recognition + participation = expansion

Seattle, WA | South Park Waste Systems Studio | 2022

Bite-Powered South Park is exploring the various possibilities of creating food waste into food opportunity. We believe that through recognition and participation it can lead to expansion of this system, all while improving everyday journeys.

By implementing a series of strong and recognizable interventions throughout the South Park neighborhood that educates the community on what the biodigestor is, how to get involved, and how this is benefiting South Park as whole; our pilot program will not only divert food waste but give South Park the opportunity to become a waste to resource community. Through our various design interventions South Park becomes a connected neighborhood powered by their own food, or their “bites.”

This was a group project in an advanced landscape architecture studio. The site design, design interventions, and programming were conceptualized as a group. I focused on determining and programming the sites, and creating the vignettes of our proposed “Hubs.” Rhys Coffee focused on research and development of the biodigestor program. Matt Olszewski focused on developing our toolkit and concept diagram.

Group Members: Rhys Coffee and Matt Olszewski