The very compound word 'desert farm' seems like an oxymoron without a context. And it is this scientific context that is brought forth by the engineers of the Sahara Forest Project. Starting out one of their farming stations near the port city of Aqaba, Jordan, the researchers have combined a slew of advanced techniques and…
In a conventional circumstance, an old warehouse shipping container can't be pushed forth as the ideal candidate for efficient farming. But Local Roots challenges this notion with aplomb, via their hydroponic farming solutions christened as the TerraFarm. The incredible design in question here pertains to 40-ft long shipping containers that only require five to twenty…
Situated 100 feet (around 30 m) below the streets of Clapham, London is a now-defunct World War II bomb shelter that was, originally, built to provide protection to over 8,000 people during enemy air-raids. Today, more than 70 years after the end of the war, the space has been transformed into what is likely the…