This conceptual design focuses on creating a self-sustaining structure in Manhattan that addresses food shortages by utilizing solar, wind, and water energies for plant and animal farming arranged throughout the building. The design centers around two main towers connected by a greenhouse, with housing and offices interspersed between farmland. Rainwater is collected and filtered through exterior vertical gardens before being recycled to irrigate farms.
Vertical farming is the practice of growing produce in vertically stacked layers.
Vertical farms come in different shapes and sizes, from simple two-level or wall-mounted
systems to large warehouses several stories tall.
Vertical farming typically uses a mix of natural light and artificial light. Artificial lighting is often LED-based and may be driven by a renewable power source such as solar power or wind turbines.
Vertical farming is the practice of growing produce in vertically stacked layers.
Vertical farms come in different shapes and sizes, from simple two-level or wall-mounted
systems to large warehouses several stories tall.
Vertical farming typically uses a mix of natural light and artificial light. Artificial lighting is often LED-based and may be driven by a renewable power source such as solar power or wind turbines.
Slide 1: Introduction
Slide 2: Problem Statement
Slide 3: Construction and working
Slide 4: Crops that can be grown
Slide 5: advantages
Slide 6: future prospects
ECO CITY AND ITS FUTURE PLAN,VISION CONTESTswarna dey
An Eco-city is a human settlement modeled on the self-sustaining resilient structure & function of natural ecosystems.
Our dream for an eco-city would be that of elimination of carbon waste, energy production entirely through renewable resources, & merging the city harmoniously with the natural environment.
How to make our city more connected to the nature? The answer lies within some interconnected methods.
To begin with, the advocacy of vertical gardens in Dhaka that hates being decorated with extensive use of architectural glass as a building material that snowballs temperature drastically. A green wall is a wall partially or completely covered with greenery that includes a growing medium, such as soil or a substrate. They, may be indoors or outside, freestanding or attached to an existing wall, & come in a great variety of sizes. It’s a paramount & cost-effective solution to pollution. It wanes urban heat island effect & smog, cleanses outside air of pollutants & dust, cleans interior air space by removing VOCs, acts as a sound proofing barrier, insulates the building envelop, creates habitats for avifauna & insects, helps patients to recuperate through biophilia, assists children with ADHD to focus on studies.
Next, the promotion of urban forestry is needed which manifests the care & management of tree populations in urban settings for the purpose of improving the urban environment. Landscape architecture combining with urban forestry can provide many facilities such as scaling down storm water runoff, axing air pollution, downsizing energy costs through increased shade over buildings, enhancing property values, improving wildlife habitat, & mitigating environmental impact.
Lastly, the proper evaluation & expansion of Horticulture can be a stroke of luck for us. It includes plant conservation, landscape restoration, garden design & maintenance. Garden designing in buildings, specially rooftops & corridors can bring indefinite benefits. The implications of Arboriculture, turf management, floriculture, olericulture & landscape horticulture in urban areas will demonstrate tangible improvements in economic, psychological and other outcomes, access to nature.
Men have since the beginning of time used plants to provide them with food and medicine. The growth of organic chemistry, as well as the humanitarian work lead in developing countries, has contributed to the slow disappearance of this knowledge.
In our Northern countries, this loss does not have consequences on public health, even if it is a part of our cultural patrimony that disappears. But in some countries, the loss of this knowledge can lead to sometimes dramatic sanitarian issues.
JDMM works in mountainous countries, where valleys can be isolated for months due to climatic conditions. In these harsh climates, the shortness of the vegetation period can also be problematic.
In various countries, JDMM works in interviewing the elders in order to collect their knowledge related to the use of plants. We also work with persons who use and researchers who study these plants. But for this knowledge to be useful, a place is needed.
A place in which we could store and analyze all the data collected on local plants and their use for food or medicine. A place to study the local flora, both on a botanical et chemical point a view, in order to confirm or contradict their use by human populations. A place to pass on this knowledge, and to teach local inhabitants to recognize, identify, harvest, transform and use their floral biodiversity.
Apart from these ethnobotanical goals, this place could also extend the vegetation period, and provide energy for the tools needed to endure good use and good conservation of the plants.
The “ethnopole”, an easily transportable glasshouse heated by solar or hydraulic energy, is an innovative response to the different issues of these countries, and could provide local populations access to medicinal plants all year long.
This innovative and ambitious project is lead by JDMM, an association based in the Gresivaudan area, surrounded by important energy companies, and which has always been supported by the Region Rhône-Alpes
ECO-CITY is an ecologically healthy city. The ecocity provides healthy abundance to its inhabitants without consuming more (renewable) resources than it produces, without producing more waste than it can assimilate, and without being toxic to itself or neighboring ecosystems.
Slides from a talk on urban gardening given as part of the Limerick Lifelong Learning festival on March 23, 2013. We showcased our UL Community Rooftop Garden before and after the talk.
This ppt will help you in understanding what is vertical farming and hydroponics which I believe to be the future of agriculture in urban areas.
This presentation won me second prize at my college.Hope it helps you all.
Slide 1: Introduction
Slide 2: Problem Statement
Slide 3: Construction and working
Slide 4: Crops that can be grown
Slide 5: advantages
Slide 6: future prospects
ECO CITY AND ITS FUTURE PLAN,VISION CONTESTswarna dey
An Eco-city is a human settlement modeled on the self-sustaining resilient structure & function of natural ecosystems.
Our dream for an eco-city would be that of elimination of carbon waste, energy production entirely through renewable resources, & merging the city harmoniously with the natural environment.
How to make our city more connected to the nature? The answer lies within some interconnected methods.
To begin with, the advocacy of vertical gardens in Dhaka that hates being decorated with extensive use of architectural glass as a building material that snowballs temperature drastically. A green wall is a wall partially or completely covered with greenery that includes a growing medium, such as soil or a substrate. They, may be indoors or outside, freestanding or attached to an existing wall, & come in a great variety of sizes. It’s a paramount & cost-effective solution to pollution. It wanes urban heat island effect & smog, cleanses outside air of pollutants & dust, cleans interior air space by removing VOCs, acts as a sound proofing barrier, insulates the building envelop, creates habitats for avifauna & insects, helps patients to recuperate through biophilia, assists children with ADHD to focus on studies.
Next, the promotion of urban forestry is needed which manifests the care & management of tree populations in urban settings for the purpose of improving the urban environment. Landscape architecture combining with urban forestry can provide many facilities such as scaling down storm water runoff, axing air pollution, downsizing energy costs through increased shade over buildings, enhancing property values, improving wildlife habitat, & mitigating environmental impact.
Lastly, the proper evaluation & expansion of Horticulture can be a stroke of luck for us. It includes plant conservation, landscape restoration, garden design & maintenance. Garden designing in buildings, specially rooftops & corridors can bring indefinite benefits. The implications of Arboriculture, turf management, floriculture, olericulture & landscape horticulture in urban areas will demonstrate tangible improvements in economic, psychological and other outcomes, access to nature.
Men have since the beginning of time used plants to provide them with food and medicine. The growth of organic chemistry, as well as the humanitarian work lead in developing countries, has contributed to the slow disappearance of this knowledge.
In our Northern countries, this loss does not have consequences on public health, even if it is a part of our cultural patrimony that disappears. But in some countries, the loss of this knowledge can lead to sometimes dramatic sanitarian issues.
JDMM works in mountainous countries, where valleys can be isolated for months due to climatic conditions. In these harsh climates, the shortness of the vegetation period can also be problematic.
In various countries, JDMM works in interviewing the elders in order to collect their knowledge related to the use of plants. We also work with persons who use and researchers who study these plants. But for this knowledge to be useful, a place is needed.
A place in which we could store and analyze all the data collected on local plants and their use for food or medicine. A place to study the local flora, both on a botanical et chemical point a view, in order to confirm or contradict their use by human populations. A place to pass on this knowledge, and to teach local inhabitants to recognize, identify, harvest, transform and use their floral biodiversity.
Apart from these ethnobotanical goals, this place could also extend the vegetation period, and provide energy for the tools needed to endure good use and good conservation of the plants.
The “ethnopole”, an easily transportable glasshouse heated by solar or hydraulic energy, is an innovative response to the different issues of these countries, and could provide local populations access to medicinal plants all year long.
This innovative and ambitious project is lead by JDMM, an association based in the Gresivaudan area, surrounded by important energy companies, and which has always been supported by the Region Rhône-Alpes
ECO-CITY is an ecologically healthy city. The ecocity provides healthy abundance to its inhabitants without consuming more (renewable) resources than it produces, without producing more waste than it can assimilate, and without being toxic to itself or neighboring ecosystems.
Slides from a talk on urban gardening given as part of the Limerick Lifelong Learning festival on March 23, 2013. We showcased our UL Community Rooftop Garden before and after the talk.
This ppt will help you in understanding what is vertical farming and hydroponics which I believe to be the future of agriculture in urban areas.
This presentation won me second prize at my college.Hope it helps you all.
Architectural Design Integration in the Context of Sustainable Development Mo...Mohit Bansal Chandigarh
Sustainable architecture has been around in the architectural world for around 2 to 3 years, or we can say that it has been in ‘trend’ from 2 to 3 years. It is important to know that before this awareness got spread there were already many architects and interior designers out there who kept sustainable architecture in mind whenever they were working on a project.
Guide to Setting Up Your Own Edible Rooftop Garden
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
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Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
This is a seminar made on sustainable architecture, containing
INTRODUCTION
NEED
METHODS
ELEMENTS
PRINCIPLES
DESIGN STRATEGY
SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS
RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION
TYPES
EXAMPLES
REFERENCES.
Inspiring Architecture Idea A Floating Garden in the Waters Edger Mohit Bans...Mohit Bansal Chandigarh
What's a floating garden? A bright green place that floats: here in fact plants and flowers draw their sustenance straightforwardly from the water. Thus creating sophisticated, spectacular designs like suspended terraces and alternative and eco-sustainable irrigation techniques. This pattern has its underlying foundations in one of the seven miracles of the world:
1. Design principles
This conceptual design focuses on creating a completely self-sustaining organism that not
only utilizes solar, wind, and water energies, but also addresses the pending food shortage
problem. The modern structure also accumulates rainwater to irrigate the farming.
The mixed programs in Dragonfly are centred around two main towers. These symmetrically
arranged towers allow growth to expand vertically rather than horizontally to account for the
crowded Manhattan conditions. A sprawling greenhouse links the two towers, which defines
the shape of the design, supports the load of the building. The complex is arranged in a way that
housing units and work offices are interspersed between meadows and farms.
Plant and animal farming is arranged throughout the Dragonfly’s steel and glass
set of wings so as to maintain proper soil nutrient levels and reuse of biowaste.
The spaces between the wings are designed to take advantage of solar energy
by accumulating warm air in the exo-structure during winter. Cooling in the
summer will be facilitated through natural ventilation and evapo-perspiration
from the plants.
Exterior vertical gardens filter rain water which is then mixed with domestic
liquid waste. Together they are treated organically before being recirculates for
farm use, preserving and distributing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
At the bottom of the complex, there would be a floating market on the East River for growers to sell
their organic produce.
Vincent Callebaut established an architectural firm known as "Vincent Callebaut
Architecture" which specifically specializes in sustainable design and development.
Currently Vincent Callebaut resides in Paris, France where he continuously proposes
various ecological and sustainable architectural projects. Vincent, being extremely
determined and driven, regularly attends conferences all over the world from Hong Kong to
Paris insufflating and raising important questions on ecological situations and projects within
our society.
Vincent is known for his eco vision. The way that he combines nature and raw concrete and
steel is incredible. The results are at least magnificent.
2. You will ask yourself, what drives the mind of this architecture genius to create such
amazing examples of sustainable building. The answer is these wonderful examples of
genius are simply meant to show us that people like Vincent Callebaut are here to remember
that our future as a society is conditioned only by the power of our vision.
If you want to know more about him, go to his company official website
www.vincent.callebaut.org