The Ultrastructure of the Third City: District 3 - M09

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Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade

MASA/A24012 - Master Diploma Project, Department of Architecture

spring semester 2017 - 2018.

A B S T R A C T
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■ The subject of research is the spatial region of the undeveloped area of the left bank of the Danube river - the territory of the city of Belgrade spanning from Panchevo to Pupin Bridge - to which according to the General Urban Plan of Belgrade for 2021, oriented development axis for the expansion of the metropolitan area. The macro-context of the analysed region represents the place of juxtaposition of the three 'situations' of the city, its presence and complete absence, manifested in relations of built, inhabited coastal areas of the old and New Belgrade and the 'void' across the river - 'Old, New and Third Belgrade'. Third City represents the context of the 'city of future' and imagining possible needs, problems and contents of the future city, this project aims to create an unique industrial element that would tackle the conundrum of overpopulation, resource shortages and environmental degradation.

T H E S I S: D I S T R I C T III
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■ Basing its foundations on the outlines of the Belgrade city, the new infrastructure generated on the left bank of the Danube river aims to establish a balance in hypothetical context of environmental and social imbalances by forming a new socio-industrial element in the form of a new city district. This new urban structure, District 3, can be defined as an anticipated context of overpopulation and mass urbanization, where the complex of vertical landfill systems serves as a response to the ever-growing amounts of disposable waste, shortage of natural resources and usable space, transforming informal Belgrade structures into the mechanism of material, economic and societal recycling. Such new socio-industrial element aims to neutralize certain by-products of the city and thus stand against the threat of civilizational megalomania by forcing sustainability in such 'Ultrastructure of the future city'.

K E Y W O R D S
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■ THIRD CITY; ■ WASTE MANAGEMENT; ■ VERTICAL LANDFILL; ■ RECYCLING DISTRICT; ■ INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE; ■

W A S T E T O W E R I: M E T H A N E S C R A P E R
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■ On the example of the Belgrade city, this project changes the model of a typical landfill into a raw vertical infrastructure. The towers are module-based, and every tower is consisted of waste capsules that are attached to the concrete core. Firstly, city waste is being delivered to sorting facility, where it is categorized by type (glass, plastic, organic matter, paper, wood, metal), after which it is sent to temporary landfill. The recyclable waste is taken to recycling facility, and organic matter, parts of wood and paper materials are gathered and disposed into modular waste capsules. These capsules are attached to the tower core by cranes. Every capsule is equipped with an inhaler and a pipeline that is connected to the methane tank, and when organic matter decomposes, methane produced by the process is drawn from each capsule and later transformed into energy. When the matter in a capsule decomposes completely, the capsule can be taken out, cleaned and refilled. This type of landfill not only greatly reduces the negative impact on the air and ground (since it emits zero toxic gases and prevents any contact of waste with air and soil), it also massively reduces the amount of space needed to store waste.

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