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Closed Loops

Project locationShasta Lake, CA
CompanyNadya Mikhaylovskaya
University/SchoolUniversity of California, Berkeley
Lead ArchitectNadya Mikhaylovskaya

Can something as environmentally and politically contentious as a data center coexist with its surroundings more harmoniously? My proposal combines a data center with a wood kiln to create a circular exchange of energy and matter, and bring together two industrial typologies that are unwanted near residential areas due to noise and pollution.