We have been informed by “Idea-Kind” that a number of works by BIFCA students from the Landscape Design Department stood out in this competition.《Chiang Mai-Mae Kha Canal Ecological Restoration》by Xinyu Hu awarded Silver Prize, 《Ecological Wetland Conservation Area》by JiaHang Zhang awarded Prize of Excellence.
“Idea-King Award” is a professional exhibition and award for creative design with good global reputation and prestige. It was initiated by landscape design enthusiasts all over the world and created by institute of Human Settlements and Environmental Sciences. This award aims to reward designers and design institutions that have made outstanding contributions to the Landscape design industry. At the same time, create a comprehensive communication platform that originates from East Cultural and faces to global. The theme of this competition is “Landscape Leads Healthy Life”, aiming to solve problems fundamentally to achieve healthy life, the goal is to enhance the overall immunity of human society by working on ecological chain.
《Chiang Mai-Mae Kha Canal Ecological Restoration》by Xinyu Hu awarded Silver Prize
Supervised by Sunantana Nuanla-or
Mahidol Road and Hai Ya Road located at the intersection of Chiang Mai, the domestic rubbish and sewage generated in slums have caused serious water pollution. Three methods are mainly adopted in terms of canal restoration. The first is to increase the water flow of the canal by replenishing and collecting rainwater, which can flush away some large size rubbish. The purified water can be recycled and used as fountain and landscape water. The second method is the stabilization pond technology, which combines of using variety methods to form a micro-ecosystem by using its own microorganisms to improve the stability of the canal ecosystem. Finally, to planting and place pebbles in river and canal to prevent soil erosion and avoid canalization of river canal.
《Ecological Wetland Conservation Area》by JiaHang Zhang awarded Prize of Excellence.
upervised by Sunantana Nuanla-or
The site is located in the ancient canal at the site of the ancient city wall in northern Thailand in Chiang Mai. Both sides of the river are illegally occupied by shanty towns. While eroding the land, domestic sewage is directly discharged into the river, making the river water quality worse and losing its original vitality. Therefore, the goal of the design is to liberate the river, restore its self-purification ability and ecological function, and create a habitat for wild animals. In the design process, pollutants are first drained, sewage is collected centrally, sewage treatment tanks are set up by physical control, and pollutants are controlled by filtration. The land treatment system "artificial wetland" is used to improve the ecological environment of the site, and the ecological floating island control method is used to form an aquatic ecosystem using emergent plants. It becomes an effective method of river water purification, and subsequent protection is maintained through comprehensive optimization of water functions and watershed space management.
