Project description
With global temperatures increasing drastically, it is imperative the construction industry takes a radical shift away from the extractivist, linear norm toward a circular, bio-based alternative. Through the lens of an experimental housing scheme, Compostable City speculates how the use of bio-based materials will change the way we live in and ultimately dispose of our homes. The project uses materials that decompose back into the earth, fertilising the ground, when the time for demolition comes. The three typologies within the scheme offer three different ways of living in the compostable city; however all share an architectural language that views the building as a ‘living’ entity, requiring love, care, maintenance and repair.
Axonometric sketch 25 years in the future, depicting the Compostable Terraces with multiple stages of adaptations
1:50 Elevation of the scheme 25 years in the future
1:200 Ground Floor Plan
View of the first stage of the Compostable Terraces
Sectional Perspective of the Compostable Studios in construction
Contact
milliegarnold@gmail.com