The Next Generation 3rd prize-winning project of Heidi van Eeden from the University of Pretoria, South Africa questions architecture in the 21st century: how we make space, how we use waste, and how we can build sustainable cities in a rapidly-changing environment. “Machinarium: Regenerative urban catalyst and textile production” in Pretoria, South Africa explores synergies between a textile manufacturing facility, agricultural fields, and a sewage treatment plant to create mutually-interrelated systems and subsystems, all working together in a sustainable environment – exploring new architectural typologies which may transform the future of cities. Read more: http://www.holcimfoundation.org/Projects/machinarium

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