CITY - CULTIVATING COMMUNITIES
Hydroponics is the process of growing plants in sand, gravel, or liquid, with added nutrients but without soil.
No Land? No Rent? No problem!
35.5% of adults are considered obese
River farming requires zero land
hydroponically grown produce can grow up to twice as fast as growing in soil Approx. 50 linear miles of rivers and canals forming the waterway network of the Greater London area
>98% water used compared to soil farming
Mayan’s used hydroponic farming techniques such as step planting and irrigation from rivers, utilising the natural nutrients for farming
+ 2000 YEARS
x2
No pesticides used in hydroponic farming
COMMUNITY - CULTIVATING COMMUNITIES 1.
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- Grow Chamber -
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Through hydroponics, existing water ways can be used to grow a wide variety of herbs, fruit and vegetables
- Market -
The market will continue to be the middle man, however in this instance the supplier is a few hops away...
- Workshop -
The physical maker of the community will also engage with new farmers, as well as manage any repairs
- EXPANSION -
- Seed Nursery Over time the community will grow and more people become invloved Fledglings start here until they are ready for moving to the grow chambers
COMPONENT
x8 25mm galvanised steel tubes bent and welded to provide supporting frame for weatherproof opaque tarpaulin
Timber truss frame formed of 40x75mm timber joists
2700 MM
x2 Helical perforated pvc pipe planters Approximately 30meter row of planting space, yields as much as 13kg of vegetables per harvest - Enough to feed 10 people
x 20 floating polyethylene drums for buoyancy
Storage unit Hydro electric powered water pump
Slow Sand Filtration Unit + Water basin (Doubles as a ballast to provide stability to the structure)
canal water IN
filtered water out