Chase
Pier Model 2012, Paul Daniel
This
model has been developed as part of a project with Biohabitats, conservation
planners. The combined project of science and art is dedicated to developing a device
that filters bay water using the natural resources of wind and plants. I have
designed a wind powered kinetic sculpture that raises water to assist in turning
Chase Pier in Baltimore harbor into a functioning wetland.
In
the completed full-scale sculpture, spiral pumps will rotate on each side of
the pier bringing water to the deck where it will flow into wetland plant beds
300 feet long.
How
much water will the sculpture raise? At low tide every revolution of the sail
elements raises 168 gallons of bay H2O. At high tide the amount of water doubles!
Chase
Pier Model is 1” =1’ scale, 84”
wide
