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1.1 BRIEF OUTLINE: As the world moves into a new era of the modern city and how architects spatially plan and construct our environment, special consideration must be given to our food production and its security. Many cities around the world are taking the necessary steps in reaching a carbon-neutral city. The research aims to provide insight into the residential planning and the future of suburban areas in South Africa that still suffer from the disadvantages caused by the Apartheid regime. The research looks at the integration of food production into our suburban lifestyles. As the population is rapidly growing and more people are moving to urban areas, architects need to look at solutions that are viable within the local context, as ll as the socio-economic factors of these areas. “The solution is to relocalize agriculture. need to rebuild our local food production infrastructure” (Pfeiffer, 2006). The study investigates previously disadvantaged residential areas influenced by the Apartheid regime. These areas looked to more pragmatic and basic solutions to their problems. There is a gap in knowledge and understanding amongst these locals in terms of food production and housing. They lack knowledge of the more technologically advanced solutions to the problems that use biotechnology, vertical indoor farming, simulation environments and automation through machine learning.
Figure 1: Population growth within Africa and food security in relation to African cities [author, 2021]
