Imagine the world in 2050 with almost 80% of the planet’s population living in urban centers and our fruit, vegetables and even animals are grown in … skyscrapers.  Some serious work is going into this. More photos and video after the jump.

 

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Architect Pierre Sartoux of Atelier SOA has put together this video about his vertical farming skyscraper design.

 

 

 

 

 

The Skyfarm
Architect Gordon Graff design for the city of Toronto – 48 floors and millions of square feet of growing space.

 

 

 

Architecture firm Mithun developed a vertical farm building to incorporate various green building strategies in a mixed-use residential and commercial complex designed for downtown Seattle.

 

 

 

The structure is designed as a kind of built organism – completely self-sufficient and adaptive to its surroundings.

 

 

 

The vertical farm project above was undertaken by Chris Jacobs in cooperation with the grandfather of skyscraper farm concepts: Dr. Dickson Despommier of Columbia University.

 

 

 

All-in-one eco-towers would produce more energy, water (via condensation/purification) and food than their occupants consume.

 

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