Search anything

Close search
Back to Programme Archive

(Archive) Uprooting Agro-Systems

Growing towards urban indepence

This project was part of DDW 2020
Graduation DAE 2020 — © Roland Smits

With increasing urbanisation, finding a way for cities to feed themselves is a big win, easing pressure on the global food chain. So could a city like Amsterdam become agriculturally self-sufficient in the future?

WHAT
A Provocative scenario where Amsterdam has a fully self-sufficient agriculture district. To not depend on the global food chain, some ingredients can’t be available anymore or at any time. How can we minimise the compromises we need to make? But als