farmscrapers
HOW IT WORKS
In many parts of the world , farming is beginning to move away from the country and into urban areas ; what was once planted in the ground is now being grown in what could rightfully be described as towering greenhouses with selfcontained ecosystems designed to produce food . In Shenzhen , China , six interacting buildings designed by the French firm Vincent Callebaut Architects contain office space and apartments internally , with an exterior that allows for the planting of living trees on the building itself . Designed to look like flat stones piled atop each other , the Asian Cairns Project — as it is known — hopes to improve the air quality in the city , with the addition of hundreds of centralized trees . According to the study , “ Air Pollution in China : Mapping of Concentrations and Sources ,” published in July 2015 , a staggering 4,400 Chinese die each day from healthrelated disorders as a direct result of air pollution . That ’ s 1.6 million people a year .
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THIS REVOLUTIONARY As developments in this new tech-savvy method of farming continue and begin to incorporate practices such as aeroponics , aquaponics , fogponics , and other productive growing techniques , Farmscrapers , urban farming , and vertical gardening will become more cost effective to operate and more commonplace .”
GROWING UP
Sky Greens , located in Singapore , is the world ’ s first commercial vertical farm , and has been referred to as the “ farm of the future ”. This productive and efficient indoor organic farmscraper is three stories tall and grows green leafy vegetables in its downtown location . The company estimates their production is more than a ton of produce per day , harvested from plants that rest on long , aluminum , A-frame racks that are approximately 30 feet tall .
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