TerreFarm Lab Summer Workshop
Daisuke Nagatomo joined TerreFarm Lab Summer Workshop “Design and Grow”, one month workshop organized by Mitchell Joachim and Maria Aiolva of Terre Form 1. The workshop was consisted of 1 week of seminar by people who are developing urban farming, 1 week of filed trip to visit actual example of urban farming, and 2 weeks of design workshop to develop own projects on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Exchange building.
Set in New York City, TerreFarm Lab seeks to rethink what is salubrious about the city, in both its forms and its life, by reflecting on the consequences of a fundamentally new level of sustainability. We will base our investigations on one illuminating hypothesis: in the future New York will grow to be self-sufficient in its critical necessities. In particular, we will observe a series of specific technical, urbanistic, and architectural strategies not simply for the food production required to feed the city, but the possibilities of diet, agriculture, and retrofitted facilities that could achieve that level within the constraints of the local climate. (from TerreFarm website)
Field trip Rooftop Farming
Field Trip Water Pod
Field Trip Window Farming
Mod Pod
Mod Pod is the movable farming device that is incorporating seating. It can be configured spiral, linear, or any ways people want to. This device is designed to be used in urban rooftop, refuge camp, or wherever people want to bring with. Six prototypes in different height and drainage system were made during the workshop weeks to see the potential of this device and for the farther development.
Mod Pod Sketch 01
Mod Pod sketch 02
Mod Pod sketch 03
Mod Pod Prototype
Mod Pod
Team Credit: Amy Butchko, Armando Torrepuerto, Daisuke Nagatomo, Jennifer Linger, Lesley Roth, Naomi Rowland, Patrick Candalla, Rashmi Ramaswamy
