The last few years of technological, social, political, economic and cultural changes (at both the global and local scale) demand that we rethink what kind of habitat humanity will live in the coming decades, given that space in all its aspects (landscapes, cities, places, buildings and bodies) is undergoing dramatic transformations.
The growing interest in managing climate change, in the embracing of the green agenda in urban development, in the development of techniques for local energy generation, in the incorporation of information technology into physical space and other relevant situations, call for a new vision of the evolution of the city and architecture.
This opens up a wide range of possibilities for the development of projects and initiatives that will help transform habitable spaces in line with the new requirements of both global and local users.
Bolivian Green Fab Lab . a planned FAB lab investigates construction techniques and processes to build houses with local means, from the intelligent application of traditional techniques to advanced digital processes and fabrication.
The production of energy, alimentation, and objects are key elements which establish the basic necessities to create self-sufficient habitats.
We are looking to propose creative designs and construction through the use of new materials and energy systems, and the integration of architecture into the landscape.
At the same time we want our Fab to be transformed into complex food production systems becoming self-sufficient in fresh meat, fish, vegetables and fruit and processed food too.
Our project will generate a new strategy to understand and facilitate the self sufficiency in various aspects: Production of Knowledge, Production of Food, Production of Objects, and the Production of Energy. key elements which establish the basic necessities to create self-sufficient habitats,
Based across different levels of the building and surrounding grounds, the project will demonstrate how vegetable, microalgae, meat and fish production systems are able to feed naturally into each other to generate food crops requiring a minimum of tending. It will also mean eschewing energy-hungry fertilisers and working with plants which mimic natural ways of feeding each other.