Decoupling Communities From Global Capital Part 2 Project 2020 Jade Moore Leeds Beckett University | UK Dhaka’s economy is heavily reliant on its garment and brick industries. 1,000 brick farms produce 3.5 billion bricks each year, emitting 1.8 million tonnes of CO2. %,000 garment factories employing 4 million people produce around £4 billion of fast fashion garments per year. Both are critically damaging to worker and the environment.Applying the design studio context, the project operates as an agency, looking to understand and empower the resources within the community in order to provide a resolution to the challenges they currently face. Through engagement with the Bangladesh brick manufacturers owner’s association and garment workers in Bangladesh a strategy is shaped and determined for a collaboration between the two industries. The harmful production of clay bricks fired in coal fuelled bull trench kilns is replaced by the production of textile bricks. Fast fashion waste is diverted from landfill, and combined with algae propagated on site, to produce the sustainable new construction material. The new factories build upon the existing structure, retaining the industries history whilst introducing a resilient, climate adaptive production facility. The result is a reduction in harmful emissions, eradication in use of fossil fuels, reduced landfill and improved health through better working conditions. Tutor(s)