The Global Demand For Food

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1 Research Topic FOOD The Global Demand For Food The future of food production (following the reports of the UN): A plus of 2.5 billion people by the year 2050 More and more people move from the country side into the cities A doubling of the food production is needed by then. Further problems influencing the food production: climate change, water shortage, overfished seas Alternative ways of food production: Production of algae (biofuel, fertilizer & animal food); Artifical meat, egg and milk (lower usage of water energy and land); New crops (Green super Rice); Dessert greening; Food made from Insects; Innovative protein resources (lupin, certain mushrooms) Contrast of city structure and country side, desert, insects as a source of protein, aquaponic system, algae farm, artificial meat (from top right, clockwise)

2 Research Topic FOOD Food Production & Consumption Behaviour Local Production versus Global Marketing How the consumers think it is produced Every product is available throughout the whole year. The sensibility for seasonal production and also the knowledge of seasonal cooking is being forgotten.the consumers lose the connection to their food as a natural good. It is simly seen as an industrial product and loses its value. Big amounts of food are being thrown away. The dimension of the global food market are not understandable for the average user, due to the lack of transparency. Long ways of cooled transport use an immensive amount of energy. Only big industrial farms are rentable. Just 1% of the farms world wide are located in the USA but more than half of the global fields are located there. How food Global harvest is one third bigger than the amount needed to feed all the humans on the world. But the bigger amount of the crops is used to feed animals for meat production or to produce bio fuels. is produced Farming in tha alps, diagramm of production, transport and consumption, conventionel pig fattening, top view on the green houses of Almería, tomato production in a green house (from top left, clockwise)

3 Research Topic FOOD Countermovement As a reaction to the development of the global food market a movement is rising to bring back the localfood and farming traditions. The people are willing to regain the power and control of what they eat. Ecological production and less wasteful consumption gains importance again. The same is happening with local production processes, which strengthens the economy of the near by farmer. Abandoned places in the cities are occupied by the citizens and shared gardens implimented into the urban environment. XXXX

4 Site Specifics Level 0m The void space on the 0 level is defined by the plane concrete surface. The northern part is already covered with layers of isolation, waterproving and gravels. Due to the interrupted building process the outlines of the surfaces discribe a zig zag line without any or only a provisional guardrail. A first array of wild plants grow onx the gravel layer. concrete surface isolation and waterproofing pebbles zones of potential danger absence of direct light vegetation access project PRODUCTION AND RETAIL Mapping of the 0 m level project TOURISM

5 Site Specifics Level 6m The 6 level is structured by the continuous grid of pilasters. The biggest part of the area is coverd with the massive concrete roof, which leads to a contrast of the light conditions. The open sides, the missing roof and the atriums provide bright outskirts and a darker center. Dangerous parts of the site are the void spaces of the lift shafts and the missing guardrails on the edges of the level. concrete surface isolation and waterproofing pebbles zones of potential danger absence of direct light vegetation access project PRODUCTION AND RETAIL Mapping of the 6 m level project TOURISM

6 Project Development Defining Project Content Production crop Area green houses beds Inside Area Outside Area Need of Daylight Adressing Public Space Use Water Use Need of Soil Use of Technique Protection of Wheather Applied on the Project To define the project content a table with all possible elements is made. All elements are ranked in their need of space and daylight, the usage of water and technique and the way the elements address the public. crops trees animals goats/sheeps chicken poultry cows aquaponics bee hives insects new technologies algae artificical meats, dairy products, etc. Refinement and Consumption storage cheese dairy shop café/restauarant public kitchen project elements ranked in order to be applied on the site

7 Project Development First Concept Adding an aquaponic system to the existing structure on both levels. Water, oxygen and light are the basis for the metabolisms of the animals and plants. Food for the fishes and electricity to move the water are needed as well. Plant seeds and spawn of the fish are the beginning of live in the aquaponic system. The plants are seeded in small vertical basins in the beginning. After a certain time the plants are moved into linear modules, which can be flown through with the water. The modules are stored in units by five each. The units are stored in shelves of four by four. The movement of the plants is done by robots. From planting the seed to harvesting and packing the product. The use of robots and the no longer required need of soil for the plants develop the green house in bigger dimensions, than it was possible in the past. Concept Collage of the Green House and the water pons on the two levels, Functional Section of the two Elements, Calculation of the size

8 Project Development Locals benefit from their own food production Investment by the city of Ljubljana, or private investor Involving locals in the project Surplus production of the lots can be sold to the local market Locals earn extra money by the sale of their products Interaction with the neighbourly projects of TOU RISM (campers) and PRODUCTI ON AND RETAIL (bazar) Diagrammatic Structure The project considers the existing structure and the local inhabitants of the area as the base for the production system. With a first input of money the production process can be started. The food production takes place in two scales: the smaller urban gardening project and the bigger urban farming process. In the urban farm goods are produced which are directly sold in a small grocery store on the site or in the supermarkets of Ljubljana. The urban gardeners produce predominantly for themselvess, but surplus production during the time of harvest can be given to the local grocery store. Site is reused again using the site specifics to organize the production Products of the urban farm will be sold in the local store and the supermarkets of Ljubljana

9 Project Development Project Idea 0 m Level

10 Project Development Project Idea 6 m Level

11 Level 0m Bench and shrubs as an element of the park and as protection of the garden site Accessible greenhouse roofs Garden plots Community spaces

12 Level 6m Packaging and Storage Aquaponics in the greenhouse Mushroom cultivation Insect Farming

13 Spring Summer

14 Fall Winter

15 Phase 0 Initial Situation

16 Phase 1 Installing a guardrail Adding a layer of soil Concrete bench as an element in the park protects the garden site

17 Phase 2 Implementing the garden plots on the site

18 Phase 3 Installing solar panels in the park and garden area Construction of the insect and mushroom farm

19 Phase 4 Increase the amount of solar panels Construction of the greenhouse and the aquaponics

20 Phase 5 Potential extension of the project elements on the site

21 1. Urban gardening site 2. Solar panels 3. Accessible greenhouse roofs 4. Insect farm 5. Area of mushroom cultivation 6. Hydroponics 7. Fish ponds