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URBAN ROOF FARMERS –urbanroofgardens & urban farming

Rocio — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 07:01:22 +0000

Urban Roof Gardens’ rooftop farm in Victoria (London): This is a good demonstration that urban farming and design can go together. One of two terraces in this penthouse, this terrace brings echoes of Provence and the cubist hillside villages of Santorini. Individually crafted terracotta planters, of differing heights and sizes, provide for both decorative planting as well as working allotment for fruit and vegetables. A crunchy gravel path meanders between the planters, with perforated Sardinian brick walls dividing the large space, and affording protection from wind to both planting and people.

We have been mentioned in Landscape Insight – July 2018

Darius L. — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 16:14:40 +0000

eSociety – we mentioned here too

Darius L. — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:39:30 +0000

eSociety

eSociety is the official magazine of the Society of British and International Design (SBID); the UK’s professional accrediting body for the interior design industry. The magazine offers a snapshot of the industry to date, including important industry news, interesting products from all corners of the industry as well as inspirational design ideas and case studies of the most unusual and bold new projects across the globe. We are on the page 11.

Good Things Magazine – mentioned about our new product!

Darius L. — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:24:29 +0000

Living Art

Who needs a garden when you can have a living work of art on your wall? Launched at the recent Grand Designs Show, Urban LivePicture has an ingenious watering system that keeps your picture happy for week.

URBAN ROOF FARMERS – do it at home

Rocio — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:47:09 +0000

Why don’t try to grow a small vertical garden yourself? Windowfarms are vertical food growing gardens designed for the home that come with a social grow-to-learn experience shared with thousands of other people around the world. Have a look at this video to know more about this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkCuPrsPn_I

Check out our website for more inspiration! http://www.urbanroofgardens.com/our-portfolio/

URBAN ROOF FARMERS – masterplan urban farm projects

Rocio — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 16:11:20 +0000

The vertical farming idea has garnered considerable interest from architects and governments all over the world. Vertical farms are now feasible and we cannot think on a future without them. A vertical farm would behave like a functional ecosystem, in which waste was recycled and water used over and over again. Vertical farms would not only revolutionize and improve urban life but also revitalize land that was damaged by traditional farming. They would also make cities more pleasant places to live, bringing a great concentration of plants into cities that would absorb carbon dioxide produced by automobile emissions and give off oxygen in return. The farms would also greatly reduce air pollution, since they would eliminate the need for heavy farm machinery and trucks that deliver food from farm to plate. These are just a few benefits of a long list. Below are some interesting masterplan urban farm projects proposed for some of the biggest cities all around the world. Farm Tower in London, designed by the architect Brandon Martella:

‘Live Share Grow’ is a farm and residential tower proposed by the architect Brandon Martella for San Diego:

‘Paris in 2050’ by the architect Vincent Callebaut:

‘The Dragonfly’, Vincent Callebaut’s vertical Farm for New York City:

Plantagon’s vertical farm for Linköping (Sweden):

Professors Eric Ellingsen and Dickson Despommier’s vertical farm:

Check out our website for more inspiration! http://www.urbanroofgardens.com/our-portfolio/

URBAN ROOF FARMERS – urban farming at work

Rocio — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 14:32:27 +0000

An indoor urban farm doesn’t just provide food, but by mixing work space and farm space, you can provide a healthier quality of life for employees.

The company Pasona Group, a recruitment agency based in Tokyo (Japan), has dedicated 20% of their 20,000 square meters office to growing fresh fruits, vegetables and even rice that are harvested and served to employees. Kono Designs, the architecture firm behind this project is hoping to inspire other offices to embrace this new design trend.

Watch this video https://vimeo.com/70848522 to know more about this project and check out our website for more inspiration! http://www.urbanroofgardens.com/our-portfolio/

URBAN ROOF FARMERS –urbanroofgardens & urban farming

Rocio — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 13:57:18 +0000

Below a selection of other UrbanRoofGardens’ rooftop projects for your inspiration…

Check out our website for more inspiration! http://www.urbanroofgardens.com/our-portfolio/

URBAN ROOF FARMERS –cultivating a sustainable society

Rocio — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 13:37:02 +0000

We need to learn how our food is produced, how it travels, how much effort has been put into producing it. So what can we do to be prepared for the future? Farming preschool would teach kids how to grow their own food. Aut–aut, a team of Rome-based designers (Edoardo Capuzzo Dolcetta, Gabriele Capobianco, Davide Troiani, and Jonathan Lazar) recently won the AWR International Ideas Competition with ‘Nursery Fields Forever’, a proposal that fuses urban farming with nursery education:

The Academy for Global Citizenship (AGC) also believes that a more sustainable world begins at school and offers students in Chicago an innovative approach to education in order to create a better future.

Together with Studio Gang Architects they are designing a new eco-friendly campus that teaches kids how to grow their own organic food:

We think it is critical to raise a generation of children who understand how to be good stewards of the earth. That’s why we’re very excited about innovative proposals for urban farm schools. Check out our website for more inspiration! http://www.urbanroofgardens.com/our-portfolio/

URBAN ROOF FARMERS – roof top farms

Rocio — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 12:59:49 +0000

Gardens can and will be everywhere! We need more plants to provide us with food and clean air, and to nourish the human race in 2050, every rooftop has to be made into a garden! We need more plants to provide us with food and clean air. StudioInvisible’s Wonder Forest (Beirut, Lebanon)

Below are some examples of some roof top farms that are already producing food and cleaning the air of some cities around the world: The Brooklyn Grange (New York) This is an example of PLANT-TO-PLATE and ORGANIC agriculture. Organic produce becomes more accessible as Urban farming forces farmers to grow crop in a more controlled and conscious manner. The main reason something isn’t organic is because the farmer is forced to use chemical pesticides to ensure a good yield when the environmental factors are not crop-friendly. The environmental factor is reduced to minimum in urban farming, so there is no actual need for using chemical growth regulators. All it takes is a good quality soil that contains nutrients, excellent lighting system and good quality water. Watch this video to see a full growing season at the Brooklyn Grange’s farm.

Studio Gang’s Rooftop Wheat Field (Chicago). Project in collaboration with Omni Ecosystems, featuring a wheat field living roof. They were able to demonstrate that green roofs can support more than just leafy vegetables.

The Queens Apiary. Waldorf Astoria’s roof top (New York). They manage to produce the hotel’s own local honey.

JFK Airport T5 Rooftop Urban Farm (New York)

Gotham Greens’ rooftop greenhouse farm (New York). They are able to harvest daily and deliver directly to supermarkets and restaurants within hours of picking.

Check out our website for more inspiration!