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Urban Development, Architecture, and Agriculture

Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,279
edited July 2011 in A Moving Train
I hope this works out; necessity leads to creative solutions that may not have been considered when they weren't necessary, eh?

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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,157
    I think it's a great idea. Detroit is in very bad shape and has a ton of dilapidated buildings wasting space. Hopefully the can pull it off.
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  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    i've been following urban farms for a while ... i think rooftop farming is a great start ...

    as for this kind of structure ... they are continually making great gains and they are pretty close to making it so it can be sustaining ... as in the costs to farm in a building like this has to be able to produce enough food to pay for those costs ...

    look up vertical farming on treehugger.com and you'll see a bunch of articles on it ...
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,157
    polaris_x wrote:
    look up vertical farming on treehugger.com and you'll see a bunch of articles on it ...
    I looked vertical farming up, but not on the treehugger site. As a former logger, I would have to punch myself in the face.

    I think the biggest issues with vertical farming in a skyscraper is that you are introducing one of the worst elements that a building is susceptible to .... water. Plus, using electricity instead of the giant burning orb in the sky seems ... anti-tree huggerish.
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  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    Jason P wrote:
    polaris_x wrote:
    look up vertical farming on treehugger.com and you'll see a bunch of articles on it ...
    I looked vertical farming up, but not on the treehugger site. As a former logger, I would have to punch myself in the face.

    I think the biggest issues with vertical farming in a skyscraper is that you are introducing one of the worst elements that a building is susceptible to .... water. Plus, using electricity instead of the giant burning orb in the sky seems ... anti-tree huggerish.

    yeah ... hence my previous post about them overcoming those challenges ... they are close to doing that with certain designs ...
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