Eco Factor: Green project will harvest solar and wind energy along with providing food and shelter in self sufficient manner.
Harvest green project-02, designed by Romses Architects as an entry to Vancouver “The 2030 Challenge”, hopes to solve energy and food problem in future increased densification. The idea suggested here is to overlay a new green energy and food web across the numerous residential neighborhoods and laneways within the city. Every laneway will be converted into energy harvesting area through proposed energy micro laneway live-work homes.
The design includes ModPods, mobile nomadic prefab laneway homes, to provide housing and will also help harvesting renewable energy through PVs and wind turbines. These prefab homes can be stacked, mirrored, rotated vertically, and sited in multiple configurations and sizes to create a dynamic, and varied built-form experience along the green street laneways. Further, water harvested by ModPods will be used to irrigate edible green roofs, community and private edible gardens, fruit bearing vegetation, and vertical gardens spread all over the laneways and every other space between buildings. If possible, extra amount of energy produced will be sold to energy companies. An adaptable flex zone has also been proposed that will be available for personal as well as commercial purpose. This flex zone enclosed in 10m of rear yard of the owners family land parcel can be rented for environmental programs such as co-op parking, community gardens, pocket parks etc.
Construction will produce minimal amount of waste without disturbing the environment. Hydroponic urban farming solariums, bed and breakfast, neighborhood recycling depot, small-scale chicken farm, and artist studios have also been included in the design. In brief, whole project is aimed at producing food, shelter and energy in a self sustained manner.
Via: DesignBoom
