Sky farming

SOHAIB ANJUM MAJID RAHEEM RAOHA EHSAN AYISHA AQEEL HINA SOHAIL SOBAN AHMED HUSHAAM ALI

WHAT IS SKY FARMING??? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

WHY WE NEED SKY FARMING??? Population Pressures ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Population and Future Predictions By 2025, the world’s population will swell from 6.6 billion to 8 billion people. Is mathematician Thomas Malthus’s 200-year-old prediction, that human growth will one day outpace agriculture, finally coming to pass Predictions and Problems: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],WHY WE NEED SKY FARMING???

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Agriculture’s Land Consumption 26% Forrest & Savannah 38% Agriculture ,[object Object],WHY WE NEED SKY FARMING???

Food Security $145 barrel July 2008 $70 barrel July 2006 Environmental Variability Food – Oil Connection Haiti April 2008 Climate Change Pest Damage Drought Food Security

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CONCEPTS OF SKY FARMING - There are different concepts behind the sky farming. Every architect perceives it by its own way. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],vertical farm project by Chris Jacobs Concept:

CONCEPTS OF SKY FARMING Architect Pierre Sartoux of Atelier SOA ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Concept: Proposal for a vertical farming skyscraper

CONCEPTS OF SKY FARMING Pacific Northwest regional architecture firm Mithun Concept: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Design:

TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES Vertical farming is dependent on various physical methods to produce food. The vertical farm brings these technologies and devices together, most of which are still under research. Some of the most common and popular technologies used are: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

SUSTAINABILITY Methods for sky farming to make it SUSTAINABLE Environmental scientist Dickson Despommier of Columbia University and other scientists propose a radical solution: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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SkyFarm SkyFarm YEARLY PRODUCTION 54,388,000 lbs of Vegetable Produce 989,000 lbs of Animal Meat 455,000 lbs of Eggs 2,006,000 lbs of Lettuce 1,822,000 lbs of Cucumber 2,990,000 lbs of Eggplant 3,028,000 lbs of Strawberries 2,736,000 lbs of Peppers 4,672,000 lbs of Carrots 6,570,000 lbs of Spinach 6,570,000 lbs of Soybeans 5,292,000 lbs of Green Beans 5,474,000 lbs of Tomatoes ,[object Object],lbs of Poultry meat 455,000 dzn Eggs 5,997,000 lbs of Wheat 7,231,000 lbs of Potatoes 242,000 lbs of Tilapia (fish) meat

x2.8 SURFACE AREA Space Efficiency – Surface Area 63 metres (surface area) 182 metres (growing area) = EXAMPLE : Strawberry Production

x10 HARVESTS Space Efficiency – Conditioned Space = Multiple Harvests Example: Strawberry Production 1 ACRE X 2.8 (VERTICAL ORIENT.) X 10 HARVESTS = 28 ACRES ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Space Efficiency – Vertical Stacking James Wines – HIGHRISE OF HOMES

SkyFarm SkyFarm PRODUCE EQUAL TO… 1369.62 acre or 547.85 hectares … of conventional farming 18.18 acres of Lettuce 12.45 acres of Cucumber 48.93 acres of Eggplant 332.11 acres of Strawberries 22,20 acres of Peppers 18.70 acres of Carrots 389.64 acres of Spinach 340.02 acres of Soybeans 49.10 acres of Green Beans 14.43 acres of Tomatoes n/a acres of Poultry meat n/a acres Eggs 55.10 acres of Wheat 67.95 acres of Potatoes n/a acres of Tilapia (fish) meat

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER LIVING MACHINE TM SkyFarm WASTE H 2 0 CLEAN H 2 0 POWER SkyFarm BUILDING SYSTEM DIAGRAM SILAGE AGRI-WASTE

SkyFarm POWER SkyFarm URBAN SYSTEM DIAGRAM PRE-FILTER SEWAGE BIO-WASTE / COMPOSTABLES ORGANIC WASTE WASTE WATER POWER TO GRID WATER TO CITY WATER

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