Living Walkway

SINK Proposal for Turtle Island, Bali, 2007

Other Iterations of SINK have been investigated for:

Turks and Caicos Islands, 2005
Bahamas, 2010

For SINK, Turtle Island, Bali, curated by Lance Fung, a project, Living Walkway, was designed for the seaway between Bali and Turtle Island, Indian Ocean in 2007. Living Walkway was intended to connect an ancient Hindu temple, Sakena Temple with a proposed Living Museum with an ecologically sensitive, long-term installation and environment as described below.

Fung Collaboratives

PRELIMINARY DESIGN STUDY: LIVING WALKWAY
Turtle Island, Bali, Indonesia - John Roloff © 2007

STUDY HIGHLIGHTS:

Construction of Living Reef/Mangrove Support System made of basalt
from Mt. Agung volcano or historic temple rock quarries

Night Illuminated Floating Walkway with:

Rest/Observation Pavilions with Living Algae Roof

Support pilings with Solar Panels for Night Illumination

Reef and Seaway Observation Portals in walkway

Nature and Hindu inspired Walkway Portals

PRELIMINARY DESIGN STUDY DETAILS: LIVING WALKWAY
Turtle Island, Bali, Indonesia - John Roloff © 2007

Algae Shade Pavilion options/concepts:
- Oceanic algae - closed/internally refreshed system
- Freshwater algae - refreshed by rain/intermittently dry.

Bio-systems visualization:
- Glass median strip and algae pavilion central viewing
element (glass bottom boat reference).

Integrated Bio/Aquatic Systems Remediation:
- Reef and mangrove remediation/propagation elements
- Artificial reef structures planted with native coral and
other aquatic plants.

Alternative Materials for Walkway/Pavilion Structures:
- Treated metal/metal grating: galvanized/coated.
- Ferro-cement structures/flotation elements.
- Textured glass walkway (shown below).
- Bamboo walkway/structural combinations.
- Balsa or other wooden flotation elements.
- Basalt reef structures form main support for
walkway and/or pavilion.
- Cultivation of carbonate/limestone geologic
depositional environment for main structures.