DESIGN NARRATIVE

As the climate continues to change and become increasingly inhospitable to lifeforms on Earth, adaptation was
imperative to push the food industry forward in an efficient manner. The apiary community - pollinators and nature’s architects - was called upon to take an active role in the food industry as growing challenges became increasingly dire. The
need for providing concentrated, supernutritious food sources to all lifeformsbecame the prime directive. A central hub was found to be a solution to these challenges: an effective focal point within the community that could assist in genetic modification of local foods to become more efficient and concentrated. Bees and humans adapted into a symbiotic relationship with the goal of creating a more concentrated, nutritious food industry. Honey is an essential ingredient, now used for more than a simple sweetener: it is life.

Genetic modification has pushed it to become the basis for these highly-concentrated solid and liquid foods, creating new solutions for locations which may not be habitable for carbon-based lifeforms. Bioengineering has led to great, forward strives in the food and agricultural industry fueled by this symbiotic relationship. A mutual respect between the apiary and human community has led to an understanding in which both lifeforms work together to create a better future for all life. These new forms of food modification have led to the creation of a central hub in which food is grown and adapted to meet the needs of the stakeholders.

Greenhouses, labs, and gardens are actively utilized in this new and adaptive form with meeting spaces for
all stakeholders to come together in the creation of highly nutritious foods. Community outreach on-location allows
the general public to experience the benefits of this research, to taste and try first-hand the samples of the produce,
and to learn about the current research at the hub. While this hub is only the beginning of the bioengineering changes
within the food industry, the next goal is to ensure this hub is a common landmark across the globe, actively engaging with the local flora and fauna of various regions, adapting to the immediate local needs of the community it rests within.