Using existing technology and theory, this project seeks to explore how the adaptive reuse of an old industrial silo building in Salt River, Cape Town, can engage with the problems of too much and too little water in the urban fabric. The proposal is one that interrogates how existing architecture can be used as a machine, a machine that creates potable water in times when water is lacking, and a machine that can provide relief and a dry (therefore safe) temporary space when there is too much water in the urban fabric.