Al Aire, an installation by Spanish architects, selgascano who filled a gallery in Venice with cutting edge agricultural technology. The architects demonstrate how quickly agriculture is evolving and how humans will soon be able to cultivate plant life with little or no access to the earth.
The plants are fed hydroponically which cuts down on the amount of soil needed. A system called pored delivers water and nutrients through fabric tubes full of tiny holes meaning water is distributed evenly through the planters.
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670687/a-hydroponic-vision-for-the-future-of-architecture
Former students at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London, Roshan Sirohia, Jason Cheah, Sebastian Wolzak and Idrees Rasouli designed SeaLeaf, a hydroponic unit that can grow vegetables whilst floating like a buoy. The team has demonstrated that it can grow at least 7 or 8 yields of bok choy a year while conventional farming only produces 2 or 3. Because so many of today’s mega cities now sit on coastlines the team envisions a network of climate resilient SeaLeaf farms that can feed millions of people.
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3020287/feeding-future-megacities-with-floating-hydroponic-farms
Aprilli Design Studio’s Urban SkyFarm is a futuristic looking structure that works like a machine. It helps improve environmental quality by filtering water and air, providing edible greens and producing renewable energy.
It is a vertical solution that utilises hydroponics instead of soil based systems. By using the hydroponics the SkyFarm can provide hundreds of lightweight farming decks which can be conditioned with supplementary lighting, heating and moisturising.
http://www.yankodesign.com/2014/06/04/high-rise-hydroponic-farm/
One of the first projects it’s developed is a high tech hydroponics system that produces a huge amount of crisp, clean lettuce. The clean room farm Toshiba has set up includes lighting, water disinfection and power generation. The whole process is controlled by tablets given to Toshiba employees. According to Toshiba, the driving force to drive this system is to expand its healthcare business. The system doesn’t require pesticides, never has to deal with bugs and will never produce a lower than satisfactory yield.
http://www.thecoolist.com/toshiba-hydroponic-systems-indoor-farm-urban-farming/
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