Way(ste) to Survive Part 2 Project 2025 Edward Smith University of Salford Salford | UK Set in the Everest region of Nepal, Ways(te) to Survive proposes a speculative infrastructural system that tackles the ecological and social aftermath of extreme tourism. At its heart is a 35km dual-direction pneumatic pipeline — a logistics system carrying organic human waste downhill from Everest Base Camp to Khumjung for biogas conversion, while returning oxygen, empty capsules, and supplies uphill.The project centres on three core building types:A waste treatment plant in Khumjung, where organic waste is converted into fertiliser and energy, which powers the pneumatic system.An oxygen tea room and Sherpa dormitory, combining recovery space with PSA oxygen extraction.Pipeline maintenance hubs, spaced every 5– 7km along the route — designed around human walking thresholds, not machine efficiency.Architecture is embedded in the landscape using yak-portable construction, brown roof microhabitats, gabion foundations, and reversible joints. All components are designed with post-occupancy in mind — able to be dismantled or left as ecological follies.The pipeline is imagined not just as infrastructure, but as a breathing system — an actor in a network of labour, logistics, and care. Capsules become units of movement and reuse; trekkers, yaks, drones, and porters work in parallel. It offers an apology to the mountain— regenerative, deeply human. Tutor(s)