The operating business
Priced · costed · expected to stand up
The café, coffee lab, bottling, produce and compost are intended to carry their own consumables, treatment and labour.
In planning
Biosphere
The ground remembers.The Biosphere grows from it.
A century-old industrial ground is being reimagined as a place where water, food and community meet. Its systems are meant to be seen, understood and shared.
Concept render What this land was
Fourteen feet of ash. A different future above it.
For most of a century, this ground received the mill’s coal ash. Layer after layer accumulated below what looked like open land.
When the ground was opened, the fly ash was found 12 to 14 feet below grade. The Biosphere concept begins by acknowledging that industrial memory, then building water, food and a shared landscape above it.
Visible ground Living landscape planting · water · gathering
Transition Soil formed over time
Below grade 12–14 ft fly ash · mill residue · industrial memory
Mudita in action
Finding our joy in the well-being of others.
Mudita has shaped Jamshri’s relationship with Solapur since 1955. At the Biosphere, it becomes a choice to preserve a century-old well even when no revenue is attached to it.
The well is what the idea looks like when it costs something.
What the commitment costs
Two ledgers, kept apart.
Both require investment. Only one is expected to earn directly.
The commitment
Funded deliberately · earns nothing directly
The heritage well, the ash record, water shared with the city and free school visits are supported because they matter, not because they create a revenue line.
Concept render Built for Solapur
Water is not a backdrop here. It is the reason for the place.
Solapur’s municipal supply arrives on a rotation. The Biosphere is being planned to work with that reality, recover what it uses and return more water to the ground.
- 1–1.5 crore L
- estimated rainwater returned each year through soak pits and roughly half a kilometre of channel
- 4 crore L
- greywater processed in a year by the Bio-STP
- 1,000 L/day
- air-to-water operating target beside the growing structure
Rainwater is an estimate. Air-to-water and growing figures are operating targets and remain subject to design development.
How the physical system connects
Sunlight starts it. Everything after it circulates.
Solar power supports water and growing. Food reaches the table. Kitchen and garden waste becomes compost, feeding the next round of growth.
This diagram describes the environmental system only. The technologies and connections remain subject to design and operating work.
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Air becomes water. Water grows food. Soil renews the cycle.
- 01 Air The cycle begins in the atmosphere
- 02 Water Water is drawn from the air
- 03 Growth Food grows on site
- 04 Table The harvest is served nearby
- 05 Waste Organic matter is collected
- 06 Soil Compost renews the next cycle
The tangible development
The idea has to take physical form.
Ground, water, growing, food and soil are designed as one visible experience. Each place has a practical job before it has a storytelling one.
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Concept render A clear direction · still in planning
The Biosphere is the green engine of Jamshri City.
The visit is meant to show a different way of living. The wider city is where those choices can become ordinary.
Project disclaimer The Biosphere is a project in development and is subject to change as its final design and development are completed over the coming months. All visuals are artist’s impressions.
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