Living on the Edge: Defining shipbreaking at the edge of globalisation in Alang, India Part 2 Project 2016 Edward Dromgool Victoria University of Wellington | New Zealand Forty thousand men on the coastline of Alang, India, dismantle half of world’s discarded ships in a process referred to as shipbreaking. The vessels are dismantled piece by piece, with no more than a gas torch and physical labour, within a toxic landscape.This design introduces an ecosystem within the shipbreaking community of Alang by introducing many interconnected systems that allow for self-sufficiency inspired by concepts of bio-mimicry. Tutor(s) Kevin Sweet