Designed for the Worst CaseZurich’s water supply
Frontendconf Zurich - 28 August 2015
by Memi Beltrame
These fountains are a great piece of design. Kids can drink standing on the elevation on the right, dogs have their own bowl on the left.
But they look really impractical to fetch water by the buckets.How’s that a backup system?
The fountains can be opened and reveal a hydrant that is used to attach a hose and distribution pipes.
Design for desaster, failure and worst case.
for no javascript, low bandwidth, flaky connection, offline,
inconsistent content, user input…
Credits: Title image: Samuel Rayman, Frontendconf Zurich panorama: zurich.com Aerial view: Bering AG http://www.bering.ch/de/referenzen/aktuelle-projekte/wasserversorgung-zurich Fountain in winter: Samuel Fausch http://www.panoramio.com/photo/16786706 Centered fountain: Dolores Linggi http://zuri.net/magazin/1544/stadtsichten-februar.htm Opened fountain: http://www.alt-zueri.ch/turicum/brunnen/notwasserbrunnen.html Distribution: Stadt Zürich https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/dib/de/index/wasserversorgung/brunnen/Notwasserbrunnen.html