Modern cities combine gardens and cow farms
The future of cities is not only hard concrete concrete buildings, but also houses that are cleverly integrated by gardens, creating a miniature ecosystem within.
Due to the fact that the land is crowded with people, the cities must constantly build new houses for the huge number of residents. However, concreting cities makes the pressure on infrastructure already stifling in these places.
Designers have erected buildings of the future, where trees lie inside and cleverly intertwined with architectural structures, while helping to urbanize and create a focal point of space and landscape. The following are the outstanding works from the combination of brick-and-tile plants .
ReGen village , Almere (Netherlands) is a model of developing an eco-village with a unique idea like never before.In addition to integrating green plants to contribute to greening the living space, this village also has a system to collect energy from nature to supply electricity for living and production.(Photo: EFFEKT Arkitekter ApS).
The name ReGen means regenerative, indicating that the output of a cycle is the input of another process.In this way, energy will be reused according to the most advanced technology.In addition, the village also has a place to store energy, an organic food factory, a vertical cultivation garden and an environmentally friendly water and waste management system.(Photo: EFFEKT Arkitekter ApS).
Power Plant - Greenhouse on the terrace .Designed by Marjan van Aubel, architects received many great awards for designs using solar energy and renewable fuels.The female architect is the author of the world's first renewable energy greenhouse.From solar energy, the house can regulate its internal temperature and generate electricity to use.(Photo: Marjan van Aubel).
Founded in 2015 by Zero Carbon Food and supported by Michel Roux, Growing Underground is an underground farm in the heart of London, specializing in producing small vegetables.Located 33 meters deep beneath Clapham High Street, which once served as a shelter for soldiers during World War II, the farm provided vegetables for the whole British capital city.(Photo: Growing Underground).
Urban Hives is the work of artist Nathalie Harb to build tree plots in the parking lot.The plots are about the size of a car.When there is no parked car, these beds will be close to the ground, when the car reaches the place, the system will lift the lot up.Such plots have become a sun shelter for vehicles, saving greenery area in the heart of the city.(Photo: Nathalie Harb).
GreenBelly vertical garden is a design utilizing small spaces in urban areas, specifically the back of buildings.Scaffolding is made of recycled materials while fertilizer for plants is organic waste from households living there.Currently GreenBelly only develops on existing apartments, in the future the group will build a residential complex that combines its vertical garden.(Photo: GreenBelly).
EnerGaia Spirulina is a project developed in Bangkok, specializing in the production of fresh algae products based on green and sustainable technology.Spirulina Spirulina is the main algae strain developed by the group, they are fertilized in the upper space with healthy organic matter.The purpose of this project is to solve the problems of nutrition and urban environment at the same time.(Photo: Phil.benusa).
Rotterdam floating farms in the Netherlands start with 32 cows and will increase the number in the near future.It will produce and process fresh milk for people in the city, especially students at small levels.By floating on the water, this project will not occupy the city's space and take advantage of natural fuel sources.(Photo: Beladon).
Founded in 1995 by the chef and environmental activist Alice Waters, Edible Schoolyard , the project was launched with the aim of calling teachers in schools to change their minds about food, For example, be active in organic gardening and healthy cooking, not only good for your health and also limit your natural adverse effects.(Photo: Bruce Damonte / The Edible Schoolyard Project).
In the heart of Taipei (Taiwan), BuzzBuilding is a self-sufficient farm design that is mainly operated by bees.In this 10,350-square-meter area, bees and other insects will be safe to live and pollinate plants instead of being threatened as in natural environments.
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