Circular Prototypes: Food, Energy and Water (F.E.W.) Rooftop Infrastructures

The traditional definition of a refuge relates to the condition of being safe or sheltered from danger. From this point of view, the refuge isolates the individual from its environment and becomes an enclosed and self-su�cient “bubble.” As an alternative to this definition, we propose the idea of refuge conceived as an urban space, as a collective infrastructure built in balance with our natural ecosystem. Accordingly, a porous boundary between the exterior space (the natural and built environment) and the interior space (inhabited area) materializes through the implementation of circular processes that generate multiple states of equilibrium between interrelated spaces, forces, and energies. These processes produce, in turn, collective spaces for social interaction promoting sustainable models of consumption and public health.