Boreal Water: A Floating Carpet and Sub Aquatic Cathedral
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2017
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Krul, Curtis
Krul, Curtis
Krul, Curtis
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A dock is a structure that is built on the shore of a body of water, to provide access to the lake. Traditionally built using timber, dock structures use a number of materials to minimize costs and maximize usable space alongshore for mooring boats, swimming, sunbathing and fishing. Constructed in three distinct types on Lake of the Woods, crib docks, pile docks, and floating docks currently function as a hindrance to ecological function on the lake shore.
The Lake of the Woods watershed region is a boreal water body straddling three distinct landscape characters; aspen parkland, industrial agriculture, and the Canadian Shield. Lake of the Woods traverses three political borders in an intricate system of islands, bays, and straights, as water flows into the lake body from the south. Meandering North, and ultimately exiting into Hudson’s bay, fresh water in this lake supplies drinking water to 3 major cities and towns; Fort Francis, Kenora, and the City of Winnipeg. There is a significant human impact on this sensitive environment and it is an ongoing task to maintain a healthy economic-ecological balance. Water level manipulation, pulp and paper manufacturing, hydroelectric potential, and recreation all hold controlling stakes in the performance of intricate lake system, while the value of drinking water quality is one that is often taken for granted. To ensure a drinking water source into the future, it is important to actively manage the human impact on the Lake of the Woods watershed system.
Development on shorelands adjacent to the water of Lake of the Woods region is considered a luxury, and many property owners consider water access by constructing a dock to be a paramount requirement for enjoyment of the lake. The study of this freshwater lake ecosystem in this project provides evidence to support a more intensive consideration for the health of the shallow water zone. This project intends to create a new dock prototype to minimize and reverse ecological destruction on the shoreline of Lake of the Woods.
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Boreal, Water, Dock, Landscape Architecture, Design