SOCIAL CRISIS
"In social place the meeting and free association of individuals from
various familial or social places are steadily decreasing, almost to
the effect of replacing the many of the grounds of physical contact."- How Mobile Technology Causes Social Isolation, NI Wire
http://newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/4/10/69-How-Mobile-Technology-causes-Social-Isolation.html
it's been about 5years we have used internet through mobile devices and most of young generations are uning the device for their main social networking. these are days it's creating a lack of communication between family members living under one roof and this happens over the country.
in next 10 years the mobile device generation will be the main members of the society who would have the relationship with other people mainly over the internet only, without physical interation.
there will be only a small numner of physical communities in the future.
WEATHER CRISIS / FOOD CRISIS
"grobal temperatures in the first half of the year were hottest since records began more than a century ago"-the world's weather crisis
http://newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/4/10/69-How-Mobile-Technology-causes-Social-Isolation.html
“And certainly the impact it could and will have if the report is advocated over time on the agricultural sector is pretty significant and pretty worrying.”
-Austraila in climate crisis: garrett, sid marris, the australian
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/australia-in-climate-crisis-garrett/story-e6frg6nf-1111114552974
"flows of water last month into the two mighty rivers that irrigate the basin were the lowest since records began 117 years ago"
-Australia faces food crisis as rivers reach new low, kathy marks, the independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-faces-food-crisis-as-rivers-reach-new-low-865069.html
even though the total population of Australia does not increase dramatically within 10 to 20 years, the population will migrate into urban centers still. and it's easily predictable that the Paddington district will be one of the place where the population density gets built up.
by 2030 young generation who used internet since they were small (approx. since year 2000), that the internet is a huge part of their life just like sleeping & eating etc... will occur indivisulalism in the family and lack of societism and no more communities make the physical interaction between people.
grobal warming causes water shortage will be the main crisis in future that will hit on farming environment directly, and it will leads to the food crisis.
it is required to create a new method of food production within each districts/communities.
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i believe it is required to build a community space where people get interact each other and gather in paddinton district so it does not loose it's character.
urban farm in paddington distrct will build up the strong community and will be the starting point of the new era of food production that will cope with the possible crisis in future.
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URBAN FARM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
things to research.
how much of farmland need for one family?
as per the research it requires1acre (approx. 4045m2) to feed one family.
but concidering it's going to be a divided private farm with constant weather condition and light (no seasonal crops) it helps to grow crops 4 times faster. and it's not going to be a full time job.
1/8 acre (approx. 500m2) would be the max. area to feed one family.
also some part of the farm could be much smaller if the crops can be grown in stacked system.
types of crops can be grown?
crops that require little area to grow
- Asparagus
- Baby vegetables
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Celery
- Chinese water chestnuts
- Cole crops (broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi)
- Corn, miniature
- Fenugreek
- Edible flowers
- Garlic
- Gourds, ornamental
- Gourmet vegetables
- Greenhouse production for out-of-season crops
- Heirloom varieties of any vegetable
- Herbs - culinary and medicinal
- Horseradish
- Luffa gourds
- Mushrooms- agaricus, shiitake, oyster, morel, etc.
- Onions (transplants, shallots, sweet, early)
- Organically grown vegetables of all types
- Oriental vegetables
- Peas and pea shoots
- Peppers - specialty types (purple, hot, etc.)
- Pumpkins
- Red beets
- Salad greens - mesclun
- Sprouts (alfalfa, bean, etc.)
- Squash
- Sweet corn
- Sweet potatoes
- Tomatoes - specialty types
- Truffles
- Wasabi
different types of crops grow in different temperature.
COOL TEMPERATURE
Broccoli
lettuce
spinach
carrot
Radishes
sweet peas
Turnip
WARM TERMPERATURE
Beans
Tomatoes
Bell Peppers
Zucchini
Pumpkin
Potatoes Lima bean plants
Pinto bean plants
Egg plant
Cucumber plants
Water melon vines
Cantaloupe
white & red onion
sweet potato vines
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
there will be indoor and outdoor farm area.
cafe/restaurant over looking the greenery.
and another idea to maximise the sunlight even the building goes high with void space on the building to let the sun and wind pass through.
design development created too many floors and it ended up the floor is lower than the ground line.
as the contour drops down from 40 to 26 the building needs to have less floors than above sketch.. looking at about 4-5 floors to the highest level of the topography.
and +3 more floors can be added as the existing building is 2-3 floors high.
so the building could be 7-8 floors all together.
feed back |
after the check-up with the tutor, below points were raised up to think of..
* how much of products could be harvested in the facility..? then, will it be enough to provide to paddington area to run the fresh food market..?
- my answer would be 'No, i dont think it will be enough'.i meant there may will not be 'enough' as in terms of many different kinds of produces by 2030 within the site area given. to fulfil / answer the question, it may require a bigger area to run the facility.
by 2030, i'm expecting this will be a facility to show the possibility and suggest a alternative way of producing.
as australia is the one of the country the urban farming has not been practiced, yet there are signs and evidence that water crisis could hit the country in near future which would lead to the food crisis as well.
but it will probably be enough for one kind of the produce as the facility runs 24/7 under constant light and temperature. the product line would be something like a factory where growing the products constantly.
as the normal markets will be replaced with online markets in future farmers would still need to sell their products physically still especially small farm owners. this would complete the main concept of the design, 'the facility where sells the fresh produce'.
* will people live trying to self sustain (farming) in future?
i think there is a big chance for that. globally urban farming is one of the issue these days firstly because of the inflation, secondly population growth creates food crisis (i don't think this will affect in australia..) and last, becuase of the water crisis as mensioned above.people will NEED to self sustain.
but it is required to find a better way to fulfil the above and idea that creates a new / better way than present day.
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