Architects design vertical farms
- Published: 07 April 2008 11:36
- Author: Richard Vaughan
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- Last Updated: 07 April 2008 12:31
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Chicken farms on the 12th floor of a residential block? Fields of corn on the 47th storey of a Toronto skyscraper? Welcome to the world of vertical farming.
Just weeks after the AJ revealed that green guru Ken Yeang is designing a food-producing building – or urban farm – a host of architects have revealed their designs for vertical farming.
The four projects have been compiled by www.weburbanist.com, but some are more believable than others.
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Chris Jacobs and Dr Dickson Despommier ofColumbiaUniversityhave produced this vertical farm that produces more energy than the building requires. |
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Pierre Sartoux of Atelier SOA created this more aesthetically pleasing urban farm, which includes glazing that opens and closes to admit sunlight. |
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US firm Mithun Architects has designed a vertical farm for downtownSeattle, which includes residential and commercial elements and even a chicken farm. |
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Canadian architect Gordon Graff has developed this ambitious proposal called the Sky Farm. The 48-storey building would provide hundreds of thousands of square metres of farm land to feedTorontoresidents. |
