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  •   Vertical Farming in Las Vegas? Beyond Pragmatism, Toward Desire

    Vertical Farming in Las Vegas? Beyond Pragmatism, Toward Desire
    Joyce Hwang

    Posted by brkt.org | Friday, September 10, 2010

    In January of 2008, a rumor spread quickly through internet sources, claiming that Las Vegas would be the first city to construct a 30-story Vertical Farm. While this pairing may initially seem to be impossibly incongruous, an examination of the logics of Vertical Farming will reveal that it fits opportunistically into the context of Las Vegas. The city’s abundance of consumer activity – particularly food-driven activity (think: mega-buffets) – could certainly stand to benefit from the environmental, economic and social consequences promised by vertical farms concepts. The aim of localizing the food industry could not be more appropriate for a city like Las Vegas, given its’ location in the middle of a drought-ridden desert landscape.

    Joyce Hwang is an architect and Assistant Professor at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York.




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  • BRACKET [on farming] BRACKET [on farming]
  • Your Town Tomorrow Your Town Tomorrow
  • Butter in the Mail: Experiments in an Epistolary Economy Butter in the Mail: Experiments in an Epistolary Economy
  • BLDG 2.0: Crowd-Sourcing Building Energy Performance BLDG 2.0: Crowd-Sourcing Building Energy Performance
  • The Productive Surface The Productive Surface
  • Landgrab City Landgrab City
  • Ecologically Emergent Leisure Landscapes [EELLs] Ecologically Emergent Leisure Landscapes [EELLs]
  • Aquaculture Seascape Park Aquaculture Seascape Park
  • Beyond Disney Beyond Disney
  • Food Matrix Food Matrix
  • Chia Mesa Chia Mesa
  • Cloud Skippers Cloud Skippers
  • Migrational Fields: Farming and the Chinese Urban Village Migrational Fields: Farming and the Chinese Urban Village
  • Performative Landscapes Performative Landscapes
  • On Farming On Farming
  • Factory-Farmed Architecture: You Are How You Eat Factory-Farmed Architecture: You Are How You Eat
  • Learning from Salinas (Hopefully) Learning from Salinas (Hopefully)
  • Post-Agricultural Speculations Post-Agricultural Speculations
  • Nomadic Allotments: London’s Farming Future Nomadic Allotments: London’s Farming Future
  • Precipitating a Productive Countryside: A Renewed Company Town Model Precipitating a Productive Countryside: A Renewed Company Town Model
  • Farm Plus: Hybrid Agricultural Landscapes Farm Plus: Hybrid Agricultural Landscapes
  • Down on the Body Farm
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  • Fructus Vegetabilis: Growing Profit in the War on Error Fructus Vegetabilis: Growing Profit in the War on Error
  • AGER-AGRI AGER-AGRI
  • Seasoned Pasture: A Demonstration Range and Public Park Seasoned Pasture: A Demonstration Range and Public Park
  • What We Are Is What We Eat What We Are Is What We Eat
  • Cash Crops, Energy Landscapes Cash Crops, Energy Landscapes
  • Farming [PARK]: Rail, Roadways, and Urban Form Today Farming [PARK]: Rail, Roadways, and Urban Form Today
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  • HydroLoops: Mechanization and the Command Prompt HydroLoops: Mechanization and the Command Prompt
  • Project::Farm Project::Farm
  • Microcosmic Aquaculture Microcosmic Aquaculture
  • Line 13 – Superlinearity Line 13 – Superlinearity
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  • Recycling Takes Command Recycling Takes Command
  • Rethinking Urbanism in the Shrinking City of New Orleans Rethinking Urbanism in the Shrinking City of New Orleans
  • Reforestation of Greenwood Farm: An Emergent Landscape and Intervention Reforestation of Greenwood Farm: An Emergent Landscape and Intervention
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