© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
March 22 is World Water Day, an annual international celebration launched and organized by the United Nations. The goal of the day is to raise awareness about a wide range of water-based issues from around the world. This year’s theme is “Nature From Water”, which invites everyone to think about how nature can provide solutions to the water challenges we face today.
To celebrate World Water Day this year, we’ve rounded up 20 of our favorite projects that utilize water as a central design feature. Whether it be Zumthor’s Thermal Vals or Chritso and Jeanne-Claude’s Floating Piers, water has been playing an important role in architectural design and in demarcating the boundaries of nature against our built environment.
Check out some World Water day initiatives and events, or read more about the statistics surrounding this day, here.
Tianzhoushan Tea House / Archiplein
© Frédéric Henriques
Moses Bridge / RO&AD Architecten
Courtesy of RO&AD Architecten
Mar Adentro / Miguel Angel Aragonés
© Joe Fletcher
The Floating Piers / Christo and Jeanne-Claude
© Christo
Padre Renato Poblete River Park / Boza Arquitectos
© Felipe Díaz Contardo
Therme Vals / Peter Zumthor
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
AntiRoom II / Elena Chiavi + Ahmad El Mad + Matteo Goldoni
© Ahmad El Mad
PROMENADA / Enota
© Miran Kambič
Carpa Olivera / Colectivo Urbano
© Onnis Luque
Da Chang Muslim Cultural Center / Architectural Design & Research Institute of SCUT
© Yao Li
The Building on the Water / Álvaro Siza + Carlos Castanheira
© Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
Vestre Fjord Park / ADEPT
© Rasmus Hjortshøj
Seashore Chapel / Vector Architects
© 陈颢 Chen Hao
The Infinite Bridge / Gjøde & Povlsgaard Arkitekter
© Aarhus I Billeder
Sea Pavillion / Stefano Boeri Architetti
© Iwan Baan
Cirkelbroen Bridge / Studio Olafur Eliasson
@ Anders Sune Berd
Hasle Harbour Bath / White
© Signe Find Larsen
JIKKA / Issei Suma
© Takumi Ota
Dutch Floating Bridge / RO&AD Architecten
© Erik Stekelenburg
Copenhagen Harbour Bath / BIG + JDS
© BIG + JDS