Wèi Lái Ròu - a Hong Kong Meatfactory

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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