Project by Cong Zhang
This residential project imagines the apartment building as a living carbon loop. A biochar pyrolysis core in the basement receives residents’ everyday organic waste, transforming it into stable carbon while releasing low-grade heat that is redirected to warm interiors. Above, mycelium-biochar composite panels form a thick insulating skin, further reducing operational energy and locking away carbon in the envelope itself. Structure, services, and daily habits are woven into one metabolism, where comfort is powered by what the building and its occupants continually digest. The result is a carbon-negative habitat that turns household residue into climate repair.
