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Dragonfly concept reinvents the vertical design for urban agriculture

  •  29 July 2009
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Dragonfly concept reinvents the vertical design for urban agriculture

VINCENT Callebaut Architectures dragonfly concept for urban agriculture is one of the ideas taking landscape design in a new direction along with skyscraper farms.

The Dragonfly concept is a skyscraper farm or vertical gardens based around horticulture and agriculture within the city. Using roofs, terraces, balconies and in the hollow of a structure commonly used for less green purposes, by merging the cities production and consumption spaces.

According to Callebaut, the agriculture architecture design reinvents the vertical design and is directed towards bringing the countryside into cities in addition to rethinking of food production.

Callebaut says research from the Programme of the United Nations for the Development (PNUD) states the worldwide urban population will go from 3.1b of inhabitants in 2009 up to 5.5b within 2025. As such it is proposing plans to redesign city planning and proposing a way to provide food for such a large global population.

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