Forest Pavilion, The Forestias - mixed use development in Thailand with a central forest
http://www.tkstudio.co.th/library/5/44https://inhabitat.com/forest-pavilion-blends-nature-with-residential-development/
Jian Mu Tower planned for Shenzen, China will be a vertical agriculture building feeding 40,000
https://carloratti.com/project/jian-mu-tower/
https://inhabitat.com/vertical-farm-building-in-china-feeds-40000-people/
The Wind River Biomass Utility and Gorge Greens currently make up the Wind River Project. Our goal is to give waste wood value and turn it into heat and power for year-round food production, along with biochar and firewood.
http://windriverproject.com
Arktecture - "green ocean" marine farm to be completed by 2022, creating "two new green areas: a food production space using salty agricultural technology and floating on the surface, and a layer of algae that will improve the underwater environment.”
https://www.n-ark.jp/en/
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2021/11/19/floating-salt-resistant-marine-farms-might-be-the-solution-to-rising-sea-levels
Agro-mining - using plants to absorb metals through the soil
https://www.mining.com/web/can-plants-that-suck-metal-from-soil-replace-mining/
https://cleantechnica.com/2021/11/25/mining-nickel-from-plants-is-possible-could-cut-co2-emissions/
NB: I remember talking to John Todd about this and doing a short experiment with basil and soil lead in the brief time I worked for Suffolk County Extension getting close to 50 years ago. Primo Levi, as I recall, may have mentioned this technique in his book The Periodic Table too.
Moss covered living walls may sequester more CO2 than trees
https://returntonow.net/2020/02/03/new-living-concrete-allows-plants-to-grow-right-out-of-the-wall/
3D printed bio-structures to increase urban biodiversity
https://www.yankodesign.com/2021/11/03/this-3d-printed-urban-reef-is-constructed-from-mycelium-to-increase-biodiversity-in-cities/
hat tip Buckminster Fuller Institute
hat tip Jenny Kastner
Green wall for a highway in Malta
https://www.infrastructuremalta.com/news/27600-plants-longest-green-wall-malta
NYC establishes an office of urban agriculture
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2021/12/28/we-interviewed-nyc-council-member-ben-kallos-on-the-citys-new-office-of-urban-agriculture-heres-what-he-had-to-say
50 meter wooden apartment building with terraces and gardens built-in
https://mei-arch.eu/en/projecten-archief/sawa/
https://inhabitat.com/award-winning-apartment-design-is-built-90-out-of-wood/
Baltimore is building an agrihood
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2022/1/11/baltimore-farmers-are-cultivating-the-citys-first-agrihood-heralded-for-its-innovation
"How Floating Agriculture Communities Can Help Adapt to Climate Change"
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2021/9/7/this-architect-modeled-an-inspiring-solution-for-self-sufficient-floating-communities
