Urban farm
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Project • By LIMIT architecture studio • Pavilions
Sementeira Ambulante
Between the back of a shopping centre and a residential building, the garden at Quinta da Armada is a discreet but vibrant refuge. - an oasis.
Adriano Ferreira Borges
The "Mobile Seedbed", designed as part of the Festival Forma da Vizinhança – Braga 25, Portuguese Capital of Culture, is a modular structure on wheels, built with polycarbonate panels and curved sheet metal, that promotes self-production, biodiversity, and the sharing of knowledge.
Adriano Ferreira Borges
When stationary, it functions as a small greenhouse for seed germination. On the move, it travels through the city, raising the visibility of urban gardens and distributing seeds to other neighbourhoods.
Adriano Ferreira Borges
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News • News • 8 Mar 2022
Award-winning Edison Lite co-housing project translates principles of permaculture into built form
Located in the 13th arrondissement of southeast Paris, the Edison Lite co-housing project by Manuelle Gautrand translates principles of permaculture into built form. With a total surface area of 2067 m2, the project incorporates 21 residential units and two ground-floor commercial spaces alongside shared community and garden spaces for residents.
Luc Boegly
The project is the result of an urban renewal competition from the City of Paris that sought applications for the redevelopment of 22 sites across the city. The winners of the competition were permitted to rent or purchase their chosen site and collectively participate with the other winners on a larger scale urban project proposing to rethink and reshape the way Parisians in... More
News • News • 23 Nov 2021
The first phase of OMA and Jason Long’s historic POST Houston opens to the public
The first phase of the historic POST Houston by OMA and Jason Long has been completed. Open to the public for the first time, the former United States Post Office mail sorting warehouse has been relaunched as a cultural anchor and downtown destination for the city.
Leonid Furmansky
This first phase of the project includes three atriums (X,O, and Z) as well as the rooftop Skylawn. Bringing public life back to the building, the new atriums and roof garden can host a wide variety of programmatic events. Opening events included a car show, business expo, book launch, rave, yoga workout, film screening, and a bustling market of over 30 food vendors and retailers.
Leonid Furmansky
The facility’s ability to host such a diverse ra... More
News • News • 22 Jul 2021
Spacious new barn at Waterloo City Farm highlights the qualities of prefabricated timber frame construction
Established in 2014 on a formerly neglected plot south of Westminster Bridge, Waterloo City Farm is London’s most central urban farm and an important amenity for the local community. The third phase of the project’s masterplan includes this elegant timber-framed education barn by architecture firm Feilden Fowles.
Peter Cook
This spacious new barn addition features intimately-scaled interior classrooms alongside active outdoor areas that host activities such as gardening, carpentry, cooking, animal care and lambing, as well as a quieter, contemplative walled garden.
Peter Cook
The form and materiality of the structures have been informed by typical agricultural buildings and feature a prefabricated timber frame system... More