The Dragonfly Vertical Farm design concept, from Paris-based Vincent Callebaut Architects, is an architectural response to the growing need for food in urban spaces. Designed for New York City, the self-contained vertical farm prototype is modeled after a dragonfly and works to provide food, housing and renewable energy via a closed system in densely populated urban settings.
The multi-function building, spread over two oblong towers, provides urban farming space, housing and offices. The Dragonfly concept also includes space for the production of meat, poultry and eggs as well as enough greenhouse space to produce food for the city inhabitants.
The Dragonfly project was designed to offer extensive green space, including public agricultural and leisure spaces designed as gardens, kitchen gardens, orchards, vertical gardens, meadows and grain fields.
The two oblong towers are arranged around a huge greenhouse that links them together via two crystalline wings. These very light wings, constructed of glass and steel support carry some of the building loads and are directly inspired from the structure of the dragonfly wings.
The Dragonfly utilizes passive solar energy, natural ventilation and living plant cooling systems, solar panels, wind turbines, rainwater filtration system and collection, and wastewater recycling.
Visit: www.vincent.callebaut.org
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