Lodgers: Serendipity in the Fly Ranch Wilderness
by Zhicheng Xu and Mengqi Moon He
brings together composting toilets, reclaimed timber waste, traditional thatching methods using local materials, computational script-generated parametric design, and native species shelters to provide an environmental
education venue, soil replenishment, sustainable waste management, and habitat enrichment for Fly Ranch.
The top-ranked proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
Nexus
by Antoniya Stoitsova, Nicolo Bencini, Ben Naudet, Avi Greene, Alex Ogata,
and Tom Kendrew
explores the design capabilities of Ferrock, a sustainable alternative to concrete that absorbs CO2 through
the curing process of building components.
A top ten proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Samantha Katz, Woody Nitibhon, Henry O'Donnell, Lola Lafia, Eric Baczuk, John Hilmes, Max Schwitalla, and Colin O'Donnell
incorporates solar, geothermal, passive cooling, composting, greenhouses,
aquaponics, biodigesters, and greywater recycling.
A top ten proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Mateusz Góra and Agata Gryszkiewicz (Tamaga Studio)
uses solar photovoltaic, battery energy storage, water cistern, rammed earth thermal mass, fruit trees, fruit walls, and compost to contribute 250 kg/year of food, 2.2 MWh/year of electricity, 9,000 liters/year of water, habitat enhancement, environmental education venue, and soil replenishment.
A top ten proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Dusty Michael, Jane Maru, and Anna Meloyan
brings together 5,256 MWh/year of low-temperature geothermal energy, luminescent solar concentrator photovoltaic, bladeless wind turbines, lithium-ion energy storage, and rammed earth construction to
contribute 340 MWh of solar electricity per year, 120 MWh of wind electricity per year, and a large
climate-controlled multipurpose space for creative activities.
A top ten proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
Kiba paa'a: Mountains of Water
by Javier Irigaray, Josien Visser, Mara Equisoain, Deyo Maeztu-Redin, and Silvia Larripa
proposes a series of conservational, minimally intrusive, and reversible interventions to provide sustainable
water collection based on the concept of islands of hydrologically enhanced biotic productivity inspired
by traditional Indigenous technologies.
A top ten proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
The Loop: How Pee and Poo Creates a Regeneration
Service Station
by Mathias Gullbrandson , Anna Johansson, Per Dahlgren,
Julia Andersson, and Olle Bjerkås
incorporates dehydration toilets, handwashing stations, straw bale construction, solar photovoltaic,
natural water filtration, a hydroponic greenhouse, composting, and rainwater harvesting technology to
contribute fertilizer, fruit trees, vegetables, greens, and 1.5 million liters/year of irrigation water.
A top ten proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Nuru Karim and Anuj Modi
uses solar photovoltaic, and recycled materials to contribute 300 MWh of electricity per year
and interactive spaces for play and exercise.
A top ten proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
Veil: An Armature Containing Void
by Jamieson Pye
incorporates walipini greenhouses and gravity fed water filtration within an innovative construction using local materials to provide food and to create spaces of cohabitation while generating zero waste.
A top ten proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Matthew Lagomarsino, William Jacob Mast, Pierre-Yves Bertholet, Xiaojin Ren, Scherwyn Udwadia, Bas Kools, Israel Orellana, and Melika Tabrizi
integrates electrochromic glass, a bioceramic dome (Geoship SPC), seed bank, solar photovoltaic, cisterns, drip irrigation, composting toilets, and native restoration plants to provide shelter, food, medicinal herbs and teas, habitat enhancement, water harvesting, 36 MWh/year of electricity, and 40,000 liters/year of harvested water.
A top ten proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
The COOPx: Mobile Hen Houses for Fly Ranch
by J. Matthew Thomas
is a series of modular solar-powered climate controlled hen houses that provide organic and free-range eggs while fertilizing the Fly Ranch soil, providing a sustainable use for food waste, and engaging the community in a sustainable local economy.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
A Pinch of Earth
by Nicholas Bartlett
uses passive and active solar design, composting toilet, water harvesting, living roof, and maglev technology that optimally orients the building in relation to the sun to provide sustainable shelter for Fly Ranch.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
Evolving Community in Oasis: E.C.O.
by Tatiana Prevezentseva, Pelikh Anna Vitalievna, Shkarupa Anastasia Aleksandrovna, Ryseva Tatiana Sergeevna, Murashko Tatiana Andreevna,
and Starostin Nikita Dmitrievich
uses low temperature pyrolysis to reduce waste streams while providing power to a series of multipurpose spaces with interactive experiences and fertilizer to agricultural fields.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
Gather. Rest. Create. Fly Ranch.
by Michael Colton and Mathieu Lapotre
incorporates passive thermal design with earth-bermed SuperAdobe earthbag construction, strawbale insulation, ETFE glazing, geothermal hot water, stack effect and evaporative cooling to provide a net zero multipurpose shelter.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
The Origin Pod: From Water There is Life
by Clara Nagy McBane, Jason Hooper, Richard Haynie, Amy Erickson, and Neil Grimmer uses atmospheric water generation technology from Source powered by solar photovoltaic
to contribute potable water for Fly Ranch.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Frances Lai, Hanif Wicaksono, and Maximilian Mueller
incorporates permaculture techniques, rammed earth construction, polymer stabilized earth foundations, and biomass brick-making press that uses local materials to produce carbon negative fuel briquettes made through cooperative ritual to illuminate the streets of Black Rock City, make natural soap, and support activities at Fly Ranch.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
WAGI: The Laws of Thermo Dining
by Meredith Busch and Andrew Tsuei
incorporates geothermal heat, aquaponic gardening, and wetland water filtration to contribute organic produce, farmed trout, a sauna, and bathhouse.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Lekha Washington
uses a hexagonal modular dome structure, solar photovoltaic, vertical gardening, drip irrigation, ultra-wide band radio technology, and sonar sensors to create interactive living shelters.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Jaeyual Lee, Haemee Han, Daeho Lee, and Beomki Lee
incorporates algae photobioreactors and photovoltaic modules to contribute 137 liters of biofuel per tower per year and individual shelter while sequestering carbon from the atmosphere.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Ellie Sass, Carl Fosholt, Alan Lum, Amy Shu Chang, Daniel Muccino,
Ali Lahijanian, and Selinda Martinez
is a modular and solar powered system using recycled plastic and reclaimed wood with mycelium insulation to provide temporary dwelling spaces.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
Sources of Puha, Modular Earth Domes, Learning Man
by Adrien Thivolle
incorporates geothermal hot water, binary Rankine cycle low-temperature geothermal electricity, and SuperAdobe earthen construction to contribute thermal baths, greenhouses, and multipurpose event spaces.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Andre Gomez and Eric Ramirez
uses post and beam charred timber, solar photovoltaic, battery storage, rainwater harvesting, and locally sourced sedge grass thatched roofing to provide up to 12.7 MWh/year/unit, and net-positive shelter.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by John Stewart, Todd Downs, Greg Hamm, Thomas Dangerfield, and Joshua Gedney uses locally sourced organic materials to create a pulp that is dried and cast to
create temporal outhouse enclosures.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Felix Cheong, Haley Zhou, and Rachel Cohen-Murison
uses locally sourced clay vessels and coiling pottery techniques to contribute 70,000 liters of potable water/year/vessel, 684 cups of edible plants and herbs per year/vessel, educational programming for the local community, sustainable goods for a circular economy, and enhanced habitat for local species.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Chenyu Zhang
incorporates large-scale aquaponic systems and geothermal hot water to contribute significant quantities of kale, pepper, and spinach for consumption on site and exchange with the community.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Thomas Lantz
uses bioluminescent algae in photobioreactors to generate nearly 300,000 liters of biofuel per year
while sequestering carbon from the atmosphere.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Rohin Sher, Ms. Urooj Iqbal, and Ms. Pradhi Pathak
uses compressed earth blocks, catenary vaults, flexible thin-film photovoltaic, and piezoelectric pavers
to generate 320 MWh/year and multipurpose indoor-outdoor spaces.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Yuxiang Sun, Fangning Wang, Mengfan Chen, and Yu Cao
incorporates solar photovoltaic and regenerative construction techniques using reclaimed ash and recycled waste materials to contribute sustainable composting toilets.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
Desert Bloom: Planting a Paradigm Shift
by George Beinetti, Ari Raeburn, Hannah Noll, Jeancarlo Barrientos,
Shuhua Li, Meaghan Keefe, and Sean Satchwell
incorporates a solar photovoltaic microgrid, battery storage, luminescent solar concentrators to contribute
a sustainable event space and temporary shelters.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Lucas Hitch, Brendan Sullivan Shea, Noémie Despland-Lichtert,
Kristina Fisher, and Martin Francis Hitch
uses earth casting construction with local and low-carbon materials, flexible thin-film photovoltaic solar, passive solar thermal, to create organic spaces of sustainable habitation.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Lisa Wipplinger, Teresa McNulty, and Janus Welton
incorporates sustainable building materials, biomimetic design, water harvesting, vertical axis wind turbines, and solar photovoltaic to create iridescent temporary dwelling units for Fly Ranch.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Sima Shahverdi, Anet Kashoa, Nima Torabkhani, and Kamilla Csegzi
uses rammed earth construction with local materials, rainwater harvesting, geothermal hot water, evaporative cooling, and ancient wind tower technology to passively heat and cool modular shelters.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Nathan Bonneville, Valerie Beauregard, Grace Cheong,
Marco Chimienti, and Pierre-Charles Gauthier
uses reinforced and cementitious rammed earth construction using local material to create shelter
and protected gardens, apiaries, and fish ponds.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Danielle Siembieda, Victor Etienne, Eckhart Beatty, Raj Banjeer,
John Sarter, and John Randolph
incorporates solar photovoltaic, battery storage, composting toilets, informed by geomantic principles relating the stars and earth through the golden mean to contribute shelter, showers, and a shaded interactive mindfulness journey along a boardwalk through the Fly Ranch landscape.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Ricardo Solar Lezama, Jeremy Nguyen, and Ricardo Solar
integrates photovoltaic fabric, atmospheric water harvesting, and sustainable agriculture into a unique
structure and geometry that contributes shaded shelter, 25 MWh of electricity, 50,000 liters of water,
and 400 kg crop yield per year.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Remy Jansen (The Lone Architects)
incorporates solar and mechanical energy harvesting textiles developed in collaboration between
Georgia Institute of Technology and Chongqing University, and bio-based batteries by SuWoTec to
generate and store clean electricity and create shaded workshop and event spaces.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Háta Enochová, Petr Stojaník, and Marek Kratochvíl
uses mycelium and wicker construction to contribute multipurpose event spaces and temporary dwellings.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Cal Tompkins
incorporates mycelium clad inhabitable organic structures that act as a permanent dam to stabilize the existing reservoir along with aquaponic greenhouses that contribute 90,000 kilograms of fresh food per year.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Boris Ryabov (Steamology Institute), Liya Ivanova, Kirill Ivanov, Sergey Ivanov,
Olga Kritova, Laurent Rains, llyaz Khairov (Archmeta Studio),
and Michael Bogomolny (Archmeta Studio)
incorporates concentrated solar thermal with dual-axis tracking and Fresnel reflectors,
hydronic floor heating, and Airtex membrane construction to provide a communal bakery,
multipurpose spaces, steam sauna, and community gardens.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
Made from Dust: A Fly Ranch Discovery Trail
by Luis Philippsen
utilizes wood ash bricks that naturally absorb carbon from the atmosphere over their life cycle using waste material from the annual Burning Man event to create enclosed incubator gardens and natural fertilizer.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Gaby San Roman
integrates greywater and blackwater recycling technologies including aerobic granular sludge, microfiltration, and reverse osmosis, with building integrated concentrated solar power thermal to provide shelter, freshwater for irrigation, and a sustainable waste stream for the annual Burning Man event.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Karen Correa, Erika del Carmen, Trejo Aguirre, and Sofía Itzel Ávila Flores
incorporates rammed earth construction, atmospheric water harvesting, porcelain air purification,
passive bioclimatic thermal design, and luminescent solar concentrator photovoltaics to provide
universally accessible multipurpose spaces, wellness, and support a circular economy at Fly Ranch.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Jenny Sabin, Mariana Bertoni, Alexander Htet Kyaw, Begum Birol,
Jack Otto, Angel Langumas, and John Hilla
utilizes dichroic films, thin-film photovoltaic, battery storage, and 3D printing with PETG filament created
from recycled bottles to generate 1.2 MWh/year of electricity for each acre of agricultural with increases
in productivity of up to 70% over conventional fields.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by PALMA Team, Jo Palma, Iana Kolev, Daniel Confroy, Han Shen,
Zach Coffin, Alex Au, Dr. Ryan Wartena
uses solar powered autonomous rewilding vehicles to reduce invasive species, plant native vegetation,
fertilize the soil, and create irrigation systems across Fly Ranch.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
Rings of Regeneration: Opening Spaces for Sustainable
Creative Practices at Fly Ranch
by Emily Nicolos and Anna Kissell
includes permaculture rammed earth construction, living roofs, solar photovoltaic, and passive solar to
contribute spaces for upcycling workshops, gardens, and short stay dwelling.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Waiyee Chou
uses low-impact technologies such as water harvesting textiles and local vegetation, to provide
phytoremediation of soil and water and support sustainable agricultural activities at Fly Ranch.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by P.K. VanderBeke, Migel Santos, Alexandra Flora-Ferreira, and Lorenz Mager
uses atmospheric water generation technology and solar photovoltaic to create drinking water
stations and wayfinding markers for Fly Ranch.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Alexander Dzurec, Ivan Spratte, and Tim Schwartz
incorporates repurposed shipping containers, solar photovoltaic, water harvesting, greywater and blackwater treatment, greenhouses, composting to create a closed loop multipurpose event space and flexible living modules.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Nicholas DeBruyne and Andrew Persoff Oroz
uses a modular unit that contains a CNC machine and wood workshop clad with locally sourced
thatching and with solar modules and rainwater harvesting for a self-contained mobile digital fabrication
maker space that blends with the landscape.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Llewelynn Fletcher, Charles O'Geen, and Catherine Harris
uses an innovative poured earth construction technique with locally sourced clay and geotextile bags, and incorporates mPower DragonScalesTM solar technology, battery storage, geothermal heat, repurposed wood
and windows, and passive thermal design to provide a network of shelters and gathering spaces.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Jose Herrasti, Shilpa Mevada, Monica Lamela, and Fernanda Oppermann
uses earthen construction, water harvesting, floating farming islands (chinampas) to contribute
organic produce and a variety of engaging spaces.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
by Félix de Rosen, Rourke, Luke Wilson, Matt Turlock, and Eric Futerfas
uses geothermal heat, solar still, thermal mass, ETFE film, and bamboo construction to create a
passive geothermal greenhouse, 40,000 liters of irrigation water per year, and
1,500 kilograms of organic produce.
Shortlisted proposal to the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge.
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