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urbanfarm 2019

UrbanFarm 2019

Submission: January 15, 2019
Registration: December 01, 2018
Language: English
Location: Concept
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Student Competition

 

Increasing of urban population is leading to re-design and re-place centres of food production in order to make cities more sustainable and to foster the creation of new economies. To boost this trend, the universities of Bologna and Florence organize the Student Challenge, UrbanFarm2019. 3 months of time to redesign 3 locations, having a look at the 3 spheres of sustainability.

Multidisciplinary student teams from the Faculties of Agriculture, Biology, Architecture, Design, Economics, Engineering and Social Sciences, are invited to join the challenge and design innovative urban agriculture systems that integrate the best architectural and technological innovations for food production in urban environments. Their projects will be based on existing vacant spaces in three Italian cities (Bologna, Belluno and Conegliano), characterized by different peculiarities. Their design should have a strong and entrepreneurial connotation, promoting the generation of new forms of employment for disadvantaged users. For more information download GuideBook.

The competition is open to student teams from all over the world, and teams may comprise students from different universities and universities of applied sciences.

Go to the competition’s website

Date: November 16, 2018