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ABOUT HOUSE OF WATER

House of Water displays the most advanced technologies from over 60 companies in the water sector, in a hybrid landscape that merges water, technology, and architecture.

The house highlights Denmark’s position as a globally recognized water-hub, and creates a shared public space, bringing the community together around new knowledge, technologies, and solutions.

HOW showcases how we can secure vital resources; water, energy and food in the future - that is why the house should be realised. Water is the new wind!

This document presents the visions and potentials in House of Water and the Rethink Water Project

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TREDJE NATUR · p5View of the House of Water roof landscape and pool

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House of Water is a visionary idea for a new water attraction potentially located in the Copenhagen harbor, helping to brand Denmark in relation to water. The House of Water combines typologies of Danish landscapes with Danish water technology. A series of exhibitions focusing not only on technology, but the importance that water plays in our lives, creates a learning landscape through sensory phenomena. The House of Water aspires to bridge the gap between understanding nature and the Danish solutions that can help to better manage our resources.

In 2050 the Earth’s population is expected to grow to over 9 billion people. This leads to additional resource

requirements, among others, in relation to safe drinking water, food and waste. At the same time, it will lead to more urbanization and urban sprawl. In this new paradigm, urban architecture mobilizes new types of communities in recreation and resource awareness. House of Water is a suggestion for a holistic building that connects the public with new solutions and basic knowledge of how everyday life is associated with global urbanization challenges.

HOW? - A LEARNING LANDSCAPE!With the world’s longest coastline per capita and a landscape shaped by the last ice age, water has always been fundamental to how Danes live

Visualization of HOW in Copenhagen

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in the world. Nature has always been a prerequisite for the development of our knowledge and the creation of our technologies. We call it a learning landscape. A landscape where the world learns about what we are good at and where we can learn how to even better help other nations with their water challenges.

HOW is a Copenhagen demonstration landscape with a global scope, presenting the fundamental premise that water is essential for all life. 70% of the earth is covered by water, but only 2.5% of this amount is freshwater, and less than 1 % of this water is available for humans, animals, and plants. In the future, it will really be a

battle for the one percent. Explosively growing populations, greater prosperity, and urbanization will cause the demand for clean water to increase dramatically even before the next ten years. According to the UN, the world’s water consumption will be 30 percent greater in 2030, and ’business as usual’ will consume approximately 40 percent more fresh water than is being replenished.

Af alt det vand vi har på jorden er 97% saltvand og kun 3% ferskvand. Saltvand indeholder ca. 35 mg salt pr. liter (mg/l) og kan ikke

først. Det vand vi drikker er ferskvand. Ferskvand har un-der 1 mg salt pr. liter (mg/l).

Menneskekroppen består af ca. 70 % vand. Blod består af ca. 92 % vand, hjerne og muskler af ca. 75 % vand og knogler af ca. 22 % vand. Et menneske kan

overleve ca. en måned uden at spise men kun en uge uden at drikke vand.

Af verdens samlede ferske

i søer, 11% i sumpe og 2% i

i verden hentes drikkevandet direkte fra søer og vandløb. Hvis vandet er forurenet, kan det føre sygdomme med sig.

Af verdens samlede ferskvand er 68,7% frossent fast på syd- og nordpolen, på Grønland og verdens gletschere. 30,1%

grundvand. Kun 0,3% af fer-

og vandløb. Dette kaldes fersk

Fresh water 2,5% Salt water 97,5% GroundwaterIce Surface water 70% Water

Water ressources on the earth and in relation to humans

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AN URBAN WATER LANDSCAPEHouse of Water offers a thousand ways to get wet, and a thousand tales of water in the city. House of Water is a place to meet, a place to explore, and a place to create new knowledge. The house creates an inviting landscape, where the unique Danish understanding of technology is demonstrated to visitors encountering water in various forms. Port of Copenhagen is world renowned for its clean water, so the curved surface of the house provides generous access to the sea. The main freshwater reservoir collects rainwater, which is heated by waste heat, allowing the House of Water to support a year round bathing season. The surface is covered with active limestone that cleans rainwater naturally. Thereby, the house is participating in making Copenhagen a more natural, healthy, and sustainable city.

The lobby is the public gathering place in the heart of the House of Water. The descent is via the central circular ramp in the middle of the house. Excess rain water from the reservoir creates a cascading water curtain that fills the lobby floor with a thin film of water. Curious visitors are invited to 'walk on water ' in a kaleidoscopic compartment that provides access to the many levels of the house. It also offers visitors a steamy soup kitchen serving urban farmed oysters, fish and seaweed from the harbor.

Visualization of the lobby

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SEVEN MEETING PLACESWater is essential for all life. Based on an interpretation of Danish landscapes, TREDJE NATUR creates an inviting waterscape. That we sense we remember. Therefore, the phenomena of nature and Danish geological history inspire the presentation of information and knowledge about water.

TREDJE NATUR proposes a landscape wrapped around a central water reservoir - symbolizing a drop of fresh water in a sea of salt - thereby making visible how clean water is both a scarce and valuable resource. A landscape of seven unique meeting venues folds around the reservoir. Here, curious people meet and create new shared knowledge through their encounters

with water and architecture. In effect, the water industry becomes the driver for ‘green’ and ‘blue’ change. The Copenhagen harbor baths and the North Sea’s endless dune landscapes. Denmark’s Northern Zealand dead-ice landscape, Amager Fælled’s wetlands, and Møn’s cliffs of limestone. All places where water plays a special role. Fog, freezing rain, and rain - lots of rain - are the weather phenomena featured in the landscape. The seven locations in the House of Water are composed as part weather phenomenon and part landscape typologies. This creates a number of richly experiential showrooms where the technologies of tomorrow are demonstrated.

HOW shows 10 exhibitionrooms with 10 burning platforms within water

technology

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Improving water efficiency in the food and beverage industry

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Groundwater mapping and sustainable groundwater management

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A RECREATIONAL DISPLAY WINDOWBy combining Danish companies’ highly developed knowledge of water technologies, with the creation of new recreational blue spaces, Denmark can showcase a demonstration landscape for sustainable water technology. The direct experience and opportunities this technology creates for recreational activities will strengthen the branding and know-how of this industry. At the same time, the useful and recreational blue urban space is a reminder for us Danes about the invisible consumption we have of the world’s scarce water resources - not in the form of a lecture, but by making it clear that in Denmark we can actually make a difference here and now.

Three examples of white papers from The Rethink Water Project.They can all be found at www.rethinkwater.dk.

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”Danish companies in the water industry have taken the first step toward a partnership that has both courage and drive. They have challenged themselves by collaborating with their competitors in order to create this platform. With the launch of the Rethink Water project, Danish companies are showing the world that Denmark is prepared to take responsibility and help resolve the major global water challenges ”

Ida Auken former Environmental Minister

”Water is the greatest global challenge right now and could be the next wind adventure for Denmark. Presently, the Danish water sector is exporting more than 15 million Danish kroner [3 million dollars, 2 million euro] annually. The amount has the potential to increase two- or three-fold by 2020, but it will require a major effort and action force”

Pia Olsen Dyhr former Trade and Investment Minister

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Providing enough fresh water for a growing population and increasing industrial production, is a critical issue in many countries. Climate change is affecting global rainfall patterns and water distribution. Since there is approximately 100 times more groundwater on Earth than fresh surface water, it makes sense to utilize groundwater as a source of water. In many parts of the world, especially in arid or seasonally dry regions, groundwater can provide a stable and sustainable source of high quality water. Actually, some countries still rely on witch doctors to find water. Denmark utilizes new airborne technology to locate groundwater from the sky.

Visualization of ROOM 1

See the white paper Greater water security with groundwater

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Groundwater mapping and sustainable groundwater management

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Cities are growing. Today’s urban population of 3.2 billion will rise to nearly 5 billion by 2030, by which time three out of five people will live in cities. Added to this, many cities face additional pressures of rising sea levels and extreme weather events, bringing with them the risk of flooding and droughts. In dry periods temperatures may rise even further, due to the urban heat island effect. The integration of water solutions with urban development is a way to reintroduce water as an asset in urban living. By working with natures principles, Denmark brings inspiring water experiences to the city as we climate adapt the urban fabric.


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Sustainable solutions for integrated urban water management

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The availability of water will be a critical issue in the future, and the cost of water will rise. With higher living standards and a global population predicted to reach 9 billion people in the next few decades, the demand for water will increase significantly. The House of Water aims to make indirect water use visible. Nearly three-quarters of total water consumption in the world relates to the consumption of food and drink, and the United Nations has estimated that before 2030, water consumption will rise by 30 percent. Therefore, the water footprint of food products will garner more attention from consumers, and become more present on political agendas in the near future.

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Copenhagen has very little water loss, but in many countries a mind-blowing percentage of fresh water is lost on its way to the consumers. Globally, this loss amounts to a magnitude of 25 to 50 percent of the total distributed water. For the water utilities facing an increased demand for water, an important gap to close is the considerable difference between the amount of produced and distributed water, and the volumes billed to the consumers. This difference is known as Non-Revenue Water (NRW) or urban water losses. The causes are inaccurate billing and metering systems, deteriorating water distribution infrastructure with high levels of leakages, too high water pressure, reservoir overflow, flushings, and illegal connections.

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Reducing the level of Non-Revenue Water in water distribution

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Reducing urban water losses

important in cities facing an increased demand for water

See the white paper Reducing urban water losses important in cities facing an incresed demand for water.

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By controlling the waste water, we can restore the city’s harbor water and create new urban aqua farms of oysters and fish. Treating waste water is energy intensive, but waste water is an energy resource on its own. An outstanding example is in the primary production of salmon, a fish highly valued in many countries. Intensive recirculation technology in salmon farms, means that salmon are now reared using only 250 liter of water per kilo of fish with a minimum of wastewater. This compares with 50,000 liter per kilo with traditional circulation technology, which often pollutes the surrounding water. This salmon breeding technology is now used in Chile, Canada, and Russia and will shortly be used in the Gobi desert in northwestern China, close to Mongolia, where it rains only 50-100 mm (2-4 inches) per year.

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See the white paper Sustainable and water efficient production of fish - on and offshore

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The House of Water showcases the normally hidden technologies in a fairytale-like setting – bringing back the magical fascination of cutting edge technology. For decades, Danish food and beverage industries have shown their skills in developing new products and increasing production, despite facing rising water rates and stricter disposal regulations. The demand for water in urban water supply varies widely throughout the day and even over the course of the week. One of many positive results is the ability to control water supply pumps, thus reducing water leakages.

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TREDJE NATUROle SchrøderPartnerArchitect maa +45 2510 4460 [email protected]

Flemming Rafn ThomsenPartnerArchitect maa mdl+45 4093 [email protected]

Heimdalsgade 35, baghuset 4. sal2200 København N+45 2510 [email protected]

ABOUTWith af budget of 12 million DKK over a 2 year period, the Rethink Water Project have been completed with Danish Water Forum as a subcontractor for State of Green.

The digital platform is facilitated by LIFTED and We Love People. TREDJE NATUR have developed House of Water, and the movie is animated by Einstein Film.

All images of House Of Water has been done by the architectural office TREDJE NATUR

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- meaning Third Nature in Danish, is a Copenhagen based office working with the agenda of fusing building and biology.

Since the office’s beginning in 2012 the architects have been off to a flying start. Within the fields of climate adapted landscapes, hybrid buildings and urban planning they have consistently been showing the world new positivistic approaches to be dealing with the burning platforms of urban challenges.

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