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a o e wor s popu a on curren y ves

in cities. B 2025 urban o ulation is

expected to increase by 65% of the global

population. One major issue related to rapid

ur an grow s oo pro uc on.

used for agriculture (crops and grazing)

purposes.




Our current methods of agriculture

resu ts n a arge env ronmenta

agriculture practice when impact

mainly on our water resources system,




umans a rea y use more

th n h lf of the

accessible, renewable

fresh water and 70-80%

percen o a s use or

a riculture.

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• Climate change, extreme weather

As Research shows, an increasing temperatures and

to reduce yields for corn, wheat, rice, and other primary

crops in the next two decades. These changes could

have a substantial impact on global food security, and to

some extant they already do.

Molly E. Brown and Christopher C. Funk www,” Food Security Under Climate Change”, sciencemag.org SCIENCE VOL 319 1 FEBRUARY 2008 Published by AAAS,www.sciencemag.org on March 10, 2008




•

• Risin food rices

• Pesticides, herbaceous, fertilizers

• Water prices and demand

• Demand (emerging developing countries)




•

•Decrease in land for urban sprawl

•Over 40 % of world food production

occurs on irrigated land

•

•Deforestation




A riculture in Australia, Few Facts:

• Agriculture occupies 62% of our land mass

• And Approx 62% is used for grazing. • us ra an . m on ones o oo s

transported around Australia a year ,2.5 billionkilometers of travel

• Billions kilometres of food is being imported to Australia each year.

bean producers/ exporter in the world, now it

exports none.• Australia exports food for 50 million people world

wide.

www.acfonline.org.au/consumption




• 41,799 ha of farmland in Sydney

• 31,000 ha of parkland in Sydney

• on year rec con r u on o • Its economic value to the industry as a whole is over $4.5 billion annually

• 90 er cent of S dne ’s erishable ve etables • Almost 100 per cent of the state’s Asian vegetables

• 80 per cent of the fresh mushroom supply A viable local economy• Most of Sydney’s cherry tomatoes, snow peas, snake beans, Lebanese

cucumbers, fresh ,tomatoes, spring onions, shallots

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fresh produce issupplied by market

gardens in the

Sydney basin,(Cohen 2007)

s ou ma e

Sydney’s food




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to industrial emission which captures in the

•




• Approx 60% of our eco-footprint is embodied

is in food.

• Food eco footprint is 43%.

• Food is responsible for 26% of our GHG

ollution.




• Approx 60% of our eco-footprint is embodied

is in food.


• Food is responsible for 26% of our GHG

ollution.




• Approx 60% of our eco-footprint is embodied is in


.

• Food production consumes a lot of water. [44% of

• Processed food contains large amount of

.




•Food diet in western world is responsible for the increase

in obesity, coronary, cancer, and other diseases.

•Result as huge public health and economic problems.

•Under nutrition in pregnancy and in early childhood can

a es et a ., ;

M.Barker 1994).

http://www.acfonline.org.au/consumptionatlas/



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The ability to create a more sustainable city lays in our

capability to minimize transportation of food to almost

none, minimise water use, and shift to farmin in the

city, with organic wastes as fertilizers, with out the

nee o c em ca pro ucts. t e use o a an one ots

and buildings in the city, for farming are an effective

land utilization thus closing the loop, which results in

.




The oal of urban a riculture is not onl more

efficient land use, self sustainability and

lowering our ecological footprint but also to

production, were the city occupant are able

to see, control and participate with the

.




” The farm as an urban

imperative is not a novelconcept. Le Corbusier’s

dream of a “vertical garden

city,” imagined every worker

as, a so, a armer.

“Agricultural labor abandons

e coun rys e, e wro e

in 1923. “With the eight-

,

becomes a farmer and

portion of the things he

”


consumes.

[I] M. Wang, "Gardens in the Sky”, Published: October 1, 2008 http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/28622/gardens-in-the-sky/



The pressing issue of servicing

the city with fresh food isidentified in the City of

Sydney’s Sustainable Sydney

2030 vision document.However objectives and

actions to achieve delivery of

fresh food to city dwellers andworkers are not clear. Do we

relay on weekly city farmers

markets or urban farming ideassuch as communal gardens to

feed all who need to be


sustained in a city?



a synergy between

agriculture anddomestic living –

a design concept

that speculates

on a new urban

order by creating

a place for socio-enviro

ecological

belonging between

the building occupan s an

the locals through

the cultivation of

city living.



t e ays gr ‐ rec nct proposa

looks at , Glebe Island and Rozelle brown field into a lively agricultural hub, which aims to provide for much of the city’s

food outlets and neighbouring commun es w res oo .

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e use o a Hydroponic and method for cultivation will ensure year round

crops, water use savings, on site waste management and energy

harvesting

Significantly educing the carbon inhabitation.



Sky farms, production line



Glebe Island Water front housing for the urban farmer



Rozelle Parkland Communal Gardens



White Bay | Glebe Island Food / Fish Markets



A synergy between agriculture and

omest c v ng t e

which is

based on Cooperative and

cohousing principles, creates an

affordable and sustainable living

s stem a roach so that each 8living units will share a kitchen,

living room and green house. the

-

for a family or an individual togrow their own food, according to

,

background, and may also

generate additional income by

se ng e r surp us o e co-op

shop.



S f f f f &



•Self-production of food for tenants & community.

• , ,

pesticides.•Flexibility in working hours.

•Independence

•Create an additional income [if selling products, and also saving on

travelling and food costs, also an indirect long term health relatedexpenditure].

•Create new jobs for occupants and the community.

•Creatin a sense of communit , a com rehensive communal arden

concept.

•Bridges community cultural differences.

• .

•Reduction of air and soil pollution levels, locally & globally.

•Improvement in the site’s microclimate and reduction in energy use.

.•Grey and black water recycle, for toilets and irrigation where needed.

•As a results a decrease of inhabitants ecological footprint.

• ow a or a e v ng con t ons y re uc ng oo , water, energy

transport expenditures.



Food is the common thread

the community

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