growinggrowingCitiesCities Research and design think-tank for urban agriculture Research and design think-tank for urban agriculture

Saranga NakhoodaSaranga NakhoodaDevin LafoDevin Lafo

growinggrowingCitiesCities Research and design think-tank for urban agriculture Research and design think-tank for urban agriculture

Saranga NakhoodaSaranga NakhoodaDevin LafoDevin Lafo

big new housingbig new housing

Design for housing with rooftop greenhousesDesign for housing with rooftop greenhouses

Photograph of physical modelPhotograph of physical modelPlan drawingPlan drawing

South-North greenhouse sectionSouth-North greenhouse section

East-West greenhouse sectionEast-West greenhouse section

Rooftop greenhouseRooftop greenhouse

Perspective drawing of Perspective drawing of greenhouse and veritcal coregreenhouse and veritcal core

large commercial retrofitslarge commercial retrofits

Farmers marketFarmers market

Sweetwater Organics buildingSweetwater Organics building

Sweetwater Organics grow roomSweetwater Organics grow room

Sweetwater Organics grow roomSweetwater Organics grow room

Sweetwater Organics aquaponics unitSweetwater Organics aquaponics unit

Sweetwater Organics Sweetwater Organics aquaponics specialistaquaponics specialist

Sweetwater Organic compost pileSweetwater Organic compost pile

small housing retrofitssmall housing retrofits

Section drawingSection drawing

Bench FarmBench Farm

Tray FarmTray FarmSill FarmSill Farm

Desk FarmDesk FarmLight FarmLight Farm

Five PrototypesFive Prototypes

Sill FarmSill Farm

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Bench FarmBench Farm

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Tray FarmTray Farm

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Desk FarmDesk Farm

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RenderingRendering

Light FarmLight FarmWith over 300,000 street lights With over 300,000 street lights in New York City, this prototype in New York City, this prototype envisions new productive use for the envisions new productive use for the light pole.light pole.Elevated 8 feet above the sidewalk, Elevated 8 feet above the sidewalk, thes growing units would be thes growing units would be maintained and harvested by an maintained and harvested by an existing system of city employes who existing system of city employes who already ,maintain other green spaces, already ,maintain other green spaces, collect waste, and clean streets.collect waste, and clean streets.We believe that it is essential that We believe that it is essential that new municipal and infrastructural new municipal and infrastructural system develop to support new system develop to support new urban farming initiativesurban farming initiatives

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growinggrowingCitiesCities Research and design think-tank for urban agriculture Research and design think-tank for urban agriculture

Saranga NakhoodaSaranga NakhoodaDevin LafoDevin Lafo

growinggrowingCitiesCities Research and design think-tank for urban agriculture Research and design think-tank for urban agriculture

Saranga NakhoodaSaranga NakhoodaDevin LafoDevin Lafo

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