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Urban Agriculture

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Anna Dyson

Proceedings of the XXV International Union of Architect's World Congress, Durban, South Africa, 3-7 August 2014. Ed. Amira Osman, Gerhard Bruyns and Clinton Aigbavboa. Durban: UIA 2014 Durban. pgs.1368-83 (2014)

Mae-Ling Lokko, Anna Dyson + Jason Vollen

Ecological Modelling, 367, 42-57 (2018)

Naomi Keena, Marco Raugei, Mohamed Aly Etman, Daniel Ruan + Anna Dyson (2018)

Urban Agriculture

Renewable bio-based circular material economies in timber, post-agricultural by-products and plant-based bioremediation

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Urban Agriculture

Undergraduate Studio Fall 2016
PhD, Masters and Undergraduate students developed NYC food carts as Urban Agro-Remediation Pods: mobile growing and distribution systems connected to commissary-based infrastructure. Moving from regional and urban networks to block, building, and pod scales, the studio examined how controlled environment agriculture could expand access to fresh food while supporting air quality, thermal comfort, and biodiversity.

team

Anna Dyson

Mae-Ling Lokko, Anna Dyson + Jason Vollen

Proceedings of the XXV International Union of Architect's World Congress, Durban, South Africa, 3-7 August 2014. Ed. Amira Osman, Gerhard Bruyns and Clinton Aigbavboa. Durban: UIA 2014 Durban. pgs.1368-83 (2014)

Naomi Keena, Marco Raugei, Mohamed Aly Etman, Daniel Ruan + Anna Dyson (2018)

Ecological Modelling, 367, 42-57 (2018)

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The Urban Agriculture studio investigated how alternative farming systems within the built environments could simultaneously improve access to nutrition, air, and water quality through building-integrated vegetation. Working at the intersection of food security and the design of the built environment, students linked lessons from controlled environment agriculture with the potentially synergistic ecosystem services and health benefits of urban agriculture. Through Urban Agro-Remediation Pods: Linking Nutrition and Air Quality, the studio reimagined NYC food carts as modular plant-growing and distribution systems connected to commissary-based growing infrastructure. Multi-scalar investigations, including regional agricultural networks, urban community gardens, blocks, buildings, and individual pods, informed tension and compression growing systems designed to maximize growing surface area, regulate airflow, support biodiversity, and integrate microgreen production with food distribution. The work positioned mobile urban infrastructure as a means of expanding access to nutrient-dense, sustainably grown food while supporting plant-based bioremediation and improved air quality.

A vertically-integrated PhD-Masters-Undergraduate architectural science studio exploring modular, building-integrated growing systems that link urban food access, plant-based bioremediation, and improved air quality.

NYC Food Carts: Modular Plant Growing Systems and Improved Air Quality

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