Prototype
From CAD to a thing you can hold.
A flood-hazard signalling device for storm drains — a solar, reflective telescopic beacon that rises with the water to mark a drain that has vanished under the flood. Taken all the way to a working prototype.
When a city floods, open storm drains disappear under the water and turn into invisible, sometimes lethal traps — exactly when people are wading through to evacuate. Inunda is a device that answers that specific risk.
One unit installs into each storm drain. As the water rises it floats up on a telescopic stem, lifting a high-visibility, reflective, solar-lit beacon above the surface so pedestrians and rescue crews can see — and avoid — the drain beneath. When the water drops, it retracts and sits flush again.
A university project at FADU / Universidad de Buenos Aires, developed with teammate Federico Kakazu and carried through to a functional physical prototype.
FADU/UBA · 2014 · with Federico Kakazu · studio: Nicolás & Sol Simonetti.
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