Jiarui Liu
ECO-COMMUNITY
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PLAN DRAWING
The site is located on the 13th floor, an area mainly used for growing food functions. The space here includes a food storage shelf area, a growing area, food making area, and a dining area. People can see the industrial food production chain， such as hydroponics. It could help with rebuilding the connection between people and food.
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The site is located on the 14th floor, an area mainly used for relaxation areas. The space here includes a plant viewing area, reading area and rest area. The Vertical Ecological aims to invite the residents to witness and even participate in every stage that the food is grown. The idea of living in a community that consists of a food production system might assist with building up communal pride, that the new food production system will link everyone.
SECTION DRAWING
The 14th floor is mainly used for rest. There are grid hammocks on the 14th floor where you can lie down for a nap or read a book. The 13th floor is mainly used for planting. The ecological Vertical project might help with raising community awareness by building up a communal identity. It is probably due to the emotional attachment between people and food. Some People might think the food grown at the home tastes better than the food we bought from the market.
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The Vertical Ecological aims to invite the residents to witness and even participate in every stage that the food is grown. Roof use Solar Glass Double Skin Facade, double-skin façades allow buildings to have a fully glazed exterior while improving thermal and acoustic performance.
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Project description
When we come across living issues, the main issue facing most urban residents today is the growth of economic pressure of life. At the same time, since industrialization began to monopolize food production and not forgetting to mention the fast speed of urbanization, food growing is set apart from the urban environment. Food waste is common in cities because they didn’t have a chance to see the production process called “from farm to table” and ignore the cost (financial and ecological) of food production. Traditionally food growing is an inseparable part of human daily activity. Therefore the project brings a series of new residences to Edinburgh University students and retirees from different family lifestyles who are financially stressed, forming a new home that redefines what it means to be home. Here, the concept of green, healthy, and low-carbon life is applied in real-life scenarios to promote more people to pay attention, understand and participate in the practice of sustainable living. Green architecture, or green design, is an approach to building that minimizes harmful effects on human health and the environment. (Roy,2008)
By creating a healthy coexisting metabolic system of the vertical ecological forest, this project tries to solve the problems of bringing food production systems into the urban environment. The project aims to seek the possibility of merging the food growing system with the urban context while revitalizing the neighbourhood with a new possible future for public common space. The aim is to awaken the public’s crisis awareness of a series of environmental issues by letting them inspect the whole food production and manufacturing process. The growing of regional crops and building resources bring residents together through shared investment, commonality and self-sufficiency empowering communities. Residents can regain their self-sufficiency during difficult economic times and reduce the pressure on their lives. This development model can provide services to communities and operate as a benefic coexistence in the area.
Jiarui Liu
ECO-COMMUNITY
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