Acqua Viva is a rainwater collection system plus a work of art

Now rainwater collection systems usually aren’t too much of a visual treat, and the most basic way of collecting rain is by simply lining buckets outdoors. This is why, this rainwater collection system designed by Italian, Araceli de la Parra, left us with our jaws dropped in awe and amazement. Basically using a series of flowforms cleverly arranged one beneath the other, naturally channeling water using eddies and vortices, the Acqua Viva as it is called is indeed beautiful. All this is attached to a building structure with the help of cables and positioned below a gutter. The water collected can then be used to replenish plants.

Oh, and the Christmas season is here, with all the snow collecting on your roofs. This will melt, and a water collection system seems like a great piece of decoration indeed!
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