GreenMarket, UAE
BrightFarm Systems in collaboration with Kiss + Cathcart, Architects designed GreenMarket, a ground breaking new food production facility for use in the arid climate of the United Arab Emirates.
The GreenMarket utilizes BrightFarm Systems pioneering rooftop and facade mounted, sustainable greenhouse designs, to integrate hydroponic food production into civic buildings. The layers of vegetation encased in the walls of the building provide shade for the building interior.
The interior of the building structure is designed to serve as marketplaces, recreation centers, meeting halls, or any function that can benefit from enclosed, naturally lit, shaded, conditioned or semi-conditioned space. In the Abu Dhabi climate, these spaces will be extremely appealing in the summer, but should also be very comfortable at all times of year.
Hydroponic food production offers compelling advantages in the United Arab Emirates, where a rising demand for quality food exists in a context of poor soils, diminishing natural water resources, and abundant sunshine. Fresh, perishable vegetables are currently air freighted into the region from distances of up to 5,000km.
Compared with a conventional farming, GreenMarket applies principles of ecological design to reduce operating cost, energy demand, and water consumption, while maximizing revenue. Within this facility, synergies are achieved between the complementary needs of plants and people for shade, shelter, water, and light.
BrightFarm Systems and Kiss + Cathcart Architects are currently developing the first prototype Greenmarket system to be built at Masdar City, in Abu Dhabi. This prototype system will act as a research and demonstration center for subsequent GreenMarket systems.
For more information about the GreenMarket project, please contact: info [at] brightfarmsystems.com
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