The article is somewhat unclear of explaining how exactly these skyscrapers would work, you know… the nitty gritty details without going into too much of the rocket scientists’ turf. Still, the idea is great! A rough idea of four architects (Rezza Rahdian, Erwin Setiawan, Ayu Diah Shanti and Leonardus Chrisnantyo) envisions skyscrapers mainly build for cleaning up a very polluted body of water known as Ciliwung River in Jakarta. Jakarta is a capital of Indonesia. Besides acting as the machines to clean up a river, these skyscrapers can also house people who live around the area.
The project seems to be a big winner to me, and the vision of the project can greatly expand beyond Jakarta. Although I don’t really know the exact number of world’s polluted bodies of water, but I can safely assume that there are way too many polluted bodies of water that are waiting to be cleaned up. Especially, the bodies of water that are near industrial plants (and so on…) in countries such as China and other developing countries, we can safely accuse that these bodies of water aren’t so clean. These architects’ green skyscrapers can be built within these countries to alleviate pollution and to contribute better health for more people.
I’m no expert in the field of medicine and science, but I can be bold and declare that dirty water can kill a person! You never know what diseases that are lurking in those polluted water, and polluted bodies of water may eventually end up somewhere that we may use. For an example, fishing in such polluted water won’t yield the recommended food source since such fish may be a health hazard to humans. That demonstrates a scary point which points at one thing, even though we may not drink those polluted water, who can safely say that our food sources have not already infected by polluted bodies of water — we are the receivers of such health hazard conditions since we may consume such polluted food sources.
The skyscrapers that these architects propose are bold, and some people may think such a massive project is too costly; also, they fear the project can only sound great in theory. I can only say, if we don’t try “digging,” we probably won’t find any gem! What a cool idea! Source.
Vinh Nguyen
