EVOLVING COMMUNITY IN OASIS uses low temperature pyrolysis to reduce waste streams while providing … [+] power to a series of multipurpose spaces with interactive experiences and fertilizer to agricultural fields. Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge. Tatiana Prevezentseva, Pelikh Anna Vitalievna, Shkarupa Anastasia Aleksandrovna, Ryseva Tatiana Sergeevna, Murashko Tatiana Andreevna, and Starostin Nikita Dmitrievich Deep in the dry, windy desert of Northern Nevada is a great basin filled with playas, hot springs, and lava beds, surrounded by numerous volcanic and geothermal features. Every year since 1986, right before Labor Day, almost 80,000 people gather to celebrate Burning Man, the legendary assembly of spirited people guided by the founders ten principles: “radical inclusion, gifting, decommodification, radical self-reliance, radical self-expression, communal effort, civic responsibility, leaving no trace, participation, and immediacy.” RIPPLE integrates electrochromic glass, a bioceramic dome (Geoship SPC), seed bank, solar … [+] photovoltaic, cisterns, drip irrigation, composting toilets, and native restoration plants to provide shelter, food, medicinal herbs and teas, habitat enhancement, water harvesting, 36 MWh/year of electricity, and 40,000 liters/year of harvested water. A top ten proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge. Matthew Lagomarsino, William Jacob Mast, Pierre-Yves Bertholet, Xiaojin Ren, Scherwyn Udwadia, Bas Kools, Israel Orellana, and Melika Tabrizi Burning Man CEO Marian Goodel… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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