technological innovations
Vertical Farming – coming to a highrise near you!
Large-scale farming in the middle of Manhattan? A self-sustaining farm on the Vegas strip?
building concept from atelier soa architects
Vertical farming isn’t an entirely new idea, as greenhouse-based agriculture is a global success allowing crop production year-round. What is new, is the plan that the “greenhouse” would expand to the size of an 18-30 story skyscraper that takes up an entire city block. In fact, prototypes have already been designed specifically for New York City and Toronto.
This may take place sooner than you think. Projections show that the world’s population is on track to include an extra 3 billion people by 2050. In order to feed that many mouths, traditional farming methods would need to expand to include a field the size of South America.
One 18-story high-rise farm could feed as many as 50,000 people.
