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Daniel Liang Xu
徐亮
Architect.Designer.Researcher.
M.Arch(Prof)
Design Dissertation: Part I - The Network
University of Cape Town 2018
Project Framework
Initial Conceptual Collages

the infrastructural object

where the natural + artificial meet

markers of the underground
Day Zero
A closer look - Cape Town Water Crisis 2018

Cape Town Region Water Cycle





Historic Maps showing the Development of the Cape Town City Bowl
Courtesy of the Western Cape Archives

Map of Historic Water Ways + Farms Located within the Cape Town City Bowl




Cape Town Underground Tunnel Infrastructure
Average of 18-20 Million Litres of Water Daily
An Alternative Water Source?
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The Urban Network
Layers of Movement: Water + People

Design Development
Development Sketches + Proposals






Site
A look at what an example of Arcadia could be



Relationship with Sea, Sky, Mountain + Earth
Flows between 'sCapes

The Proposal
Exploded Axo

The Living
The Earth
The Grid
The Market
The Reservoir
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