Water Stops : Study on New Type of Flood Control System

The purpose of this study is to test a new type of flood control system that can effectively be utilized to respond
to and resolve urban floods. Floods in urban areas lead to particular consequences, because the modification of
the land surface during urbanization produces changes in the magnitude of runoff processes. Within the urban
fabric, floods lead to increased runoff causing drainage control issues. Existing flood control mechanisms are the
primary insertions that prevent inundation by the river. Unfortunately, current large scale systems are inappropriate to prevent flooding that leads to excessive urban runoff. Furthermore, the urban flooding occurs at unpredictable times locations within the city, posing further problems and demanding solutions.
The project proposes that decentralized small reservoirs be placed in numerous locations throughout the city.
The localized reservoirs that span the city can react immediately to unexpected floods and manage runoff. In
order for these reservoirs to be more adaptive to the local district of installation, the scale of the reservoirs has
to be reduced. Also, for the purposes of sustainable utilization of the flood controller, passive ways of using the
system have been thoroughly explored. Lastly and most importantly, these localized small-scale reservoirs are integrated with existing programs in order to capitalize on the newly inserted infrastructure and the collected water
within the reservoirs. Thus, the design of a new flood control system that is more reactive and imbued with bus
stops, one of the most distributed typologies, is the product of this proposal

Night View, Bus Stop +Flood Control System

Ideal Characteristics of the New Flood Control System in Seoul

Suburban

Urban

Initial Concept

Centralized

Decentralized + Networked

Infrastructural

Exposed + passive

Single-purposed

Versatile

Experiment for Passive Operability

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Water Transportation Deployment

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Cylinders : Plugged-in

Water : Pumped-up

Cylinders : Unplugged

Cylinders : Transported by Bus

Cylinder-Loading Procedure

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Cylinders : Stacked up

Cylinders = Temporary Storage

Transportation of the Cylinders by the Public Bus

Operable Roof Deployment

Lower level(platform), Bus Stop +Flood Control System

Interior View, Viewing from the Main Entrance

2m

Cross Section, 1:100

Operable Roof

Detail on the next page

Upper Gathering Space

Bus Platform

Primary Reservoir

Secondary Reservoir

Sectional Physical Model, 1:25