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Title
Adaptive reuse for urban food provision : repurposing inner-city car parking structures for controlled environment agriculture / Monika Szopińska-Mularz.
ISBN
9783031052101 (electronic bk.)
3031052102 (electronic bk.)
9783031052095
3031052099
Publication Details
Cham : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (182 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-05210-1 doi
Call Number
NA2793
Dewey Decimal Classification
720.28/6
Summary
This book analyses the adaptive reuse potential of inner-city modern movement car parking structures for controlled environment agriculture systems and the contribution of such a transformation to urban development. Modern movement garages built over the last 60 years are becoming redundant due to changing mobility trends and growing environmental awareness. Adaptive reuse is one of the scenarios that can reconcile these megastructures with contemporary urban needs. The novel function proposed in this study for multi-storey garages is controlled environment agriculture, which is a food production technique that is now developing in cities as an innovative business and a secondary food source. First, the study focuses on the theory of repurposing existing buildings for food production, which is then summarised in the form of a guide for the analysis of the adaptive reuse potential of inner-city car parking structures for controlled environment agriculture. Second, the guide is applied to two case studies, which allows exploring their potential to accommodate urban farming from planning, architectural, and environmental perspectives. The book aims to inspire and support decision-makers, architects, scholars and students when elaborating novel solutions for repurposing buildings for alternative functions. The publication encourages treating existing building stock as a resource that can become a stimulus for the new design process, which improves urban food provision.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 22, 2022).
Series
Cities and nature.
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Methodology
Chapter 3. Literature review
Chapter 4. Investigation into the planning, architectural and environmental opportunities and limitations for the adaptive reuse of urban structures for controlled environment agriculture
Chapter 5. Interviews with practitioners
Chapter 6. Guide for the analysis of the adaptive reuse potential of inner-city modern movement car parking structures for controlled environment agriculture
Chapter 7. Application of the guide to the case studies. Investigating the viable adaptive reuse scenario of the three modern movement car parking structures for CEA
Chapter 8. Discussion
Chapter 9. Conclusions and future research.