5.17.2011

Conceptual Plan of Photobioreactor

As you might remember I'm working on an air-purification system set in a central park, called Altonaparken in Malmö.
The air-purification system I'm using is called a Photobioreactor system. Explained in a easy way, it is a system of water bound algae that eats carbon dioxide and multiplies in mass. Since the algae consists of 40% oil it's harvested from the water and made into bio-diesel and protein. A bonus is that It also creates pure oxygen. In other words: It cleans the air with a lot of valuable "biproducts".

I have been looking for different type of characteristics in the context and found three main types: The meeting between park and water, the enclosed area in-between trees and the open square.
I have tried to do a rational distribution of the system over the three territories, tying them all to the main core, at the square. The tubes connecting all the parts are creating a complex infrastructure, cutting the park into multiple segments.

This drawing is a mix of a diagram, an infrastructural organization and a conceptual site-plan, showing a first outtake for distribution of the program.

Conceptually the form and architectural parts are all products of the function. Since the program has a high level of technicality, I have an ambition to do the drawings in a quite mechanical manner.

1 comment:

parachi said...

<a href="http://phycotechinc.com/”>Algae Photobioreactor</a>is a device that can contain and grow algae. This self contained system is a controllable environment in which to grow algae, and where the supply of light, nutrients, carbon dioxide, air, and temperature can be regulated. It is easy to take apart and clean. Easily built using reading available parts. We Can built it with normal household tools.

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