VERTICAL FARMING INTEGRATED INTO HOUSING

3.2 VERTICAL FARMING INTEGRATED INTO HOUSING

When hearing the term vertical farming, immediately the idea of the all-white automated laboratories that have seen become popular over the last decade jumps to mind. Hover, this is not the only way in which people can use the principles of vertical farming. Vertical farming simply implies using an available surface area and using the exponential potential surface area upwards by creating levels on which to grow. Similarities beten vertical farming and residential typologies re identified as any unused vertical space on the structure to grow food. As seen later in the design, the project utilises the unused facades of the structures to grow produce and other areas that would only serve a singular purpose in the structure otherwise, such as hand railings, windowsills, etc.