DISSERTATION “UP!”
Daniel Podmirseg
up!: Contribution of Vertical Farms to Increase the
Overall Energy Efficiency of Cities
CONTENTS
Vertical Farming is defined by the high degree of industrialization, the year-around cultivation of food, its adaptability to the needs of a variety of crops. The primary focus of vertical building typology (as well as their programs and functionalities) is optimum plant growth. The building, as the central element of the urban ecosystem, first off is sustainably embedded into the social, architectural and economic environment of the city, and secondly aims to be as independent as possible from the consumption of fossil commodities.
Published on 19 July, 2016 in English and available for purchase.
„up!“ is a blueprint for how to proceed into the next millennium, enabling humans to finally achieve a peaceful co-existence with the rest of nature.
Dickson Despommier, Columbia UniversityDr. Podmirseg makes a timely and compelling case for the integration of food within the city limits, with the vertical farm as a means to that end.
Nirmal Kishnani, National University of SinagaporeSCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
Our research deals with all issues relating to the well-being of people and plants inside (closed) buildings. Some of the central topics are the development of simulation instruments (such as daylight simulators) as well as empirical studies of potential space reduction in agricultural scenarios.
Vertical Farming. Food production becomes a part of day-to-day urban life
Daniel Podmirseg (2017)
Language: German
