Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel has created a water-filled seat made of dozens of pipes that store and circulate raindrops.

The piece is part of his Tropic City collection of furniture and homeware, which has all been designed with the challenges of tropical climates in mind. Van der Wiel tailored the bench to extreme environments, particularly places that suffer from periods of drought.

"You need to create possibilities to store the water when there is a lot of rain and release it when there isn't enough of it," the designer told Dezeen. "So why not incorporate this idea in our habitat in a visually attractive way""

Van der Wiel carried out several experiments to perfect the seating ? which was created in partnership with Benthem Crouwel Architects ? with the aim of creating a "pure and beautiful" system that would somehow resemble natural processes. .
"The water bench captures the water in Perspex tubes so it doesn't evaporate," added the designer. "With the use of air pressure, I created a dynamic surface that reminds me of natural sap circulation."

Read more on Dezeen: https://www.dezeen.com/2017/06/26/rain-collects-circulates-around-jolan-van-der-wiel-tropic-city-bench-design/

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