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Algenesis

Algae systems, and other green technologies develop a green community in Scottsdale, Arizona. Scottsdale is known for its golf courses, sunshine, and money; algae systems, working in tandem with solar power maintain this community identity as energy patterns change. Biofuel research is the focus of Arizona State University, and ASU has a research community in Scottsdale known as Skysong. This project proposes a partnership between the city and ASU to be a catalyst for a regenerative future. Algae systems provide food and fuel for this community set in a desert climate. Algae only needs water, sunshine, and nutrients to grow and produce energy, fuel, and food. It can use gray or black water to collect nutrients, which in the process, provides potable water for human consumption. Different algae have different amounts of proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates that each produce different amounts of food, energy, and biofuel depending on their composition. This allows for a diversifed network of algae systems in different parts of the city that may need more fuel than energy and vice-versa.Scottsdale hires architects and landscape architects to work with new systems developed by scientists and engineers integrate the algae systems into the city without altering their way of living. Algae production systems are designed to work on building facades, on top of biofuel stations, and even within homes. The integration allows the user to be close to the algae providing them with the food and energy they need. Scottsdale citizens, learn and grow with these systems without changing their way of life. This project documents the initiative of Scottsdale, looking back from the future to see how they made the transition to the ‘green era.’