tour vivante vertical farm living tower www.eco-tower.fr

[djbenjj]

I dont know what to think about that... Is this a dream or a nightmare?

[guir0]

Great Stuff but.... terrible soud effects!

[adrien25610]

Bien que, du regard de l'agriculteur, j'ai du mal à accepter l'idée d'une agriculture verticale, le style architecturale de la tour n'en reste pas moins agréable à regarder. Même si l'idée d'une production agraire, même de maraîchage est à proscrire dans se genre d'environnement (qui ne sera pas suffisant à une production optimale), l'idée de faire entrer la végétation en architecture reste néanmoins intéressante.

[lilsunnycloud]

I am wondering about the air quality that these plants will be getting. All the pollutants from the city. =\

[WullopPornruangwong]

Thanks for your great, green idea for our world. In my opinion, there is possibility to research 'vertical fluid' farm too. This system may use fast-growing, small sea weeds, algae, etc.

[chenoir]

L'atelier soa fait vraiment des projets pas mal pour une équipe encore pas trop connue. J'aime beaucoup le principe et la gueule de cette tour, même si les 2 éoliennes sur le toit dénotent un peu avec l'aspect général du projet.

[PUNKDUDE1991]

what abgout animals like cows

[flame3dragon]

human is getting smarter n smarter

[jeffsandychelsea]

@flame3dragon But grammar are get badder

[denz1818]

nice!

[DancesWithLlamas]

Another thought the extra energy could be used to blast classical music on every floor. You know the studies that were done on classical music effects plant growth positively. Well that would be just great wouldn't it!

[unclesonnyonutube]

Classical music all day would make me go nuts. Not that i dislike it, i just dont wanna be subjected to it all damn day.

It has been proven to make people more docile and submissive, in office buildings in japan they use "muzak" and classical to keep the employees stress levels down like an "audio-prozak" but has also been known to cause anxiety and mental instability problems...

could you imagine society after 48 hours of hearing nothing but "safety dance".. the world would eat itself

[DancesWithLlamas]

Maybe the outer walls (which are already dark in color) can be used to install solar panels, which could power the flourescent grow lights inside! It's perfect, literally direct conversion sunlight --> growlight. THen, we don't need wind towers on top. But, it would require cost efficiency so we need some cheaper technology. I'm sure it's out there, it just has to be subsidized!

[curingaging00]

love to see this happen. our current method of agriculture is not efficient, and unsustainable. not to mention it does quite a bit of damage to the environment.

id like to see vertical farms build.

[ohgreatwiseone]

I really love this idea, but skyscrapers cost $47 a sq foot and agricultural land cost $6 to $7 a sq foot. The gap would have to closed by cheaper construction costs (robotics perhaps) saving on transport and growing to order with no waste. Love to see it happen.

[ssssaaafff]

How little you have searched, google" Wind Powered Rotating Skyscraper" and learn there is a way to have silent wind producing rotating skyscrapers and then they can follow the sun to grow food.

[jeremyhillaryboobphd]

they forgot to put in the "thud thud thud thud"of the wind turbines inside the building - because it would definitely be there and just as loud if not louder than outside, they would shake the entire bulding - plus wind drag adds to building strain.

[mityaandco]

wind power stations so close to people are causing a high noise and magnetical field.. but concept is green:)

[NeoAltPower]

Hawaii!

[litetheory]

Something we should have done a long time ago. Along with zero point energy, and EV's / water powered cars.

[pierressssss]

I saw this video to the site eco-tower(dot)fr. Maybe the original

[pelagicdivision]

welcome to sci fi future realized in your life

all thanks to the evolving, exponential complexities of computing

[bahamadama]

it's great! and i am writing a paper on it :)

[VGoDzB]

This is being built in France, it's more then just an idea. It's reality.

[tamilmannan]

can u link me abt it plz

[tamilmannan]

link plz

[turkeyno18]

lnk plz?

[professorcuddlecore]

@VGoDzB  link please

[tjos86]

i have this for my thesis next year. hehe :p

[mrmooge88]

I don't see this being practical. I could however see this being made as an attraction. Honestly how do you harvest something like that.

I this is nothing but an artistic conception to stimulate out of the box thinking.

[tjos86]

you should try going to the site verticalfarm(dot)com. the site explains how this system of farming is more practical during the long run.

[fenrir7139]

It would have to be harvested by hand, which, while seemingly slower and bad, is a good thing. First, it would generate jobs very rapidly; second, it would basically eliminate fossil fuel used by harvesting equipment, and, third, because of its vertical shape, it could be built INSIDE of a city, meaning the food could be used for that city, making it fresher, and, also eliminating (to an extent) the use of gas for transport. Not to mention it could be controlled, meaning no insects.

[Libertarian333]

That's pretty cool. Unfortunately, you can't just buy some land from present users, or homestead some unused land, and build something like that. That would be too easy. No, instead, the political class demands a cut, hence zoning and all manner of other construction-related regulations, which will triple costs and make sure only the already-wealthy and well-connected get to turn a profit. People will starve while the builders are still trying to scrounge up cash for kickbacks.

[mic180]

Incredible.

[jnguyen327]

Reminds me of the arcologies in SimCity 2000! Wonderful idea though.