03 FARMING COLLAGE CITY

[FARMING COLLAGE CITY]

Agriculture lab interacted city

winter 2022

Context: Academic Group research, Individual project Site: Ningbo, China

Agriculture is etymologically inextricably linked to culture. The history of agricultural development is a history of interaction between technology and the humanities. However, in the process of urbanization in China, the development of agriculture has relied more on research institutes and the progress of science and technology. Due to the specially closed nature of research institutes, the results of their experiments often do not receive direct public feedback.

For the development of agriculture, the institute needs more communication and feedback from the outside world. The project will therefore integrate agriculture and research institutes into urban life by designing an open research park with offices, research and play. It will be a research park for all, where plants and the city interact, with the aim of harmonious interaction between people and nature. The design aims to break the confinement of traditional research institutes and the mono-functionality of the urban landscape, while allowing a more accessible study of the coexistence of people and nature.

Concept collage

Clients & Activities

The combination of agriculture back into the city, with Building, Factory and Landscaping, produces a rich experience of the activity. The project divides the site into three main types of people: Operators (who manage the building), Experimenters (who manage the factory) and Citizens (who come to play, mainly in the landscape area). Interaction between different people will provide more feedback.

Design Strategy

Perspective & Activities

Plan

Section

Building

The combination of building and agriculture is based on advanced planting techniques. The greenery is removed from the soil and reflected in various building elements, creating different experiences and receiving feedback from various people. This feedback will in turn lead to the development and production of new crops. Factory

Factory

The Factory, with the experimenters as the main leaders, places the initial experimental crops in the greenhouse and outdoor areas to engage with visitors. Through various lectures and workshops, as well as the landscaping of the site and façade, people interact with the agriculture and the experimenters receive feedback.

Landscape

Crops proliferate in the bank areas as a major component of the landscape, and the abundance of activity of the water farm provides a wealth of feedback to the experimenters. After receiving feedback from the landscape, factory and building areas, crops that receive positive feedback are grown in large quantities for sale to the city.

Urban space

Street life