearly contained within the sediment, small openings allow this pond to be affected by fluctuating weather conditions. Rainwater, snow, fog and other atmo-spheric water can enter, though in limited amounts. the result is a pond that takes the 45 degree water from the interior ponds and mixes it with small amounts from the exterior . The water within this area maintains a high temperature and due to its exposure with the outside will produce plumes of fog in the colder months.

    75% SILO / 25% RAIN

    45 C + OUTDOOR LOW - MID

    75% PURE

    OUTDOOR POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:Similar to a typical pool, the outdoor ponds have a basin to contain water, but are left completely open to the elements. Water, while originating from the silo has been cooled by prior ponds and is now com-pletely open to the exterior environment. All water, either in solid, gas, or liquid state is mixed within the pond. Heavy rainfall can pollute the pool, but cooler temperatures could make it the most ideal place to spend a summer afternoon.

    55% SILO / 45% RAIN

    25 C - -5 C

    HIGH

    65% PURE / 35% ??

    SWIMMING, WADING,

    ECOLOGICAL HABITAT

    SPILL-OVER POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:

    The release point for all water originating in the silo and collected by the ponds. Draining onto the land and overtime gradually flooding the shoreline of the site, these ponds mix pond water with Lake Ontario water. The shoreline of the sediment provides excel-lent habitat spaces for small aquatic wildlife and natu-ral water filtering plants. While not clean water, the final release point releases control of water and atmo-sphere to natural wildlife and water.

    25% SILO / 25% RAIN / 50 % LAKE20 C - 0 C HIGH

    25% PURE

    INTERIOR POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:Completely contained within the structure of the sedi-ment, the most interior of ponds are completely removed from all exterior conditions. The first recipi-ent of purified water from the silo, these interior ponds are the purest water available. Maintained at a con-stant 45 degrees, these large, group pools are a con-tant immersive environment. Filtered light from above reaches the ponds in thick streams passing through thick humidity, and steam thats emmited from the water.

    100% SILO

    45 C - CONSTANT

    NONE

    100% PURE

    SPA, HAMMAM, SAUNA

    HOT TUB, STEAM ROOM

    SEMI-OUTDOOR POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

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    Nearly contained within the sediment, small openings allow this pond to be affected by fluctuating weather conditions. Rainwater, snow, fog and other atmo-spheric water can enter, though in limited amounts. the result is a pond that takes the 45 degree water from the interior ponds and mixes it with small amounts from the exterior . The water within this area maintains a high temperature and due to its exposure with the outside will produce plumes of fog in the colder months.

    75% SILO / 25% RAIN

    45 C + OUTDOOR LOW - MID

    75% PURE

    OUTDOOR POND

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    ATMOSPHERE:Similar to a typical pool, the outdoor ponds have a basin to contain water, but are left completely open to the elements. Water, while originating from the silo has been cooled by prior ponds and is now com-pletely open to the exterior environment. All water, either in solid, gas, or liquid state is mixed within the pond. Heavy rainfall can pollute the pool, but cooler temperatures could make it the most ideal place to spend a summer afternoon.

    55% SILO / 45% RAIN

    25 C - -5 C

    HIGH

    65% PURE / 35% ??

    SWIMMING, WADING,

    ECOLOGICAL HABITAT

    SPILL-OVER POND

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    The release point for all water originating in the silo and collected by the ponds. Draining onto the land and overtime gradually flooding the shoreline of the site, these ponds mix pond water with Lake Ontario water. The shoreline of the sediment provides excel-lent habitat spaces for small aquatic wildlife and natu-ral water filtering plants. While not clean water, the final release point releases control of water and atmo-sphere to natural wildlife and water.

    25% SILO / 25% RAIN / 50 % LAKE20 C - 0 C HIGH

    25% PURE

    INTERIOR POND

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    ATMOSPHERE:Completely contained within the structure of the sedi-ment, the most interior of ponds are completely removed from all exterior conditions. The first recipi-ent of purified water from the silo, these interior ponds are the purest water available. Maintained at a con-stant 45 degrees, these large, group pools are a con-tant immersive environment. Filtered light from above reaches the ponds in thick streams passing through thick humidity, and steam thats emmited from the water.

    100% SILO

    45 C - CONSTANT

    NONE

    100% PURE

    SPA, HAMMAM, SAUNA

    HOT TUB, STEAM ROOM

    SEMI-OUTDOOR POND

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    TEMPERATURE:

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    CLEANLINESS:

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    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:

    Nearly contained within the sediment, small openings allow this pond to be affected by fluctuating weather conditions. Rainwater, snow, fog and other atmo-spheric water can enter, though in limited amounts. the result is a pond that takes the 45 degree water from the interior ponds and mixes it with small amounts from the exterior . The water within this area maintains a high temperature and due to its exposure with the outside will produce plumes of fog in the colder months.

    75% SILO / 25% RAIN

    45 C + OUTDOOR LOW - MID

    75% PURE

    OUTDOOR POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:Similar to a typical pool, the outdoor ponds have a basin to contain water, but are left completely open to the elements. Water, while originating from the silo has been cooled by prior ponds and is now com-pletely open to the exterior environment. All water, either in solid, gas, or liquid state is mixed within the pond. Heavy rainfall can pollute the pool, but cooler temperatures could make it the most ideal place to spend a summer afternoon.

    55% SILO / 45% RAIN

    25 C - -5 C

    HIGH

    65% PURE / 35% ??

    SWIMMING, WADING,

    ECOLOGICAL HABITAT

    SPILL-OVER POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:

    The release point for all water originating in the silo and collected by the ponds. Draining onto the land and overtime gradually flooding the shoreline of the site, these ponds mix pond water with Lake Ontario water. The shoreline of the sediment provides excel-lent habitat spaces for small aquatic wildlife and natu-ral water filtering plants. While not clean water, the final release point releases control of water and atmo-sphere to natural wildlife and water.

    25% SILO / 25% RAIN / 50 % LAKE20 C - 0 C HIGH

    25% PURE

    INTERIOR POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:Completely contained within the structure of the sedi-ment, the most interior of ponds are completely removed from all exterior conditions. The first recipi-ent of purified water from the silo, these interior ponds are the purest water available. Maintained at a con-stant 45 degrees, these large, group pools are a con-tant immersive environment. Filtered light from above reaches the ponds in thick streams passing through thick humidity, and steam thats emmited from the water.

    100% SILO

    45 C - CONSTANT

    NONE

    100% PURE

    SPA, HAMMAM, SAUNA

    HOT TUB, STEAM ROOM

    SEMI-OUTDOOR POND

    SOURCE:

    TEMPERATURE:

    VARIATION:

    CLEANLINESS:

    SIZE:

    USE:

    ATMOSPHERE:

    Nearly contained within the sediment, small openings allow this pond to be affected by fluctuating weather conditions. Rainwater, snow, fog and other atmo-spheric water can enter, though in limited amounts. the result is a pond that takes the 45 degree water from the interior ponds and mixes it with small amounts from the exterior . The water within this area maintains a high temperature and due to its exposure with the outside will produce plumes of fog in the colder months.

    75% SILO / 25% RAIN

    45 C +