antonio scarponi combines urban farming with industrial rooftops — designboom.com

antonio scarponi combines urban farming with industrial rooftops photo © monica tarocco all images courtesy of antonio scarponi architect antonio scarponi has noticed that large, flat, homogeneous, and unused mechanical rooftops offer great possibilities to install urban farms and provide food within the city. building codes of industrial areas normally do not constrain heights, giving agrarian activities a concrete opportunity to capitalize the unused spaces. urban agriculture has a lot to do with the use of unexpressed potential of the metropolis, turning them into areas of productivity.

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