Eco Factor: The Agro-housing concept enables the creation of green spaces close to houses.
As a solution to China’s potential colossal urbanization chaos likely by 2010, Israel’s Knafo Klimor Architects will design green buildings in the country. The still-in-the-making 150-apartment multi-story building will have greenhouse inside the houses. Each apartment will have a space close to it, where families can grow organic and healthy food of their choice. The typology, in this way, incorporates the idea of subsistence farming in urban living, ensuring food independence and an additional income source.
Urbanization brings along with it significant unemployment, loss of traditional values, debauchery in social environment and depletion of natural resources. The typology of vertical green house in a building potentially meets these urbanization traits in a desirable way. It promotes an independent and green way of housing.
The Dark side:
A UN report projects 50% of the Chinese population residing in its cities by 2010, and the current Agro-housing project, which is set for completion by 2011, would just serve as a prototype with accommodation of mere 150 apartments. Hence, we do not see it making any significant difference in addressing the country’s alarming urbanization in the near future.
Via: GreenProphet
