Project by Remilekun Omoleye, Yijing Xiao
During our transect study, we identified an underutilized light industrial park in Freeport Municipal—a site of vacancy and decline, but also a critical node for regeneration. Our proposal is a mixed‑use development that integrates data, living, and green energy. At its core, a next‑generation data center captures and reuses waste heat, transforming digital infrastructure into a civic utility. Surrounding it, resilient housing typologies anchor community life with affordability, ecological reciprocity, and shared amenities. Layered onto this, geothermal systems, solar arrays, and wind micro‑turbines create a microgrid that powers both residents and servers. The integration logic is simple but powerful: thermal reciprocity warms greenhouses and homes, circular systems irrigate crops and enrich growth, and the community benefits through fresh food, renewable energy, and jobs. The vision is clear: Freeport becomes a living laboratory where obsolete industry is reborn as ecological and socially responsible urbanism—data as civic infrastructure, housing as resilient commons, and energy as renewable and shared.
