This thesis seeks to investigate the issue of food waste in Singapore in particular the linear and unsustainable model associated with food imports household consumption patterns and its current incineration system. Consequently, a zero food waste precinct is envisioned through a framework of circularity, technological innovation and community participation. Following a study of food waste quantums and proximities, a neighbourhood within Sengkang Town (densest region in Singapore), is identified as the site of intervention. The proposed is conceptualized across different scales – from building scale food waste chutes, to a food management facility – The Food

Valorist, and a neighbourhood scale elevated conveyance network to transfer food waste, and organic fertilizer to support community in bloom programs in the neighbourhood. Beyond just conveyance of goods, this elevated network is also pedestrianized to activate a new connectivity between residential precincts. With a car-lite future, multi storey carparks are also repurposed for intensive farming. The Food Valorist is conceived as a pedagogical tool to educate communities about food waste. Two adjacent sites comprising a food market (waste generator) and a community centre (social node) are integrated with food production and waste processing in a new building typology. The massing co-locates the different food processes- Production, Processing, Waste Upcycling, Consumption to the site’s periphery with the Community Centre at its heart. These processes are revealed and celebrated in distinct, open and accessible building blocks and facades. Several interweaving linkways enable public engagement and immersion with these processes to foster learning and transform community attitudes towards food and food waste.