Urban Agriculture - Outside on the Ground and on the Roof.
Today the average food item travels 1300 to 1500 miles from farm to plate.
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Lloyd Wright's Broadacre City - Plan for The Living City. The unbuilt
plan was progressive for its time (1934), one acre farm lots for each
family in mixed use neighborhoods, but it focused heavily on the car.
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Front Studio Architects
- propose 'Farmadelphia' a transformation of urban Phili by introducing
farmlands into the city's abandoned plots. On the architects site they say
"The ‘Farmadeliphication’ of once decrepit buildings into farm
structures
allows for an organic transformation of history that contributes to the
present day fabric. The irony of the farm and the city ceases to be a
paradox as both function as one integral machine, combining the pleasure
of open sky and land with the richness of city living."
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Farmadelphia
- the re-greening of Philadelphia. Finalist Competition: “Urban Voids:
Grounds for Change” Sponsor: City Parks Association and the Van Alen
Institute.
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There are 40 square miles of abandoned land in Detroit... It could go from this...
Rendering by Bryan Christie
To this... John Hantz is starting a farm in Detroit (the world's largest urban farm), his business plan calls for 'the deployment of the latest in farm
technology, from compost-heated greenhouses to hydroponic (water only,
no soil) and aeroponic (air only) growing systems designed to maximize
productivity in cramped settings. And visitors will be able to "walk down the row pushing a baby stroller," he promises. The farm will focus on high-margin edibles: peaches, berries, plums,
nectarines, exotic greens and heirloom tomatoes." Hanntz is using 30 million of his own money to finance the for-profit farm. Phase 1 will utilize more than 70 acres of underutilized vacant lands and abandoned properties on Detroit’s lower east side. www.hantzgroup.com
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The City of Frankfort has farms at its doorstep.
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The residents of Cuba have been local and organic since the fall of the soviet bloc. More than 50% of Havanna's produce is grown within its city limits.
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City gardens in Fulong, North Taiwan.
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Phili Farm.
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Numerous farms have sprouted up within the city of Chicago.
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Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis' truck farm is not stuck in one city...they're in for a ride...
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The Youth Center Roof Garden in Chicago is designed to both educate and feed those it serves.
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The Youth Center Roof Garden in Chicago.
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The Toyota Roof Garden. Toyota is also marketing grass covered roof tiles.
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This roof garden in China is owned by Shell Oil, Nanhai.
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The Eagle Street Farm a 6,000 square foot green roof organic vegetable farm located atop a warehouse in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with amazing views of Manhattan.
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The rooftop greenhouses on Eli Zabar's Vinegar Factory have been feeding Manhattanites for years.
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Rooftopherb garden in downtown Riverside, California.
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New York Children's Aid Society 1942.
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Urban Space Station. Natalie Jeremijenko's ''greenhouses tap into the buildings below them, giving and taking in a
kind of mechanical symbiosis. By recycling air and water, the two drink
together, breathe together and regulate each other's temperature.'' The vegetables are grown hydroponically thereby reducing weight and the legs of the bug-like pod distribute the weight to the load bearing walls of the building. The pod is curved so the winds flow around it. www.popularmechanics.com and www.jetsongreen.com. Lots of interesting youtube videos to be found on this interesting project.
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Hanging gardens of Barcelona - Self-reliant cities. WHY Factory: Nicola Placella, Magnus Svensson. The design team shows us the crazy amount of space needed to make a city self-sustainable.
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The potential future... Mitchell Joachim
Rethinking NYC. What if NYC was self-sufficient, within its own
political boundaries? With no inputs and no outputs. Buildings become
streets, to make them into productive space, amidst a climactically
altered Manhattan. www.terreform.org
MATscape
Mass Institute of Technology
Material Mosaic Triplex 1 Part Alive + 1 Part Energy Producer.
Mixed prefab construction with living surfaces. Wind Quills, generate
power using piezoelectric cells (an MIT invention). Solar heating and
water collection and re-use. www.archinode.com/c2c.html
For Vertical Farming see - www.inspirationgreen.com/vertical-farms.html
Of Interest:
Agriburbia site www.agriburbia.com
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