Located next to the café, the urban farm is cover 1,000 square meters (about 10,760 square feet), and features more than 150 herbs and crops, as well as beehives and animals.
Simon Lemarchand
Agro-main-ville, Paris —
Agro-Main-Villa, designed by Paris-based design collective ABF-lab, is a food-farm tower that plans to maximise urban farming by optimising solar exposure.
Courtesy of ABF-lab
Hyperions, New Delhi —
Architect Vincent Callebaut proposed a self-sustaining urban garden towers titled 'Hyperions' for India's Jaypee Greens Sports City in New Delhi.
Courtesy Vincent Callebaut Architectures
Lufa Farms, Québec —
Lufa Farms is believed to have built the world's first commercial farm on a rooftop. It has several farms in Canada located in central urban areas, reducing produce distribution times. This farm harvests crops at night to offer same-day delivery for customers.
Lufa Farms
Lufa Farms, Québec —
This Boston lettuce is grown at the 63,000 square feet farm in Anjou, which opened in 2017. The farm also has an online market.
Lufa Farms
Sky Greens, Singapore —
Chinese Cabbage and lettuce are planted on this nine-meter tall, A-shape aluminum frame. The tower uses a vertical farming system to reduce the use of water and energy.
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Citiponics, Singapore —
PVC pipes are used in this urban farm to help achieve a zero-waste by collecting excess water that can be recycled. This system was introduced by a farm in 2017, and can now be seen in Singapore, Malaysia and China.
Citiponics Pte Ltd
Square Roots, United States —
Based in Brooklyn, New York City, Square Roots grows food in shipping containers placed in a parking lot.
Square Roots
Square Roots, United States —
Farmers selected by an entrepreneur program have 13 months to grow genetically modified organism-free vegetables in the 320 square foot containers.
Square Roots
Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm, United States —
Located at the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard, this massive 1.5 acre rooftop farm was built in 2012.
Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm
Pasona Group, Japan —
An urban-style ranch is located on the 13th floor of the Tokyo-based recruitment company Pasona Group. Animals such as cows and goats are being raised to enter the dairy industry.
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Roppongi Hills, Japan —
As part of the Tokyo redevelopment project, this famous building complex now has a rooftop garden that grows rice amongst other things.
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Growing Underground, London —
In an underground tunnel in Clapham, that was originally built as an air-raid shelter during World War II, micro greens and salad leaves are gown all year round by urban farmers.
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World food building, Sweden —
Half of this building owned by Swedish architecture firm Plantagon will be used as an urban greenhouse.
Illustration by Sweco/Plantagon
World food building, Sweden —
The $40 million building will be completed in 2020, complete with a hydroponic farming system, which uses mineral nutrient solutions in water rather than soil.
Illustration by Sweco/Plantagon
Schaduf, Cairo —
To help low-income families start micro-urban gardens in Egypt, this company provides technical training and supplies to urban farmers.
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Jones Lang LaSalle, Hong Kong —
Managed by social enterprise, Rooftop Republic Urban Farming, this urban farm is located on the rooftop of a commercial building in the heart of Hong Kong. The farm regularly donates its organic harvest to a local food bank.
Sarah Thrower
Cathay Pacific City, Hong Kong —
Since 2016, this farm has planted over 50 varieties of vegetables and herbs on the rooftop of Cathay Pacific City. The farm was set up to give the airline's staff the opportunity to grow food close to their office.
Rooftop Republic Urban Farming
The Lachambeaudie, Paris —
La Chambeaudie Farm is located on the 500 square meter (5,380 square foot) roof of a medical center owned by Paris Metro (RATP) in the 12th arrondissement -- a district in the east of Paris on the right bank of the River Seine.
