Supatra Villegas - Assignment 1.1-1.4

Assignment 1.4 - Supatra Villegas

Assignment 1.3 - Supatra Villegas

A speculative project, by incorporate an agriculture, and aquaculture and a method of desalination, the Solar Floating Farm could become an ideal proposal for food crisis issue today. These multi-scalar feedback loops show connections ranging from macro to micro levels,  Within the Aquaponic cycle, there are secondary feedback loops; a Nitrogen cycle and a Photosynthesis cycle (on the plant).  Energy from sunlight is the main factor for desalination and photosynthesis in both above and below water. The water from desalination can go to multiple feedback loops, for example: water to aquaponic system or it can go to human consumption.  

Assignment 1.1 Supatra Villegas

The Solar Floating Farm starts off from an idea of an aquaponic system and a solar desalination process. In this diagram, it shows fish that produce waste in the water, which then is pumped passing through a biofilter and then to the plant. During the process, ammonia from fish waste goes through microbes, like Nitrosomonas bacteria that metabolizes the ammonia into Nitrite.  It then goes through Nitrobacter bacteria that turns Nitrite into Nitrate as shown in the Nitrogen cycle.  Nitrate, which is a nutrient to the plant, then travels with water to plant beds, where another input/output is present. Plants absorb Nitrate and water as inputs, absorb the light from the sun and carbon dioxide from the air. Through photosynthesis, it then releases oxygen as an output and filters water back to the fish.

Assignment 1.2 Supatra Villegas

The Solar Floating Farm derives from the inspiration of an aquaponic system, and aquaculture and a method of desalination.  These multi-scalar feedback loops show connections ranging from macro to micro levels,  Within the Aqauponic cycle, there are secondary feedback loops; a Nitrogen cycle and a Photosynthesis cycle (on the plant).  Energy from sunlight is the main factor for desalination and photosynthesis in both above and below water.