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power. The cleaning process of food needs water and detergent to remove “dirt” from the food after which it becomes a mixed waste system. Preparation, cutting and removing the non-edible parts such as skins go f rst directly to the disposal area and through the public waste management system of my residential area. The rest of the organic material is cooked with heat produced by burning natural gas, while ventilation consumes electricity. Thus, both systems create waste by extra heat and smoke.

Above I have shortly described my kitchen as an open system; it causes both f ows of resources and f ows of energy and is clearly a waste production line where various f ows passes through the system to become waste. At the same time these waste f ows are completely dependent on the external system supply that makes the current situation very unsatisfactory.

My goal to redesign my kitchen is to create a selfsuff cient kitchen system where I can both cook and produce food. To do so, my priority is to understand the in- and output of each process, for example: organic food production requires water and fertilizers and the output-f ow, as the dirty water and organic waste are called, can be used for plantation. A small scale vegetable garden on my balcony can also make use of waste water from other cleaning programs like the shower and the washing of clothes, herewith creating a circular water system. Moreover, a biogas digester could compensate the energy needs while generating nutrients for the plants.

All in all, with a small space like a kitchen different narratives can be told resulting in two spatial designs. In my opinion this systematic approach reveals more opportunities for designers that exceed just the visual changes.

(In the 2017-2018 academic year Junyuan Chen was the Flows programme tutor)

Flows map by 1st year INSIDE students Adriel, I-Chieh, Hande and Yunkyung

Shifting demographics, rapidly developing technologies and ever changing visions on learning are constantly challenging education. Schools are subject to continuous transformation while buildings seem to remain a static backdrop for generations to grow up with.

In collaboration with MVRDV the students of INSIDE sought to apply new strategies, concepts and designs to a very concrete context, two international primary schools in The Hague. Asking the question, what could the school of the future be like?

apply new strategies, concepts