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Natural Organic Recycling Machine
Water Reclamation
Implementing the Natural Organic Recycling Machine (NORM) offers an ecological design approach. The system treats wastewater efficiently using microbes to recycle inorganic and organic matter and pollutants. NORM prioritizes sustainability, resource efficiency, and aestheticintegrationwhile highlighting a natural andsafemeansofon-site treatmentandreuse.
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As a meta-system, NORM showcases congruence and interdependence betweennaturalandmanmade systems. NORM is an organizing design element for the central courtyard, provides an interactiveexperience,and demonstratesthepowerof connectingwithbiological systems and intentionally overlappingecologies.
The entire system runs a length of approximately 200 feet with a varying width at a maximum of 45 feet. Hasslo on Eighth (Biohabitats, GBD Architects, Glumac, PLACE Studio), located in Portland, Oregon’s Lloyd EcoDistrict, was used as acasestudyreferencefor systemdesignandsizing.
