Vertical farming

The most common vertical structures we can think of today are downtown skyscrapers that in the last century have defined our new modern era. Architecture shifted from shape to shape to create futuristic landscapes that render each city unique and fantastic, the biggest example is the Burj Khalif the world biggest man-made construction measuring 828 meters located in Dubai.

Vertical construction is something that lately has been developed towards another direction not only for offices or civil housing, but for agricultural purposes. Vertical Farming is an innovative proposal that can create a solution for those countries that have limited space for farms to grow products, like Japan for example.

Farming will take place on building where small-sized crops will be placed one each floor like a flat with the aid of computers and automation of irrigation. All this with the help of solar power to reduce to the minimum its environmental impact.

The Italian firm Studiomobile developed a quite unique solution for vertical farming in Dubai with a project that will use desalinized sea water to irrigate the crops enclosed in pods.

Inside the temperature will be lowered to allow varieties of products to grow in better condition than the outside. It this project is realized  we can hope to see better living condition in places where farming is impossible, providing needing people basic food.