Situated at sea level in the most northerly fjord on the British Columbia coast, sits the abandoned minig town of Anyox. At the beginning of the 20th century, large copper deposits were found in the area and between 1914 and 1936, a large copper mine was developed, and with it a town of 3,000 people came into existence. To supply the town with energy, a storage dam was constructed several kilometers north of the townsite with a penstock that led to the powerhouse in the town. After the collapse of copper prices, as a result of the depression of the thirties, and a overexploitation of the open mines, Anyox was largely abandoned in 1936, shortly after its abandonment, it burnt to the ground. Aside from a small operation shipping copper tailings as abrasive and aggregate to the United States, it remained abandoned for over fifty years. In recent years, the old storage dam, has been tested and proved to be structurally intact. My proposal is to revisit the site and reuse the existing infrastructure for the generation of energy. The existing dam is mended, and at sea level, both a powerhouse, and a small dwelling for the necessary on site workers are constructed on existing foundations. The project supposes a necessity for excess in architecture. Contrary to common notions about efficiency and optimisation, in an open system, energy and matter necessarily exist in abundance and the architectural artefact exists as a dialectic within this system.