| As cities expand in population, green spaces are eliminated leaving behind densely inhabited "concrete jungles". A growing population also increases the strains on the already limited food resources. Due to the shortage of land in cities, city planners and architects design vertically---that is: taller buildings. Since the sky is the limit, many cities are forced to turn their remaining valuable green spaces into smaller urban public parks. How best should people begin to think about urban agriculture within our cities? More importantly, how might these spaces created benefit the social lifestyles for the people?;My thesis proposes Hong Kong's Special Administrative Region (SAR) as an experimental site for maximizing urban agriculture potential within a highly-dense community. The goal is to successfully apply urban agriculture to the current high-rise architecture by exploring building strategies for vertical gardens and urban "green"-scape markets lessening the reliance on food imports from other parts of the world. |
