Cultivating Communities
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35.5% of adults are considered obese
>98% water used compared to soil farming
x2
hydroponically grown produce can grow up
to twice as fast as growing in soil
CITY - CULTIVATING COMMUNITIES
Approx. 50 linear miles of rivers and canals forming the waterway network of the Greater London area
No pesticides used inhydroponic farming
+ 2000 YEARS
No Land?No Rent?
No problem!
River farming requires zero land
Mayan’s used hydroponic farming techniques
such as step planting and irrigation from rivers, utilising the natural
nutrients for farming
Hydroponics is the process of growing plants in sand, gravel, or liquid, with added nutrients
but without soil.
- Grow Chamber -
Through hydroponics, existing water ways can be used to grow a wide
variety of herbs, fruit and vegetables - Market -
The market will contin-ue 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
- Seed Nursery -
Fledglings start here until they are ready for moving
to the grow chambers
COMMUNITY - CULTIVATING COMMUNITIES
- EXPANSION -
Over time the communi-ty will grow and more
people become invloved
1. 2. 3.
COMPONENT
2700
MM
x8 25mm galvanised steel tubes bent and welded to provide supporting frame for weatherproof opaque tarpaulin
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
Timber truss frame formed of 40x75mm timber joists
Storage unit - Hydro electric powered water pump
Slow Sand Filtration Unit + Water basin(Doubles as a ballast to provide stability to the structure)
x 20 floating polyethylenedrums for buoyancy
canal water IN
filtered water out