Eco Factor: Energy generating vertical farm for plants and animals.
In the era where more and more people have given up their country lives and started living in modern skyscrapers, architects have started envisioning a future where animals and plants too will become modern and live the human way. Romses Architects have won the Vancouver’s 2030 Challenge with a vertical farm designed for animals and plants.
The Harvest Green Tower, as the vertical farm has been named, will make cows, chickens and fish to be raised up in an urban city along with varieties of fruits and vegetables. Apart from greening Vancouver’s skyline, the vertical farm will carry photovoltaic glazing and incorporate small and large-scale wind turbines to turn the structure into a solar and wind energy generating infrastructure. Excess energy from these systems will be sold to the grid for other uses.
Large rainwater harvesting systems will provide all the freshwater the tower needs for all the plants and the animals dwelling inside. The vertical farm would also provide space for agriculture students and scientists to study animals and seeds in a confined environment.
Via: Dvice/DesignBoom
