ArkFab Living Machines Proposal Jan2011

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ArkFab Living Machines SeriesProject Proposal for the GTRI-CBID Living Systems Lab

January 25th, 2011

ArkFab


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Motivation

Vision

Redfields to Greenfields

Bioconversion Industry

Bioshelters and Living Machines

Solutions

Aquaponics Greenhouse

Mushroom Bunker

Strategic Partnerships

Next Steps

ArkFab


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ArkFab


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Climate Crisis

90% Crop Failure, 70% Streams Run Dry in Indian Himalaya (2008)

Nepalese Himalaya


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Climate Crisis

Catastrophic Drought

Palmer Index Ratings (National Center for

Atmospheric Research, 2010)


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Climate Crisis





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Climate Crisis





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Precarity

Hunger

1 in 4 children in the UnitedStates is at risk of hunger

Household Food Security in the United States, 2008 PDF Icon. U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, November 2009.

(Table 1B, Table 6).


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Vision

Towards a Post-Scarcity Society

"Among our major tasks is the creation of ecologicallyderived human support systems - renewable energy,agriculture aquaculture, housing and landscapes. Thestrategies we research emphasize a minimal reliance on

fossil fuels and operate on a scale accessible toindividuals, families, and small groups. It is our belief thatecological and social transformations must take place atthe lowest functional levels of society if humankind is todirect its course towards a greener, saner world."

Fall 1970

Bulletin of the New Alchemists


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The Land Bank Fund

Low cost loans provided by a$200 billion, 0% interest, land bankfund provided by the nationsbanking system and led by theFederal Reserve, Treasury, andFDIC. The fund would leverage

local equity capital.

Supported byAtlanta City Council

Atlanta Community Improvement Districts

Atlanta Regional Commission

Atlanta Beltline, Inc.

Blank Family Foundation

CAS Financial Advisory ServicesCenter for GIS at Georgia Tech

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

City Parks Alliance

Georgia Tech Research Institute

West End Neighborhood House, Inc.

ParkWorks


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21st Century Sustainable Development for the United States

Neighborhood-scale riparian strategy

Cleveland Redfields to Greenfields: Parks Transform Neighborhoods and

Waterfronts. (2010)


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Regenerative community design

DockSide Green Ltd. Vancouver, Canada

Building services improve local

ecosystems


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21st Century Sustainable Development for the United States


Waterfronts. (2010)

Next-gen urban bioconversionindustry builds greeninfrastructure that integratesinto the local ecosystem


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Next Generation Integrated Urban Agriculture and Waste Processing


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Living machines are

engineered biologicalsystems that treat andupcycle organic waste intovalue-added products,such as food, fuel,biomaterials, andecosystem services like

waste water treatment.


Waterfronts. (2010)

Living Machines


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New Alchemy Institute, 1970s


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New Alchemy Institute, 1970s


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Growing Power Urban Agriculture


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Growing Power Urban Agriculture


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ArkFab Living Machine Series

an open source scalable research and education facility


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Solutions

Research Agenda

An open source standard for livingmachine experimentation

Redfield -> Greenfield retrofitting andbioconversion industry research


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Solutions

Innovative R&D for the emerging bioconversion industry

Compostable mushroom-basedmaterials

High-performance livingmachine research

Low-cost data collection forembedded environmentalsensing and control


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Solutions

Upcycle urban biomass waste into value-added agricultural products

Projections for 480 sq ft living machine80lbs oyster mushroom weekly30 heads of lettuce weekly120lbs tilapia fish annually1/2 ton of vermicompost a month


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Solutions

Potential Breakthrough Areas in Integrated Wetland Systems

Classification

Trophic Management

Succession and Ecology ofInvasion

Light and PhotosyntheticManagement

Economic Analogs

Todd, John. Towards a Post-Engineering Perspective on Waste-water

Treatment.

http://www.oceanarks.org/ecd50_Towards_a_Post_Engineering_Perspective.

php


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Solutions

Wheat Street Urban Farm


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Solutions

Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture


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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Hoops Floor Grow Columns Incubation Lab Benches Misting Ventilation Sub Structure


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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Vermicompost -


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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Vermicompost Aquaculture


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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Vermicompost Aquaculture Hydroponics -


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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Vermicompost Aquaculture Hydroponics Distribution and Biofilter -


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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Vermicompost Aquaculture Hydroponics Distribution and Biofilter Benches -


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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Vermicompost Aquaculture Hydroponics Distribution and Biofilter Benches - Hoops


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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Vermicompost Aquaculture Hydroponics Distribution and Biofilter Benches Hoops Ventilation -


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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Vermicompost Aquaculture Hydroponics Distribution and Biofilter Benches Hoops Ventilation - Skin


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Spore v.0.1Perimeter Hoops Floor Grow Columns Incubation Lab Benches Misting Ventilation Sub Structure


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Spore v.0.1Column Culture

10-20lbsmushroomproduction per20lb column


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Spore v.0.1Perimeter Hoops Floor Grow Columns Incubation Lab Benches Misting Ventilation Sub Structure End Walls


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Spore v.0.1Perimeter Hoops Floor Grow Columns Incubation Lab Benches Misting Ventilation Sub Structure End Walls Outer Skin


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Spore v.0.1Perimeter Hoops Floor Grow Columns Incubation Lab Benches Misting Ventilation Sub Structure End Walls Outer Skin

25 ColumnIncubationCapacity

640lb column capacity= 80lbs mushroomproduction a week

Double-doorentry


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Strategic PartnershipsResearch, Education, Urban Agricultural Extension, Workforce Development Training


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Next StepsTimeline

3 months out

4 months out

5 months out

6 months out

7 months out

NSF/ USAIDresearch grant

proposals completed

prototypes builtand research

projects begin

workforce developmenttraining program begins

regular public outreach atlocal farmers markets

first ecopreneurs graduatefrom workforce development

training programFall 2011 students beginliving systems researchprojects

redfield propertyacquired for pilotproject

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