Purpose of Spaces

Housing Units

The housing units will function as the living unit for the scientists and their families. The purpose for them living where they work is to give them a better understanding of the issues concerning the Sprout System

Growing Areas, Hydroponics Bays and Greenhouses

These are both indoor and outdoor spaces where possible Sprout components are grown and monitored for their beneficial qualities.

Labs

Indoor growth experiments and genetic engineering test are conducted in these areas

Testing Area

After being tested in the lab the experiments are placed in the testing area for further observation

Interface Room

This room is the location where the scientists monitor and alter the exist Sprout System based on its needs and the needs of its residents

Export Bay

Similar to a loading docks of today, the export bay is where the future Sprout Systems are located and are shipped out

Sprout Production Facility Program

Placed at the core of the city, the production facility functions much like a bio-engineering facility does today, with a few modifications. The production facility is the research and development center for the Sprout System. Before new Sprout Systems are introduced to the rest of the world and into new biomes research must be conducted on the different varieties of the Sprout System.

Space Adjacency

Private vs. Public

Built vs. Open

Zoning

Site Regional Program

Programming

Urban

· Town Center

o Center Core

o Heart of the City

o Tree of Wisdom

· Functions

o Main Fresh water Source

o Public Gathering Spaces

o Human/Sprout Interface

• Architecture
• Interface Room
• The brain of the Sprout system. it is a small room in the center of the city that will allow for a human/sprout interaction point.
• High Density housing
• Low Density Housing
• Community Entertainment Spaces
• Production Spaces
• Areas where new Sprout material will be made for planting in a new location

Green

· Energy Generation

o Photosynthesis power generation

§ The vertical gardens will produce most of the electricity because roofs are reserved for food generation.

o Bioelectromagnetism or Bioelectricity

§ The organic mass itself from walls to floors

· Food Production

o Rooftop gardens

o Residential Units

o Community Areas

· Transportation

o The Delta

§ Boat-like structures will ferry Residents from one Source to another

o Push Grass

§ An area of grass like structures that will slowly move you along to where you need to go (motion like an escalator or moving walkway)

· Global

o Reduce Global Greenhouse Gases Levels

o Cleaning the soil of hazardous chemicals and materials

o Filtering the Local and Regional water supplies (Rivers)

· Waste

o Living machine

§ Micro Delta

§ The Sacramento and American River

Site Selection: Railyard