Floating Farms: Feeding Rotterdam from Within

As consumers become ever more engaged with the ethics of where and how their food is grown, businesses have developed that are totally transparent and sustainable in their production processes. Wesley Leeman, partner at Goldsmith.Company, an architectural firm operating out of Rotterdam, documents h...

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Published in:Architectural design 2021-09, Vol.91 (5), p.84-91
Main Author: Leeman, Wesley
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architecture
concrete pontoons
Covid‐19 pandemic
Dutch farming laws
Ethics
Factories
Farms
Feyenoord football club
Floating Farm Dairy
Food Strip
Goldsmith.Company
M4H district
Makers District
Production methods
Rotterdam
stacked urban farm
steel bridges
Sustainable development
the Netherlands
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Summary:As consumers become ever more engaged with the ethics of where and how their food is grown, businesses have developed that are totally transparent and sustainable in their production processes. Wesley Leeman, partner at Goldsmith.Company, an architectural firm operating out of Rotterdam, documents his practice's design for floating factories that cater to these criteria.
ISSN:0003-8504
1554-2769
DOI:10.1002/ad.2736