Algae bioreactor

My ob­jec­tive was to de­sign a buil­ding comp­lex based on the la­test algae tech­no­lo­gi­es, to be at­ta­ched to an in­dust­ri­al area wit­hin Bu­da­pest by the bank of the Da­nu­be which would also inc­lu­de hous­ing and re­se­arch fa­ci­li­ti­es. The buil­ding seeks to ans­wer the quest­ion of whet­her it is pos­sib­le to com­bi­ne an in­dust­ri­al de­sign with the cre­a­ti­on of a hab­itat for li­ving and wor­king, thus est­ab­lish­ing a li­ving space in a sup­po­s­edly ina­ni­ma­te area. The comp­lex uti­li­zi­ses the nearby ther­mal power plant, thus its emis­si­on to pro­vi­de the algae re­ac­tors with car­bon di­oxide that helps these “su­per­plants” to grow and re­pro­du­ce with im­men­se ra­pi­dity. The other ne­ces­sary con­di­ti­on for algae growth – water – is pro­vi­ded by the Da­nu­be flowing in close vi­ci­nity. The hot smoke com­ing from the power plant would be di­ver­ted to a pipe sys­tem one meter below this pas­sa­ge­way, like a main ar­tery. While in the pipes, the smoke could cool down to the re­qu­i­red tem­pe­ra­tu­re to be fed to the algae.