Bioremediation Indicator

To respond to the issues of the government's dredging plan in Baltimore, Maryland's harbor and the city's high unemployment rate, I propose to develop bio-remediation techniques on site which can work to mitigate polluted sludge and waste water, while also providing job opportunities. Bio-remediation is a very promising technique to deal with pollution. Even though there are still some uncertainties of this very new method, more and more attention from society is paid to its development, and it is becoming more widely used. The construction of the site starts with an amphibious machine which can both work in harbor and on land. It can dredge sludge and carry the sludge to the site to make landforms. New landforms continue changing, and makes the dynamic dredging process visible to the public. Ship containers serve as temporary labs, providing a flexible space for the development of bio-remediation techniques including mycelium remediation, algae remediation, and oyster remediation. Shipping containers can be transformed into greenhouses, water tank, and sludge containers, and there are many possibilities for spatial configuration of shipping containers. The size of the lab center onsite can easily increase or decrease based on needed spatial and operational affordances and constraints. Landform creates different living conditions for a wider variety of plants than is currently supported, so biodiversity will increase. The construction process and bioremediation techniques will bring people here, and the visible re-mediation process will become an opportunity for public education.