 ARCHIMEDES PRINCIPLE –

Floating pods (residential – zone 1), - mrunalini (numerical)

Transit structure (uplifting metal foam – link), - charanya

Temporary structures (pre-cast) – amphibious houses, - sneha

Buoyant materials/ waterproof materials – plastic drums, - sneha

Recyclable materials of Nainital (efficient waste management) - sneha

 SILT – channelise the left over silt from land slide debris/ tube wells into agricultural plots -
niharika
 SPACES – schools, clinics, shelters, food supply, essentials, emergency services – red cross
(pre-cast) - sneha
 AERATION DISCS – for water purification – namitha
Find working of aeration discs
 Lake bank filtration – tube wells - mrunalini

 CAPILLARY EFFECT – prathik

use in houses,
xylem phloem water transfer
 STEVIN’S PRINCIPLE (communicating vessels)– mrunalini
connect all water bodies – they will maintain same water level,
redirect water bodies
 SIPHONING - catchment areas (through water cycles mechanism) – mrunalini
 INUNDATION MAP - prathik

 ROOM FOR RIVER – Junaid

flood either side (agricultural plots) of river,
For settlements

 WALK ON WATER - pedestrian pathways - all

Flooding scenario – alternate transit
Non-flooding scenario – road network

 SPONGE CITY – Niharika, sneha

Plantations
Porous surfaces
ground water recharge
  WAFFLE CITY - Niharika, sneha
 STREAMLINED SHAPE OF BOATS - temporary structures, emergency services, people with
luggage - Ali
 AMPHIBIOUS HOUSING - Ali
 HOLLOW CONTOURS
 RIPARIAN LANDSCAPE – landscape around a water body, soil type and vegetation study -
Junaid
 AQUAPONICS - Namitha
 HYDROPONICS - floating farms, timber framework, natural fertilizer - namitha
 CABLE CARS – as alternate transit systems, smart tunnel (Kuala Lumpur)
 RAISED PAVEMENTS (SLOPED) - niharika
 MINI ECOSYSTEMS
 CATCHMENT AREAS
 HYDROELECTRICITY – electricity generation, electric turbines
 For electricity production during floods – pump up water using solar panels (day), let it flow
down (night) - charanya

DESIGN IDEAS

 Interconnected water bodies –

a) Water basins where polluted water is discharged
b) Water basins collecting purified water (final retention basin)
(Filtration mechanism – macrophytes/ eutrophication process)
(Hollow contours)

 Hotel units on a single support/ multiple pipes (capillary effect + stevin’s law)

 Upside down aquarium

 Tortoise
 Periscopes
 Traditional mechanisms, Khuls/ ghuls -
RETROFITTING SOLUTIONS