A Superfly Dragonfly for NYC?

The future may look greener for New York City: Belgian firm Vincent Callebaut Architectures has designed a winged vertical farm for Roosevelt Island in NYC, called the Dragonfly. This funky, wind and solar-powered structure would stand over 600 meters (close to 2,000 feet) and  house the equivalent of 28 agricultural fields. Read more here.

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Images via Vincent Callebut Architectures

Here’s a video that explains the concept of vertical farming:

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Tags: Agricultural, Architectural, Art, Biomimicry, Design, Energy, Environmental, Green Technology, renewable energy

5 Responses to “A Superfly Dragonfly for NYC?”

1. eGFI – Student Blog » Earth’s Largest Classroom, on April 1st, 2011 at 5:01 am Said:

   [...] written about smog-eating cement and vertical farms, but now, green buildings may have the ability to recreate entire ecological environments. Designed [...]

2. eGFI – Student Blog » The Future of Farming, on April 12th, 2011 at 11:37 am Said:

   [...] of building elaborate high-rises or funky winged structures which would incur steep infrastructure costs, many aquaponic farmers are turning to large, unused [...]

3. eGFI – Student Blog » Vertical Forest Coming Soon to Milan, on November 7th, 2011 at 1:33 pm Said:

   [...] is no pie-in-the-sky urban farm design. Italian architect Stefano Boeri’s Bosco Verticale, or Vertical Forest, is actually being [...]

4. Vertical Forest Coming Soon to Milan | CHARLOTTE NSBE Jr. CHAPTER, on November 7th, 2011 at 6:32 pm Said:

   [...] is no pie-in-the-sky urban farm design. Italian architect Stefano Boeri’s Bosco Verticale, or Vertical Forest, is actually being built, [...]

5. Wes Town Blog » Vertical Forest Coming Soon to Milan, on November 7th, 2011 at 11:43 pm Said:

   [...] is no pie-in-the-sky urban farm design. Italian architect Stefano Boeri’s Bosco Verticale, or Vertical Forest, is actually being built, [...]

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