Thursday, May 5, 2022

City Agriculture - May 5, 2022

Zero emissions cherry orchard in New Zealand
https://cleantechnica.com/2022/01/20/100-zero-emissions-cherry-orchard/

Follow the Food series from the BBC and Corteva Agriscience
How we might build a food utopia
https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/how-we-might-build-a-food-utopia/
The People Building Edible Cities
https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/the-people-building-edible-cities/

Urban Forest - 20 story carbon neutral residential green building for Brisbane, Australia
https://koichitakada.com/projects/urban-forest/
https://inhabitat.com/urban-forest-is-set-to-be-the-greenest-residential-building/

Agritecture Design - software for designing better farms, urban and rural - now in beta
https://design.agritecture.com
Example: a farm for an IKEA parking lot in NJ
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2021/9/1/could-this-new-design-be-ikeas-parking-lot-of-the-future

Treehouse with "green walls, facades and rooftops, plus water features, natural light, and ventilation strategies to green the traditional office building”
https://www.archdaily.com/974806/ronald-lu-and-partners-competition-winning-design-re-imagines-the-workplace
https://inhabitat.com/biophilic-treehouse-imagines-a-greener-office-experience/

2021 Census for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA)
https://www.agritecture.com/census

Bacteriological replacement for Haber-Bosch produced fertilizers?
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2022/2/8/can-ancient-bacteria-mitigate-the-harmful-co2-effects-of-conventional-fertilizer

Black-led urban farms thrive until they have to fight for their land
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/05/black-led-urban-farms-are-thriving-until-they-have-to-fight-for-their-land

Agrico Qatar recent in-store aquaponic vertical farm at Carrefour Qatar Majid Al Futtaim City Centre Mall, Westbay, Doha
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6910156449646006272/

Refurbishing an abandoned building into a successful mall through plants
http://www.clouarchitects.com/projects/capitamall-nuohemule/
https://inhabitat.com/plant-filled-mall-used-to-be-an-abandoned-building/

Living Grid house with exterior walls designed for plantings

http://www.larchitects.com.sg/projects/the-living-grid-house
https://inhabitat.com/living-grid-house-balances-nature-with-functionality/

Net zero energy city planned for Egypt - producing more energy AND food than it consumes
https://urb.ae/projects/nexgensustainablecity/
https://inhabitat.com/first-climate-positive-net-zero-city-in-the-world/