The plate in brief

The loop starts before there is any waste: we prevent it, and share edible surplus first. Then it runs in a circle. Crops grow on the roof and terraces. They’re cooked and preserved in the shared kitchen. Scraps go into a ventilated kitchen caddy and from there into a sealed organics room. An in-vessel composting unit keeps the moisture and temperature right and manages the smell. The compost cures in a separate bay, with an optional worm module, and then goes back into the soil planters.

Prunings become mulch. Nothing about it is hidden in a basement. It is a nutrient loop residents can see and take care of, so the building teaches the children who grow up in it where food comes from and where it goes.

Questions, corrections, or a site where this could be built? Write to me.