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35.5% of adults are considered obese >98% water used compared to soil farming x2 hydroponically grown produce can grow up to twice as fast as growing in soil CITY - CULTIVATING COMMUNITIES Approx. 50 linear miles of rivers and canals forming the waterway network of the Greater London area No pesticides used in hydroponic farming + 2000 YEARS No Land? No Rent? No problem! River farming requires zero land Mayan’s used hydroponic farming techniques such as step planting and irrigation from rivers, utilising the natural nutrients for farming Hydroponics is the process of growing plants in sand, gravel, or liquid, with added nutrients but without soil.

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Brief Response to RIBA Open call which asked for projects that rethink or construct communities within the built environment, with a focus social and environmental sustainability. https://www.architecture.com/WhatsOn/Assets/Files/2016/OpenCallPDF22016.pdf Our response proposes farming communities along greater London's waterways through the use of hydroponic farming instruments. Our 3 key areas of investigation from macro to micro is adressed under the following: City Community Component Team Dayo Adeyemi Sina Hovaisi Ivana Plechacova

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Page 1: Cultivating Communities

35.5% of adults are considered obese

>98% water used compared to soil farming

x2

hydroponically grown produce can grow up

to twice as fast as growing in soil

CITY - CULTIVATING COMMUNITIES

Approx. 50 linear miles of rivers and canals forming the waterway network of the Greater London area

No pesticides used inhydroponic farming

+ 2000 YEARS

No Land?No Rent?

No problem!

River farming requires zero land

Mayan’s used hydroponic farming techniques

such as step planting and irrigation from rivers, utilising the natural

nutrients for farming

Hydroponics is the process of growing plants in sand, gravel, or liquid, with added nutrients

but without soil.

Page 2: Cultivating Communities

- Grow Chamber -

Through hydroponics, existing water ways can be used to grow a wide

variety of herbs, fruit and vegetables - Market -

The market will contin-ue to be the middle

man, however in this instance the supplier is

a few hops away...

- Workshop -

The physical maker of the community will also

engage with new farmers, as well as manage any repairs

- Seed Nursery -

Fledglings start here until they are ready for moving

to the grow chambers

COMMUNITY - CULTIVATING COMMUNITIES

- EXPANSION -

Over time the communi-ty will grow and more

people become invloved

1. 2. 3.

Page 3: Cultivating Communities

COMPONENT

2700

MM

x8 25mm galvanised steel tubes bent and welded to provide supporting frame for weatherproof opaque tarpaulin

x2 Helical perforated pvc pipe planters - Approximately 30meter row of planting space, yields as much as 13kg of vegetables per harvest - Enough to feed 10 people

Timber truss frame formed of 40x75mm timber joists

Storage unit - Hydro electric powered water pump

Slow Sand Filtration Unit + Water basin(Doubles as a ballast to provide stability to the structure)

x 20 floating polyethylenedrums for buoyancy

canal water IN

filtered water out