HORTAS URBANAS E FAZENDAS VERTICAIS:

ARQUITETURA E A PRODUÇÃO DE ALIMENTOS

Abstract

The research consists of a scientific initiation in early stage, whose objective is to analyze the architectural projects of urban gardens and vertical farms, as well as their economic, environmental and social developments. The focus is to study the feasibility of growing food inside Brazilian cities through contemporary buildings using great technology or in wastelands through agroforestry. The method is essentially bibliographical, through the reading and systematization of exemplary projects, but with some steps of field survey and interviews with professionals of the area to discuss the efficiency of the idea. The difficulty of accessing good food, due to physical distances and price increases, as well as several other related problems, can be solved or softened with vertical farms and urban gardens: buildings designed or adapted to grow species for consumption within urban centers, spending less water and agrochemicals, saving space, reducing distances, generating jobs and ensuring climate-proof supplies. The research results will be structured in the presentation of architectural typologies and graphics which reveal the applicability of such spaces in Brazilian context, and how should these projects contribute to assist urgent social and economic aspects in the contemporary scenario.