Zed Pod
A zero-discharge bathroom system: dignified, deployable sanitation without the waste stream of a conventional porta potty.
Sanitation · Zero discharge · Food production
Design · Build · Engineering · Ecology
Living systems for a changing world.
We are a network of sustainability practitioners creating highly integrated places—where architecture, water, food, energy, structure, and ecology work as one.
01 / Modular ecology
Pods that turn waste into abundance.
A family of adaptable modules can work independently or combine into a complete living system. Each pod supports food production while meeting a distinct need for shelter, sanitation, water, or nourishment.
Living Pod
A kitchen, greenhouse, and biodigester that processes kitchen and greywater on site—with zero discharge.
Kitchen · Biodigester · Greenhouse
Porchpod
An open porch greenhouse that handles greywater, produces food, and encloses for productive winter use.
Porch · Seasonal enclosure · Greywater
Wetpod
A productive rooftop wetland that integrates water treatment, habitat, thermal benefit, and edible landscape.
Constructed wetland · Roofscape · Habitat
Loftpod
A compact sleeping loft designed to sit above the Zed, Living, or Porchpod—adding private space without expanding the ground footprint.
Sleeping · Vertical expansion · Compact living
02 / Closed-loop thinking
One system. Many scales.
We begin with flows rather than objects. Every project is shaped around the useful relationships between people, climate, materials, water, energy, food, and land.
01 / CaptureWater + energy
02 / UseShelter + nourishment
03 / TransformWaste + greywater
04 / RegenerateFood + habitat
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From system sketch to urban habitat.
The pod is both infrastructure and architecture: a compact frame for sanitation, cultivation, energy generation, and everyday life.
03 / The practice
From a tiny shelter to a civic landscape.
Our network assembles the right expertise for each challenge, bridging visionary planning with buildable, engineered solutions.
Single-family residences
Multi-family developments
Off-grid development
Nomadic living
Tiny homes
Accessory structures
Large-scale development
Civic buildings
Site + landscape planning
Appropriate technology
Alternative septic
Emergency + temporary housing
04 / The network
Different disciplines. Shared purpose.
Environmental, architectural, structural, and systems thinking are integrated from the beginning—not reconciled after the fact.
NB
Nik Bertulis
Environmental Engineer
SM
Shan Masuda
Architectural Designer
PN
Priya Naik
Structural Engineer
BK
Bear Kaufman
Systems Engineer
05 / How we work
Design for the whole cycle.
See the system
Map resources, constraints, climate, inhabitants, and long-term stewardship.
Integrate early
Bring design, engineering, ecology, and construction intelligence together at the outset.
Prototype precisely
Use modularity to test, refine, deploy, and adapt solutions across different contexts.
Leave abundance
Create places that produce food, restore water, support habitat, and strengthen community.