Food production

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Project • By The Room Architecture and Design • Masterplans

Harvest Communities

Conventional residential subdivisions across Southeast Asia frequently prioritize mass earthmoving, clearing natural hydrology and productive soil to install rigid asphalt grids and high-density concrete housing. Harvest Communities presents an alternative masterplan model designed by The Room Architecture and Design, structuring residential expansion around preserved farmland, productive agricultural parcels, and natural contours. The plan prioritizes long-term operational efficiency and resource conservation by integrating living environments into an active agricultural landscape rather than displacing it. Built interventions sit lightly on the terrain, ensuring that natural water channels, soil microbiomes, and agricultural yields remain... More

Project • By Cimaise Architecture • Farms

Agricultural Building in Bromont

Located a short walk from a contemporary residence designed by Cimaise in 2011, this agricultural building extends the owners’ living project into the landscape, anchoring it in a simple volume set at the edge of the forest. It reprises the rigor and material palette of the neighboring house while asserting its own presence through the composition of a timber volume housing the garage and a long glazed greenhouse facing the view, its base marked by a corten steel planter. Thomas Miau Thomas Miau The timber volume concentrates the garage and more technical functions, while the greenhouse stretches along the façade like a transparent gallery where the garden continues indoors. A slender steel structure, glass and wood... More

Project • By UPA Italia by Paolo Lettieri Architects • Auditoriums

AL QASSIM GREEN UNIVERSITY

UPA Italia by Paolo Lettieri Architects and UPA won the competition for new Green Campus University in Babil, Iraq and it was appointed to develop a sustainable green technology university campus based on LEED criteria. The new campus will consist of five colleges (agriculture, veterinary, biotechnology, food production and environmental college), the presidency building and all related supportive facilities, including sports hall, main auditorium, central library, entertainment center in addition to student and staff housing. Presidency building is the first LEED registered project in Iraq. The project is currently in hold at the level of complete detail design. The New Campus is located close to Al Qasim, in the Babil province of Iraq.... More