Berlin is a Green Monster

Design for a nigthclub that transforms human waste into vegetation, kinetic energy from dancing into electricity and sweat into a central heating system.

2011

An isometric section of the nightclub's metabolism.

Details of the metabolism. From left to right, 1) Dancing on kinetic dance floor creates and stores energy, heat in the form of perspiration and sweat rises; 2) Human waste is channeled by gravity through different biodigestive processes until they become innocuous and useful; 3) Perspiration and sweat is collected and stored; 4) The smoking room collects tobacco and combusted waste and releases it after several cleaning steps; 5) the Nigthclub's warmth and humidity is an ideal climate that can be used to grow vegetation: club and greenhouse become one.

This diagram of a 250m x 250m plot of land of Berlin is the synthesis of 3 months of investigation divided into 3 phases. First, a detailed study of Peter Joseph Lenné's plan from 1847 to divide Berlin from it's industrial area, shown as the "Green Belt". The second part is a study of present-day relates in this same part of the city: political conflicts, leisure activities, changes due to weather and seasons, as well as pre-existing structures and vegetation clusters. Finally, an increment of these variables is proposed in order to guide the design of the Green Monster.

Floor plan of the Green Monster. Terraces rise one by one until a mountain is created that houses a multi-functional continuous spaces dedicated to culture and commerce, the most important one is the Nightclub.

Proposed urban equipment using the Green Monster's system of pipelines and infrastructure. The veins of the architectural solution bend and mutate to accommodate several activities.

The Green Monster uses a vegetation palette native to Berlin, ensuring low maintenance costs. Also visualizations of how dance culture and sustainable hedonismo can coexist.

The several different layers of investigation. It was crucial to find a common representational language among variables in order to ensure comparisons and create a design hypothesis.

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