Comments on: Plantagon’s Vertical Farm

By: Elliot Siemon

Elliot Siemon — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 04:23:25 +0000

http://goo.gl/BmopL Plantagon, concept for city farming #design #IN #innovation Bucky would be proud…

By: Codepilot

Codepilot — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:04:05 +0000

THIS CAN WORK. The vertical farm concept is based on HYDROPONIC plant growing. A very SMALL area is needed to feed each person. Please do a search on Vertical Farm and city farms.
This is a very, very practical concept.

By: mike S.

mike S. — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:30:03 +0000

wonder what the ROI is on this?
how much food has to be grown and sold to pay for construction and operation? was this even considered?
mike90260@yahoo.com

By: Nezar Ahmed

Nezar Ahmed — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:42:43 +0000

RT @gzaneti: Vertical #farming – #agriculture moves to the city – Plantagon's dome design http://bit.ly/zpGkR and article on concept htt …

By: Goran

Goran — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:38:46 +0000

Vertical #farming – #agriculture moves to the city – Plantagon's dome design http://bit.ly/zpGkR and article on concept http://bit.ly/c9DsCt

By: tokue kajino

tokue kajino — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:51:51 +0000

Plantagon’s Vertical Farm | ArchDaily http://www.archdaily.com/?p=28903

By: Green Harmony Home

Green Harmony Home — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:56:06 +0000

RT @ArchDaily Plantagon, a Swedish-American company, has recently created their take on the vertical farm idea ~ http://bit.ly/9X3X69

By: Vertical Farms Give Urban Agriculture a Bad Name « Towns & Cities

Vertical Farms Give Urban Agriculture a Bad Name « Towns & Cities — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:04:26 +0000

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By: Max

Max — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:27:08 +0000

ah c’mon Peter, what you say is not really accurate. The Reichstag Cupola is not a geodesic sphere, and inside of it there’s a double helix – unlike in this proposal.

Only because superficially similar elements are used doesn’t mean it’s a “ripoff”.

By: radarq.net

radarq.net — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:03:02 +0000

RT @Michele_Jacob: Great glass globe RT @urbArAmA @archdaily: Plantagon’s Vertical Farm http://bit.ly/Fxp49 (via @SpaceSyntaxGirl)

By: Michele Jacob

Michele Jacob — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:39:57 +0000

Great glass globe RT @urbArAmA @archdaily: Plantagon’s Vertical Farm http://bit.ly/Fxp49 (via @SpaceSyntaxGirl)

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:08:21 +0000

Great glass globe RT @urbArAmA @archdaily: Plantagon’s Vertical Farm http://bit.ly/Fxp49

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:54:14 +0000

Sorry, for me as a German this looks like a complete ripoff from the dome of the German Reichstag in Berlin which was constructed by Sir Norman Foster.

Just check google for “Reichstag” and “Kuppel” or for example these links:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Reichstag_Luft_2004.jpg

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstagsgebäude (scroll down to “Die Kuppel”)

http://www.reichstagskuppel.de/ (Klick on “Kuppel” “Konus” and “Rampe” in the left menu)

By: Michael (P)

Michael (P) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:43:22 +0000

Unfortunately I concur with previous comments. I looks like an appropriate solution, but ultimately impractical – except for maybe a particular low bulk agricultural product like herbs, so there may be some limited application for this idea. Better would be what is actually evolving: many smaller independent farms closer to big cities usually within 200 miles. This is now one of the fastest growing segments, at least in the US where this has not been the norm for decades. Food does not have to be grown where real estate is premium $$ right in the “downtown” to gain transportation efficiency – it just doesn’t need to be shipped 1500 – 4000 miles. There has to be a balance. What I would like to see: more water transport of food in the downstream direction where possible – like in NY, the Hudson River Valley where there is increasing ag. production and Hudson River available for transport. Most large cities are intersected by one or more navigable waterways. That is the greater opportunity imo, vs sexy urban Chia disco ball.

By: D&A Metafeed

D&A Metafeed — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:40:50 +0000

#architecture Plantagon’s Vertical Farm:
We have shared architects’ different approaches to .. http://bit.ly/zLdPr

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:28:36 +0000

Luna I completely agree. If each person, to support current living standards, requires approx 0.5ha/ 5,000 sqm of agricultural land for food*, then each hideously expensive dome would struggle to feed what, a family of 4?
So Paris, as shown in the visuals, a city of 2 million, would only require about 500,000 of these domes to feed itself. Very sustainable!

* http://tinyfarmwiki.com/index.php?title=How_much_land_to_feed_one_person%3F

By: tropicalismo360

tropicalismo360 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:22:39 +0000

concept = pass
execution = fail
but something like this may be coming to a city near you sometime soon http://bit.ly/YvZsn

By: andr.hart

andr.hart — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:13:16 +0000

@archdaily RT Plantagon’s Vertical Farm http://bit.ly/Fxp49 transcended from architecture of the potato snack http://bit.ly/FnnYr

By: urbArAmA

urbArAmA — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:07:59 +0000

RT @archdaily: Plantagon’s Vertical Farm http://bit.ly/Fxp49 -incredibly cool!!

By: Architecture Topic

Architecture Topic — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:56:52 +0000

Architecture #Architecture: Plantagon’s Vertical Farm… http://bit.ly/G8CZH