Wèi Lái Ròu - a Hong Kong Meatfactory
|2019|
Global meat consumption and especially meat production are a delicate
issue. This stems from the fact, that the production, which tries to
keep up with the growing demand, poses an ecological threat. Not only
does it produce vast amounts of CO2 eq. emissions, but it also occupies
vast quantities of land and thus is responsible for deforestation and
the death of biodiversity.
The novel technology of in-vitro-meat promises to mitigate most problems
caused by conventional meat production. While certainly being a deviant form
of production, its advantages are manifold.
My architectural intent is to speculate on a potential techno-biological
paradigm shift and its cultural and spatial consequences, by designing an
in-vitro-meat factory.
This thesis investigates the history of the factory typology and seeks to
explore how this typology might transform in the future, while considering
its new cultural significance.
Whilst trying to provide appropriate technical solutions, the main focus
lies on the question of how future factories could emerge and how the relationship
with factories and production itself might change in the future.
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