Against Aseptic Corporeality Part 2 Project 2020 Murray Morrant Mackintosh School of Architecture | UK The move away from the collective towards the individual is illustrated by our changing relationship with (human) waste. The individual forgets that consumption, which has become a predominant element of all our lives, results in waste (excreta). Brought on by the introduction of municipal sanitization and the flushing toilet, was the idea that waste can be moved into unconsciousness, resulting in today’s ‘flush and forget’ culture where our waste is disposed of, for someone else to deal with. Serviced by an invisible infrastructure, hidden beneath the ground, a nexus of pipes and tunnels has shaped our social rituals and focus towards the individual. Situated in the city centre of Antwerp, the thesis proposes a building to reveal this invisible infrastructure, allowing the individual to see their contribution to the collective city’s waste and to re-establish a physical bodily connection to their excrement whilst elevating the subject to a civic level. The main building stands as a public gallery of wastewater, research facility, and treatment plant, determining new ways to turn our 'waste' into a valued commodity. The experience culminates in a public toilet situated in a waste landscape, born out of the nutrient-rich by-products from the treatment plant. Tutor(s)Mr Mark Baines