In 2122, increasing water deficit in the Teesside area due to industrial leaching and sea-level rise has caused widespread ecological damage. Socioeconomic decline has disproportionately emphasised industrial expansion, encroaching on important heritage sites and shrinking nature reserves.

The project proposes a facility to reverse the decline of the local ecosystem, while fostering a new symbiotic relationship with industry, to preserve the collective memory of the community. This also includes physical long-term data storage within the fabric of the building.

A new relationship with material reuse, automation, and craftsmanship is developed through workshop facilities and teaching areas to reinvent the industrial landscape. Parts of the building’s growing façade are fabricated from scrap material to create a space that is visually reminiscent of industrial typologies, memorialising the area’s history. The building also utilises passive phytoremediation and iron nanoparticle remediation to filter water flowing through the building, to develop an economical and sustainable system that can be replicated to revive the surrounding landscape.