All Cyclifiers

The architectural proposal is to re-localise production – that of food, electricity, and material – on site through the use of microbial technologies. Applying fermenting and distillation process in a novel cyclical self-supporting way.

The modern food supply chain has been taken over in vast majority by supermarkets, vertical integration deals have monopolised the journey of the food from growth to mouth, operating on a vast scale. As urban dwellers our relationship with food sources is wildly disconnected. The purpose of this mixed-use development is to recapture responsibility of feeding ourselves from corporations by establishing value in locally produced goods, due to the cost of space this requires the use of high-density production technologies. When designed in the context of an inner-city site in London, three main architectural constructions are the result, with connected but distinct functions:

a) A vertical aeroponic surface, growing potatoes.

b) Accommodation units, integrated with the existing buildings, and cladded with my experimental material, bacterial cellulose.

c) Biofuel/bacterial cellulose production tanks and drying tower – incorporating kitchens, a public experience and selling outlets.