Seaweed Machine - Regenerative Architecture at Tung Ping Chau Part 2 Project 2020 Lok Hei Wong Chinese University of Hong Kong | China Regenerative Architecture could be introduced as a new design paradigm in addressing the problem of climate change for its ability to generate energy and re-connect society with the natural architectural thinking. This thesis project takes the role of seaweed as the foundational element to explore regenerative architecture. Seaweed could intake huge amount of Carbon Dioxide (CO2), around five times that land plants do and they transform the dissolved CO2 into carbohydrates through photosynthesis.The idea in converting the abandoned island, Tung Ping Chau into a seaweed-sustained island is a reaction in utilizing the local ecological resources. The project adopts the metaphor of machine in connecting different compartments in regenerating CO2 and the deteriorated villages at Tung Ping Chau. The factory filled with tailor-made machines plays a vital role for the seaweed-sustained island in transforming raw materials, seaweeds into energy (biofuel), food and resources supporting the island. Excess seaweeds could be applied as construction materials to repair the deteriorated village houses. The system also preserves the cultural attributes qualities of seaweed and could possibly promote that through education programmes. The project envisions an alternative nature-inspired design methodology, reconnecting men and nature while providing a new prototype for climate change. Tutor(s)