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Debrisia, Alice Rong, Jing Ying Chin, Tanya Tungkaserawong
Debrisia, Alice Rong, Jing Ying Chin, Tanya Tungkaserawong
Architecture Senior Theses
The project aims to explore the potential of enhancing vacant lots to the benefit of the community and achieve net zero waste by introducing a self-sustaining system. Debrisia acts as a prototype that addresses local needs and adapts to different scales of community. There are five networks supporting each other: energy, water, agriculture, livestock and recycling workshops. The locals will generate electricity collected by motion, manage the livestock, produce fertilizer for vegetation, and create products from their food waste. Emphasis is placed on participation from the residents, and such, the residents will get to receive back what they help produce …