Circuit on the Creek｜CORE IV ｜Microgrid Infrastructure for Collective Resilience
Collaborative Project between
@eric_no.label @angelaiwq_
Professor
@wtarch Warren Techentin
@harvardgsd @harvardgsd_architecture
The project embeds a decentralized energy system within a social-housing typology, reframing architecture from a spatial container into an operative infrastructural apparatus. At its core, a vertical energy spine (vertical solar chimney) coordinates environmental regulation and spatial organization: rooftop photovoltaics feed a shared community battery, enabling housing clusters to align ventilation, daylighting, thermal comfort, and energy production under everyday conditions.
Under disruption scenarios—grid outages or extreme weather—the system can shift into islanded operation, redistributing stored energy to sustain critical loads such as lighting, communications, and refrigeration. Ground-floor civic programs are mobilized as relief infrastructure, supporting temporary shelter and emergency services. Structured through a dual-mode logic of “everyday performance” and “crisis autonomy,” the proposal positions housing as a resilience node within the urban fabric and as a mediator of climate, energy, and collective care.
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