Dancing Waters
WaterShapes

From simple to complex and from small to utterly huge, sequenced water effects are truly amazing…

Design Principles

Covers:

• Design Considerations
• Aesthetic factors - visual, auditory, sensory and psychological impact
• Context - Aesthetic or Safety
• Form + Line
• Materials + Textures
• Light + Color
• Lighting Effects
• Motion + Movement - Static or Dynamic
• Sound
• Wind
• Concealed Components

Designing and Understanding Water Features

Covers:

• Considerations and Benefits: Reasons to add a Water Feature, Similarities/Differences to Pools
• Technical Design: Design Specification, Guidelines for Interactive Water Features, Splash Basics, Noise, Site Survey, Simple design Sketch, Feasibility Assessment
• Engineering: Essential References, Approach, Considerations, Process Flow Diagram, Pumps, Basin Design, Piping Design, Manifold Design Nozzle Feed Lines, Strainers, Filters, System Design Example, Nozzle Data Sheets, Hydraulic Charts + Tables, Head Loss Charts, Equipment Selection: Lighting, Junction Box Installation detail, Drains + Inlets, Control Panels, Wind Controller, Water Level Controller, Water Treatment, Mock ups: Applications Testing
• Construction Documents: Schematic Document Phase, Design Development Document Phase, Tender Document Phase

Fountains 101
A Brief Technical Overview of Simple Fountain Design

Provides an overview of the types of water features including design considerations for traditional and sequenced solutions, as well as a discussion of the history and development of water features and the influences that have impacted today's designs.

Covers:

Guiding the Lights
WaterShapes

The illumination of moving water is always about maximizing the visual beauty of water, whether in the commercial or residential realm…

Les Fontaines Internationales
WaterShapes

Even under favorable circumstances, installing watershapes beyond the border of your own country can offer formidable challenges. Crystal Fountains success...means following a clearly defined process…

Light Sensations
WaterShapes

The lighting of water in motion is equal part engineering and art. To be successful at it...you need to combine an understanding of the available technology with an eye for what's involved in accenting movement with light…

Lighting

Covers:

• Incandescent + Halogen
• Par Lamps, Lamp Sizing Guide, Watts, Lumens and Efficacy
• Context - Aesthetic or Safety
• Form + Line
• Materials + Textures
• Light + Color
• Lighting Effects
• Motion + Movement - Static or Dynamic
• Sound
• Wind
• Concealed Components

Stretching Water
WaterShapes

Throughout all the ages, the laws of physics have imposed restrictions on the watershaper's ability to extend laminar flow of sheeting beyond a drop of 5 or 6 feet. But things that couldn't be accomplished a few years back are now within reach - even in backyards…

Water Feature Risk Factors

When consulting on any water feature, Crystal Fountains performs a 10 point risk assessment process. We can help you with your water feature project before you get into trouble. This article outlines various factors to consider when designing and implementing water features.

Water Feature Types

Covers:

• Basic Design Principles, Nozzle and Effects; Aerator jet, Cascade jet, Dandelion Hemisphere, Plume Jet, Clear stream, Underwater Plume, Foam jet, Hollow Column Jet, Crown Jet, Ground Jet, Mushroom Bell Jet, Column Pod, Spray Jewel Jet, Spray Ring Manifold, Water Castle Jet, Rain Curtain, Cold Stream Fog, Electric Leaper, ChoreoSwitch, Burst Jet
• Basic Design Principles - traditional pools, elevated water tables, traditional fountains and geysers, vanishing edge/reflecting pools, elevated water table, elevated water table with zero edge pool, vertical water features, the waterwall, the waterfall, comb weirs and ejector jets, the water curtain, spouting, stepped cascades, turbulent stream/channel design, runnels, sequenced solutions, dry deck interactive features, the vortex, uphill waterfalls, water voids
• Application Test and Details