Designing the vertical farm - economist.com/video

Four architects describe their designs for the vertical farms of the future

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[ainsmosni]

i am starting work on a prototype for a vertical farm in order to prove yield and efficiency here in oklahoma. i could use an architects input if you're interested.

[BigJosh226]

@A1R5N1P3R This post does not even deserve a response.

[darthvader5300]

@A1R5N1P3R It is obvious to us Russians that you are not well exposed and well versed to robotics technologies not yet seen in the west but are now a reality in many parts of Japan. You don't know mechatronics combined with CAD/CAM systems but Japanese are well versed wt such technologies. Us Russians says you are dumb not us for you have not seen what we have SEEN! Maybe you are afraid of robots taking over your present job or your economic status in life. Given time robots will take over jobs.

[darthvader5300]

@A1R5N1P3R We have Russians in Japan and they have seen agricultural robotics used successfully by the Japanese because of their shrinking population and STRICTEST ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION LAWS. Dumbest comment ever? Dream world? We Russians say we throw that "Dumbest Comment" back to you! Obvious you don't know Russia's demographic farming crises. Japan knew mass production MECHATRONICS to slash robotic systems' costs and design them to last a lifetime, their demographic crises is the reason.

[A1R5N1P3R]

@darthvader5300 what dream world do you live in? You know illegal immigrants will be the labor. Dumbest comment ever. How many farmers in California reusing robots? Do robots speak Spanish?

[darthvader5300]

@A1R5N1P3R Servo-mechanical automation and robotics can reduced labor costs. These technologies exists today and designed to last a life time.

[darthvader5300]

@A1R5N1P3R The other technique is to combine vertical agriculture wt vertical farming. For example: Imagine producing in a 50' x 75' area as much food as a 16 acre farm using VertiCrop's techniques. More can be achieved wt other hydroponic systems. And be redesigning the building to allow natural sunlight to reach deeper inside the entire system. New insulation technologies can save energy. Living Machines can recycle all agricultural wastes and urban wastes.

[darthvader5300]

@A1R5N1P3R There are also maintenance-free, repair-free, and trouble-free hydroponics systems like the original wroclow non-circulating hydroponics, bengal hydroponics, and the mittleider hydroponics. The 1st & 2sd systems can use rock dust powder dissolved in water while the 3rd system can use both rock dust powder, terra-preta powdered charcoal, nitrogen-fixing bacterial & mycorrhizal fungi innoculants to permanently maintain soil fertility & increase yields by 4 to 8.8 times of normal yields.

[darthvader5300]

@A1R5N1P3R Present materials technologies and building technologies that are maintenance-free, repair-free, and trouble-free and can last almost indefinitely are already in existence. Ancient Roman concrete submerged in sea water is still in brand new condition, Haigh Sophia uses an ancient Roman mortar exposed to coastal conditions has remained as good as new and resisted devastating earthquakes for thousands of years. Engineers well versed in such fields can point it out for anyone.

[darthvader5300]

@A1R5N1P3R The Empire State building was once a temporary financial problem for it's owners but decades later started making a profit in the 50s up to the present. People must think in the long term. Short term thinking can be fatal. Americans think of the next quarterly stockholder meeting reports whereas Japan thinks of the next 20 to 30 years, even 40 to 50 years! Now Japan is in a much better economic situation that the U.S!

[paseggiato]

vertical farms or gardens were in Middle East thousands of years ago =)