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Designed for Linkoping, Sweden, this 177-foot vertical farm features crops grown on spirals that run down the building. Crops move downward over the course of two to three months and are then harvested at the bottom.

Flourishing green skyscrapers are sprouting up, both literally and conceptually, around the world. With the world’s population on target to grow by some 2.5 billion people by 2050, according to the United Nations, 80 percent of those people will reside in cities, which will challenge agriculturalists and designers alike to accommodate the increasing need for vertical epicenters.

We are used to offices and apartments going up, but in the future, we could also see farms. Some of the most innovative developments tout everything from special LED lighting to so-called farmscrapers that simultaneously nurture crops and clean smog.

Via MIPIM & MAPIC World, massimo facchinetti

Tony’s Farm is the biggest organic food farm in Shanghai, which produces certified vegetables and fruits. But it's more than just a place for vegetable production. The vision is to integrate the consumer and therefore promote a natural lifestyle.

 

To link the activities of the working people with the visitors of the farm, playze developed a building complex, which combines the main reception, a lobby, (working also for the future hotel rooms) and a vip area, with the new offices and an existing warehouse, where the fruits and vegetables are being packed. The building provides transparency within the manufacturing process. Thus it supports the vision of integrating the visitor and helps to reinforce the consumer confidence in the products of the farm. At the same time the building design is driven by the concept of sustainability, combined with it's iconic qualities, it communicates and promotes the core concept of the Farm...

Via Lauren Moss