METAOASIS
by: SIQI YANG &
YIBIN ZHANG
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Located in the western suburbs of Melbourne, MetaOasis gives new life to the Sunshine Grain Silo, which has been abandoned since 2014. It contains 35 independent modules spreading on the 23,000 sqm narrow and linear site, centred with a solar farm and 2 data halls, situated in the gigantic concrete volume of the existing silos.
Each independent module of MetaOasis nicknamed “Mushroom”, is an energy efficient hybrid of data blocks and vegetable growing slots that people can access from online platform. The mushroom is generally designed to guarantee the performance of data blocks by water cooling, with water collected from rain, and the collected rainwater can be used for irrigation simultaneously. Also, the excessive heat generated by the data blocks is used to radiate to the surrounded vegetable growing slots to increase the yield. The solar farm has 22 mirrors reflecting sunlight to the central receiver, which is 100 metres above ground floor.
Our proposition is to create an oasis that blurred the boundary between the infrastructure of a data centre and future farm. By dealing with real conditions and virtual possibilities of both data centre and farm. The combination is energy-efficient by optimising the usage of excessive heat and rainwater. Also taking advantage of a data centre, the production of vegetables could be automatic. Encouraging people to engage with the site both in person and online.
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