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Vertical Farm
Hurník, Václav ; Mačuda, Michal (referee) ; Vítek, Jiří (advisor)
Vertical farms, vertical, a word describing the essence of the meaning of this type of cultivation. So why are we building vertical farms in sheet metal halls and using only the potential of racks stacked on top of each other? Let's use the potential of this technology and the great adaptability of plants to the new environment and create a new food source operating locally and in continuous operation. Not only would this benefit from the availability of local and foreign food regardless of the season or the changing climate, but the changes it would bring to the economic gap would have a major impact on reducing intercontinental and intracontinental traffic. This would reduce carbon emissions and reduce agricultural areas that could replace forests that are more environmentally friendly.
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Vertical farms
Kesanová, Michaela
We perceive more intensively that forms of our settlement as well as our livelihood methods are functionally incompatible with the limited natural resources of planet Earth. The concept of vertical farms offers new insights into the possibilities for effective use of architecture creating a source of food in itself. It brings together the technology of cultivation without soil in a controlled environment of architecture. The greatest importance is in maximizing the surface using a vertical plane in the design of vertical farm, of which we are able to gather the harvest. Typologically, the most important element in the entity of vertical farm is a component of hydroponic cultivation. In terms of content there are two basic categories of vertical farms. Depending on the degree of food distribution, vertical farms can be attached to existing typologies or freestanding. Examination of a sample of projects shows three types of vertical farms, depending on the concentration of the various types of production and ancillary functions. The aim of the paper is to explore the special type of public buildings – vertical farms; to find suitable reference examples from all over the world by exploring the current state of surveyed problems; to choose the studied samples and those subjected to the chosen scientific method of exploration - evaluation of selected properties of studied samples by applying boundary conditions; to formulate recommendations / guidelines for the architectural design of vertical farms according to the results of the research. Architecture loses its meaning without the existence of people, and therefore should be interested in issues of food security. Effective utilization of the natural environment begins by managing our own existence and the environment that we create.
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Countryside, City, People and Food
Šárka, Jan
Food is the most basic of all resources. Invention of agriculture was the beginning of human civilization. Throughout all history we have been firmly connected with the landscape that feed us. Even today most of our landscape is shaped by the historical relationship between settlements and the surrounding productiv area. Also the landscape has always reflected the shared values and common beliefs, in our case Christian religion. Natural relations are no longer valid a we have nothing to replace them. Original reliance of the city on the surrounding agricultural landscape is completely reversed. What earlier used to be self-sufficient country, is now a urban sprawl, completely depend to the proximity of the city. Today we live as atheists and urban people in a Christian and rural landscape, which we don‘t understand. Only a small percentage of people work in agriculture now. However the production of food changed our environment more than any other human activity and has significant environmental impacts. Our habits associated with food, eating patterns, our diet, food production and distribution all significantly influenced the formation of the cities. We have no choice than to redefine our relationship to the landscape and the needs to satisfy. This logically change the way of thinking about cities as well.
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Žabovřesky Meadows
Šárka, Jan ; Kyselka, Mojmír (referee) ; Mléčka, Jan (advisor)
In my master’s thesis I focus on some of the challenges we will face in this century. I would like to investigate whether new lanscape, new building typology (vertical farm) and new methods of agriculture (permaculture, hydroponic, aeroponic and aquaponic systems, meat in vitro, and NASA research) could be the answer to questions concerning sustainable development, urban population increase, cities food supply, consumption habits of people, climate changes, CO2 emissions, ecological footprint and biocapacity.
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