At the same time, the green indeed “regulates” humidity, produces oxygen and absorbs CO2 and microparticles. Still, it filters them, thereby welcoming internal microclimate without harming the environment. Unlike the usual facades, the plant-based armour does not magnify the urban heat island effect or reflect the sun’s rays. The balconies will have vegetation, mainly fruits and vegetables, grown on a specially designed 45-degree southward retreat that interconnects with the network of structural columns and the site’s contour where the building stands. The three-system circulatory analysis was incorporated to create harmony in bio-diversity, green coverage, energy sustainability and atmospheric purification.īased on this ethos, the Urban Vertical Farm of Brightfood design is where the structure is to be an “anti-expansion measure” aimed at controlling urban expansion. Imagine, if a single tree can benefit the inhabitants, then an urban forest can be a boon in disguise to increase the biodiversity of living species and improve the quality of living in cities. The leaves and roots of mature trees absorb CO2 through photosynthesis and help reduce the air pollutants and urban heat island, thus reducing energy consumption. They also mention that forests and trees absorb nearly 40% of fossil fuel emissions produced by cities. Photo credits | Boeri Studio.Īs per the architects, cumulative emissions of CO2, methane and other greenhouse gases largely determine the global mean surface warming of the planet, causing ice melting, biodiversity loss and rising sea levels. Along with the various ecological features of this agricultural complex, it offers commercial and office spaces for the city’s people. It explored a novel method of urban production in metros by the amalgamation of green, food production and visual aesthetics over a 110,000-square meter structure. As mentioned earlier, the project comes as a response to the crises faced. One such building newly unveiled is the “ Urban Vertical Farm of Brightfood ” in the city of Shanghai. Milan-based Stefano Boeri Architetti has proposed or developed various projects involving vertical forests that focus on humans and their relationship with other living organisms. The featured Urban Farm by Stefano BoeriArchitetti at Shanghai.
Fresh produce grown much closer to where it’s eaten, principle-based on live and grow together.Higher productivity in a much smaller area.
The advantages of vertical farming are numerous: Buildings like Bosco Verticale in Milan by architect Stefano Boeri, timber skyscraper modular housing with vertical farming by Chris Precht, Sasaki designed vertical hydroponic farms in Shanghai are few examples known to many. Each has distinctive attributes and an impact on the city and its inhabitants.
Few alternatives for plant cultivation suggested are vertical gardens, vertical farms and forests, rooftop vegetable gardens and elevated structures. Its basis is after understanding the crises faced due to the rapid growth of urbanisation, including the reduction of land area and destruction of living spaces for animals and plants, even the experience from the pandemic. Bosco Verticale in Milan by Stefano Boeri Architetti Photo credits have been many creative initiatives undertaken by designers seeking the possibility of going vertical for vegetation in urban areas. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many were confined at home due to lockdown or self-quarantine policy, craved for a quick escape to beaches or parks, somewhere close to nature after an exhaustive day sitting at the same place for hours.
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As people in urban areas are constricted to reside in cities full of skyscrapers made of concrete and glass, architects have started initiating ways to insert green spaces within the urban fabric to connect with nature and increase physical activities and psychological relaxation. The phenomenon of going vertical has always been a concern for architects and urban planners where there is an inversely proportional equation between urban density and availability of land.