The approach to this project questions how the civilians of New Bedford can benefit from a possibly fleeting or oppressive presence of large, international off-shore wind corporations. Energy companies have supplanted their presence in New Bedford, but what can this presence offer to the folk of New Bedford once the initial installation process of these turbines has finished? Also, how can the individual respond to these extensive developments by subverting the corporation? The institute asks, "what other materials or systems can we interact with to reduce the impending reliance of the offshore wind systems?" What knowledge gained from maintenance, recycling, and operation can inform and empower the laborers of the mainland? The New Bedford Institute of Regenerative Building Operation is the final stage in a larger sequence of processing decommissioned turbine elements, maintenance engineers, and analysis.
the negotiation between scales of sequence in the port and individual educational experience
The institute stratifies the core components of experiential learning into a layered mass in which the occupant navigates perpendicular amongst their personalized educational itinerary. The institute educates laborers and the public regarding what alternate energy systems, crafting skills, material systems, etc. they can implement in their dwellings and businesses to reduce the reliance on regionally supplied energy from international corporations. This institute produces two regenerative results, the physical building assembly and knowledge.
