AlgaeFarm

RS2 SELF SUFFICIENT BUILDINGS

Faculty: Vicente GuallartAssistant: Rodrigo Rubio

March 2011

Student: Maria Margariti

Structure that envadesin the free spaces of the blockcreating 3 cultivation loops:

1 big algae cultivation loop

2 smaller vegetable cultivation loops

Existing situation Removed buildings New design

Design Idea

3 loops

mesh that covers the loops

mesh converted to triangulised structure

Design Idea

Algae Farm

Algae Laboratory

Vegetable crops

Student Residences

Cafe - Restaurant

Offices

IAAC studiosIAAC studios

IAAC Auditorium

Circulation Areas

Total

2667 m2

573 m2

1852 m2

2365 m2

973 m2

2777 m2

530 m530 m2

226 m2

612 m2

12575 m2

Building Program

farmingIaaC expansionstudent residencescafe - restaurantalgae laboratoryofficesvevertical circulationbiodiesel plantparking 104 spots

Program Distribution

CO2 emissions

Nutrients

Wastewater/Seawater

Sunlight

algae cultivation(photobioreactors /open ponds)

harvesting algal oil extraction+ biomass

biodiesel

fertilizer

O2

clean water

PRODUCTSINPUTS

Algaculture

photobioreactors

photobioreactors algae farm

open ponds algae farm

Requirements fot consistant algae production :

Horizontal Solar Radiation values of 2,5 to 4,0 KWh/m2/day

Temperature range of 20 - 30o C

Algaculture

20.000 litres/day biodiesel processor

1m2 of algae gives 93.500 litres of biodiesel per year 1m2 of algae givesEnergy = 857395 KWh/yearVolumetric energy density of biodiesel = 9,17 KWh/litre

Biodiesel

Biodiesel production process

algae cultivation loop = 2667 m2

algae farm = 1832 m2

Excess Energy = 1.556.084.876,92 KWh/year

Energy Production

Energy Production = 1.570.737.215,92 KWh/year

energy consumption of the existing buildings = 10.287.820 KWh/year

energy consumption of new design = 4.364.519 KWh/year

Total Energy Consumption = 14.652.339KWh/year

sufficient for aproximately 106 blocks

Urban Scale

Proposal of creating an algae farm networkby diving the city inself-sufficient neighbours of aproximately 100 blocks

cooling pool

plaza

microclimate

movable filter structure

permanent filter structure

air flow

Metabolic diagramand climate energy function

EnergyClean WaterWaste WaterFertilizer

waste water tankbiomass

biodiesel processor

clean water tank

Renders

Renders