Comments on: Urban farming, Architecture, and Art

Urban farming, Architecture, and Art

lunit — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:47:56 -0800

P.F.1 (Public Farm One) is a project designed by WORK Architecture Company for MoMA and P.S.1's Young Architects Program. P.F.1's intent is to "educate thousands of visitors on sustainable urban farming through the unique medium of contemporary architecture." An artist in Providence, RI developed a similar installation called Green Zone, "an organic vegetable, herb, and flower garden planted in the detritus of wartime consumption: used tires, shopping bags, shoes, and other repurposed containers" at local venue Firehouse 13.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:05:52 -0800

Thanks for the heads up, lunit, I'll have to make the trek out to Firehouse 13. Well, 20-minute walk... not much of a trek.

By: kliuless

kliuless — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:24:59 -0800

New Interest in Vertical Farms for Urban Areas

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:21:47 -0800

My friend Melissa worked on P.F.1! (I know, I'm not adding much to the discussion, but it's fun to bask in friends' success.)

By: Miko

Miko — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:33:48 -0800

Pretty cool - it looks like they're having a lot of fun with this. It's definitely more of a statement than a practical urban farm - I guess it's going to be dismantled before serious harvest season in September? - but some of the ideas are fun and thought-provoking. Thanks!

By: jwest

jwest — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:44:12 -0800

My friend Sarah is doing Green Zone! (Again not adding anything to the discussion... .)