About the Project

The Existence Harmonics Field Lab + Grow For One is a site-based research initiative exploring how sustainable micro-infrastructure, small-space food systems, and ecological coherence influence daily function, environmental load, and long-term wellbeing. Centered in a micro-residence with integrated greenhouse and cultivation zones, the Field Lab studies how built environments and ecological design shape:

 

• Autonomic stability and sensory load
• Air quality and particulate exposure
• Food access and nutritional self-sufficiency
• The relationship between architecture, micro-ecology, and lived physiology

 

Patterns of environmental load and structural constraint are not evenly distributed. Public health, environmental justice, housing, and disability-adjacent research consistently show disproportionate impact among:

 

• Neurodivergent individuals
• People with chronic multi-system sensitivities
• Black women and BIPOC communities
• People in small apartments or constrained-resource environments
• Individuals navigating medical or environmental dismissal

 

These are not framed as “target identities,” but as populations structurally exposed to higher environmental and systemic burdens. The Field Lab does not attempt to correct people. Instead, it treats infrastructure, ecology, and sensory load as environmental variables and examines how more coherent design can reduce external load in ways that are replicable, scalable, and non-clinical.

About the Work

The work centers on small-scale ecological coherence as a practical and research-driven approach to sustainable living. Two components operate together:

 

1. The Field Lab

(Site-Based Research)

 

A micro-residence, integrated greenhouse, and small outdoor cultivation zone form a controlled environment for: environmental monitoring plant growth cycles, air and particulate mapping energy and water-use analysis architectural and ecological integration documentation of environmental load shifts. The Lab produces replicable templates for small-space sustainability that can be implemented in apartments, multi-unit housing, rural sites, and community environments.

 

Environmental sensitivity, sensory processing variance, and systemic housing constraints are not evenly distributed across populations. Research from environmental health, public health, and housing studies consistently shows disproportionate impact on:

 

• Marginalized communities
• Neurodivergent individuals
• Low-resource households
• People encountering medical fragmentation or bias
• Individuals living in constrained housing 

 

The work studies how micro-infrastructure can reduce these inequities without requiring clinical intervention or identity framing.

 

2. Grow For One

(Educational & Scalable Resources)

 

This component distributes: small-space growing guides micro-cultivation templates sustainable living tools environmental literacy materials cooking-for-one resources adaptable modules for apartments and studios. Grow For One is a public-facing educational model designed to support individuals who lack outdoor space, cohesive food access, or clear sustainability pathways. The Work treats small-scale design as a structural equalizer, not a personal corrective narrative. Grow For One shares these materials through digital resources, workshops, and community partnerships.

Field lab Physical Structures

The Existence Harmonics Field Lab will utilize bioceramic geodesic domes, developed by Geoship, as a primary physical structures for environmental research and micro-infrastructure testing.

 

These domes provide a controlled architecture for studying how structural materials, geometry, and environmental stability influence:

 

• air quality and particulate movement
• thermal regulation and energy load
• sensory and autonomic exposure
• micro-cultivation performance
• small-space functional design
• long-term sustainability variables

 

Why Bioceramic Domes Function as Research Architecture

 

1. Structural Coherence

Bioceramic composites form a non-toxic, fire-resistant, mold-resistant, and inert shell, reducing environmental load factors common in conventional construction. The geodesic geometry supports:

 

• Uniform stress distribution
• Efficient volume-to-surface ratios
• Reduced thermal variation high structural stability across climates

 

These characteristics create stable baseline conditions for environmental monitoring.

 

2. Systems Efficiency

Geoship domes demonstrate an estimated ~70% reduction in heating and cooling requirements due to material properties and geometric design.

 

This allows the Field Lab to examine:

 

• energy use optimization in micro-residence
• passive climates-control strategies
• sustainable off-grid or hybrid-grid configurations
• resource-use modeling across seasons

 

The system-level efficiency supports controlled comparative studies.

 

3. Access & Replicability

Domes are designed for:

 

• rapid assembly
• modular configuration
• low long-term maintenance
• broad climatic adaptability

 

This enables the Lab to evaluate replicable small-space housing models for communities experiencing constrained resources, environmental sensitivities, or structural inequities, without framing any group as a “target identity” or applying corrective narratives.

 

Alignment With Existence Harmonics

 

The bioceramic dome functions as a platform for studying how built environments interact with physiology, ecology, and micro-infrastructure. Its design lineage includes contributions from Buckminster Fuller, whose work centered on systems-level housing solutions to reduce human and ecological strain.

 

Fuller’s orientation is summarized in his widely cited mission: “To make the world work for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation, without ecological offense, or the disadvantage of anybody.”

 

The Field Lab does not use this mission as ideology. It is referenced as design lineage, a systems-based approach to housing that aligns structurally with the project’s research goals.