About This Project

A research project that has been running since 2015, that sets out to change the paradigm of cities and growth. This project is divides into two phases: 1) SUMS for cities I and 2) SUMS for cities II. The city is where important exchanges of resources occur, but where what is received from the environment differs greatly from what is returned to it. Energy, water, materials and food are received, yet other waste energy, wastewater, waste materials and organic waste are returned. In nature waste equals food, where circular metabolisms enable resources to be reinvested. In cities in developing countries, not only are resources wasted, but also many people are left out of the value chain. In this work a Social Urban Metabolism Strategy (SUMS) for Cities is proposed, where through establishing urban metabolism systems marginal communities become part of the value chain. To date the work has covered residues (tyres in civil engineering works), energy (biogas from organic waste) and energy (renewables and transport). This project is also composed by interviews, urban analysis and field analysis.

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