Mindful Path

Four Months, 2024

Team:

Aurora Vernocchi

Failenn Aselta

The Challenge +

Project Overview

The building weaves together architecture, ecology, and textile production through the quiet labor of algae. Set within a former quarry, it draws strength from the sites altered ground. Cultivation systems are embedded within the buildings elongated roof scape and the surrounding ponds, allowing algae to be grown and harvested in a continuous cycle. Inside, bio fabrication laboratories transform this living material into sustainable textiles, drawing from its high cellulose content to produce biodegradable yarns and dyes. In doing so, the project reclaims a post-industrial landscape and returns it to production, generating clothing through a closed loop that binds environmental restoration to circular design.

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