Filter Island: models & diagrams
Project Location: Chicago, IL
In addition to the overall site plan of Filter Island, models and diagrams help illustrate how the system would work. A sequence of diagrams shows the layers of the constructed wetland, from underwater fabric storage bags to the water flow through the system. Returning clean water to Lake Michigan is the primary goal of the project, but the design also returns space and habitat to humans and wildlife, with a 2,000 meter rowing course, an urban camping preserve, a floating boardwalk system, and a 52 acre wildlife and migrating bird sanctuary. The modular design of the filtering units allows for planned obsolescence: as city porosity and river water quality improves, the system can be deconstructed unit by unit.
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