2024-05-02T20:13:44-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/34710282/board-suggests-abandoning-the-idea-of-agriculture-in-cities MAGAZINEONURBANISM 2012-01-16T11:42:00-05:00 >2012-01-16T14:04:40-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/av/avlbumplc8j4d4v6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>BOARD's Europan 11 entry for the Dutch city of Deventer suggests abandoning the idea of agriculture in cities.</p></em><br /><br /><p> The Europan 11 entry of the Rotterdam based Bureau of Architecture, Research, and Design (BOARD) entitled "Cell Division", suggests giving the spatially magnificent cells in Deventer's famous silo over to apartments containing all the service and facility rooms, such as toilets, bathrooms, kitchens, and storage spaces, instead of creating fashionable urban micro-agriculture.</p>