Brazil: USP students design urban greenhouses to produce food in a sustainable way

Published 2021년 2월 11일

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The Cora Project, developed by a team of students and recent graduates from USP, aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and shorten food travel distances by creating an urban farm in Dongguan, China. The project, a finalist in the Brics Award in the Health & Lifestyle category, includes a building with vertical and horizontal production of fruits, vegetables, and herbs, as well as residential apartments, a supermarket, restaurant, cafe, and coworking space. The building is designed to optimize natural light and use renewable energy sources, with food production designed for biomass reuse within the facilities. The project adopts a variety of cultivation systems and aims for social impact by balancing the production of expensive and cheap foods.

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(Photo: Photo: Disclosure / Cora) On the third of the ten floors of the wooden building, a plantation with eggplant, peppers, okra, tomatoes and strawberries. Arugula, lettuce, chard, coriander, basil and other foliage ideal for salads are planted in a greenhouse on the fourth floor. These foods would supply the market on the first floor, prompt delivery and coffee on the second, as well as a restaurant on the eighth. Halfway there, residential apartments. Embracing the structure, an agroforestry. learn more Urban farms that are innovating food production Conceived by a team of students and recent graduates from USP, the Cora Project aims to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide, shortening the trips to food. According to group estimates, the complex's vegetable garden would produce about three tons of fruit and vegetables per month. The proposal was a finalist for the Brics Award in the Health & Lifestyle category. The competition brought together 230 solutions sent by students ...

Source: Agroinforme