I have this project for a class on urban agriculture...and we have to design an architectural intervention that retrofits old buildings or integrates urban agriculture into the city.
Does anyone know any good books or precedents i should look at? its a bit difficult to find at my school library.
also, does anyone know of any Modernism Building retrofit projects? fixing up LeCorbs garden city flaws....cause it may be of great help...thanks
something from bldgblog...(http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/farmadelphia.html)
also, look at the book "Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes"...that is a very intensive book (http://www.energybulletin.net/node/17603)
as for IIT, i am guessing that Eric Ellingsen is teaching that studio. i had him as a professor a few years ago for studio as well as another class, and he had a professor from Columbia (new york, not chicago) come in and talk to us about vertical farming since he specializes in it. i cannot remember the columbia professor's name, but you might want to try to look for him as well...he is a great guy, very informative and helpful.
also, you might want to check out Patric LeBlanc's work (i think that is his name)...he is basically the innovator of (at least in contemporary terms) of vertical landscaping on buildings. he did herzog and de meuron's caixa forum vertical landscaping.
Urban Agriculture - help finding precedents
I have this project for a class on urban agriculture...and we have to design an architectural intervention that retrofits old buildings or integrates urban agriculture into the city.
Does anyone know any good books or precedents i should look at? its a bit difficult to find at my school library.
also, does anyone know of any Modernism Building retrofit projects? fixing up LeCorbs garden city flaws....cause it may be of great help...thanks
not retrofitted buildings, but MVRDV's NL Pavilion (built) and Pig City (unbuilt study) are interesting examples for this type of project.
do a search for 'vertical farms', 'hydroponics', 'controlled environment agriculture', and shrinking cities'
IIT is running a vertical farm studio this semester.
i'm not a huge fan of mithun, but this project was pretty interesting...
where do the roots of those trees go? between the floor joists?
hard to say, vado... hard to say.
check out pruned.blogspot.com there's some inspiring examples in the archives.
something from bldgblog...(http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/farmadelphia.html)
also, look at the book "Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes"...that is a very intensive book (http://www.energybulletin.net/node/17603)
as for IIT, i am guessing that Eric Ellingsen is teaching that studio. i had him as a professor a few years ago for studio as well as another class, and he had a professor from Columbia (new york, not chicago) come in and talk to us about vertical farming since he specializes in it. i cannot remember the columbia professor's name, but you might want to try to look for him as well...he is a great guy, very informative and helpful.
also, you might want to check out Patric LeBlanc's work (i think that is his name)...he is basically the innovator of (at least in contemporary terms) of vertical landscaping on buildings. he did herzog and de meuron's caixa forum vertical landscaping.
good luck!
CTBUH 8th World Congress, Dubai. March 3 - 5, 2008. pp.311 - 318
Despommier, Dickson and Ellingsen, Eric
Dr. Despommier pioneered the concept of vertical farms and is a public health professor...
take a look at Kyong Park's "Urban Ecology."
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