Onehunga Water Museum
What is your impression of water? A still lake projecting sunset, rough waves hitting a seashore, streams of snow water weaving through a forest or the smell of fresh grass after the storm? There is one more body of water that is hidden away from our senses, silently supplying us with fresh water for centuries, they are the aquifers of New Zealand.
This project aims to strengthen the tie of Aucklanders and the large body of water which flows underneath our city, most notably the Onehunga Aquifer which was once the essential supply for Maori Settlements in Auckland.
There are two main parts in this project to work collectively with the two sources of natural water supply that can be collected on-site, the aquifer and rainwater. By revealing the extraction process of the Onehunga Aquifer, it uncovers the visual and acoustic aspects of the aquifer to the public. The second part is the display of transparent water filtration system made possible by rainwater and different layers of plants, earth and sediments. Thus the basic concept of formation of the aquifer can be understood in the most visual and interactive way, as the public can enter both the space of plant and water below.
This project aims to strengthen the tie of Aucklanders and the large body of water which flows underneath our city, most notably the Onehunga Aquifer which was once the essential supply for Maori Settlements in Auckland.
There are two main parts in this project to work collectively with the two sources of natural water supply that can be collected on-site, the aquifer and rainwater. By revealing the extraction process of the Onehunga Aquifer, it uncovers the visual and acoustic aspects of the aquifer to the public. The second part is the display of transparent water filtration system made possible by rainwater and different layers of plants, earth and sediments. Thus the basic concept of formation of the aquifer can be understood in the most visual and interactive way, as the public can enter both the space of plant and water below.