The Loop

The Loop meanders through the land as a living wall made of natural materials like straw and clay. This structure integrates essential communal spaces—such as toilets, kitchen, greenhouse, gardens, composting systems, and filtration ponds—culminating in a circular bathhouse. The spacial design connects the community to the natural cycles of water, nutrients, and life, blending art and sustainability into a living system.

The project draws attention to the vital, transformative nature of water. Can we recognize the water within ourselves and imagine its past, flowing through different bodies, landscapes, and centuries? Water, in constant motion, links us across time, place, and all forms of life. Its cyclical journey ties the past, present, and future, reinforcing the interconnectedness of all things.

Within The Loop, natural water is harvested, purified, and used to refresh our human bodies. In turn, human waste is repurposed as nutrients for the hydroponic greenhouse, creating a closed-loop system where waste becomes a resource. Greywater from the communal kitchen, showers, and hand-washing stations is pumped by solar energy through a sludge reed bed, before being funneled into the hydroponic greenhouse.

This project illuminates the invisible cycles that sustain life, often hidden in cities beneath layers of concrete and steel. The Loop brings these cycles to the forefront, honoring them as sacred, essential threads that bind us to the ecosystem.