FUNCTIONAL DETAIL DEMONSTRATION

Block D

This five-story office building renovates in combination with the Bemis historic building that has stood for over 100 years as a part of Seattle’s historical architectural landscape. The four buildings enclose a central area and have green roofs on all blocks, with sky gardens to provide plenty of activity areas to enhance human well-being.

Block C

This three-story commercial building has a vertical farming factory and a fresh organic market on the first two floors, a restaurant on the third floor, and a rooftop. The vertical farming factory is an education, research, and training facility that provides fresh produce to the restaurant and organic market. A living machine combined with Block C as an element of biophilic design to enhance human-water interaction, treat wastewater for farming and green roof irrigation use, and even produce edible plants and fish suitable for the fresh market and organic restaurants.

Sustainable Materials

Materials from this project have thoughtfully considered eliminating VOCs and preventing “building sickness.” Declare products that meet the LBC standards for transparency and chemical safety. The interior architecture reuses the bricks of the original building at the site as well as other reused and recycled materials such as glass, steel, and wood.

Walkable Community

The Eco-block is located in the central area of Seattle, that easy access to public railways, buses, ferries, and highways. As a walkable area, it is also suitable for bikers. Limited underground parking spots for green power vehicles only. Shower rooms are designed for bikers to support a human-powered living style.

Building Form

The structures comprising the Eco-block started as four rectangular forms. The height of the blocks gradually increases from south to north to ensure the maximum natural sunlight of the site.

Seattle Annual Humidity and Rainfall Data

W ater Saving Strategy Diagram

Blackwater to Living Mechine

Cooling Tower Makeup Water

Block C West Section with Water Feature

HOLDING TANK RESUED WATER TANK living machine water feature

FILTERATION

High Efficiency Toilet

LIVING MACHINE SYSTEM

Rainfall inches for Seattle: 37 inch per year

Rooftop area: 143,960 sq ft

Rainwater capture: 3,318,422 gallons per year