Aquaponics
A closed-loop food growing system — fish and plants sustaining each other, designed and built from first principles.
Aquaponics is a system before it is a structure. Understanding the biology first, then designing the plumbing, tanks, grow beds and filtration around it — everything sized and balanced so the water works as hard as the plants.
Discipline
Sustainable Design · Systems Build
Material
HDPE tanks, steel, grow media, pipework
Year
2023
Role
Design & build
The system — from design to running water
On the system
Fish waste becomes plant food. Plant roots clean the water for the fish. A closed loop that, once balanced, largely runs itself. The design challenge is getting that balance right from the start — tank volumes, flow rates, stocking density — all calculated before anything is built.
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