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TOPIC INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS FOOD SECURITY?

"The very survival of humanity depends on world food security ".

Food Security means that all people at all times have physical & economic access to
adequate amounts of nutritious, safe, and culturally appropriate foods, which are
produced in an environmentally sustainable and socially just manner, and that
people are able to make informed decisions about their food choices.

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POPULATION GROWTH

URBANISATION

FOOD DEMAND

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WATER AVAILABILIY

MARKET AND FINANCIAL AID

FARMERS HAVE DECREASED

HIGHLY MINIATURED AND INSUFFICIENTLY MECHANISED LOCAL

PRODUCTION

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GREEN REVOLUTION

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 SOLUTION ???

EDUCATION AND LITERACY

TARGETTED PROGRAMMES

ENHANCING YIELD OF MAJOR COMMODITIES

RESEARCH WORKS ON PROBLEMS

INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY

SAFETY NETS TO SMALL FARMERS AND THE POORS

WATER FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURITY

SEED BANK

MAKING DRY AREAS AS GREEN

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PROJECT INTRODUCTION
SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM

A food system speaks to the full cycle of food and is generally composed of six basic
parts: Production, Processing, Distributing, Access, Consumption, and Waste or
Resource Recovery. In addition to the six basic components, there is another layer
of influences that impacts each component in turn: Environment, Economy, and
Society.

The contemporary, monoculture-based agricultural model is failing, as evidenced by

worldwide food shortages, environmental degradation, and mono-diets. Grassroots
efforts to reanimate neglected urban space with food production foretell an
impending farming revolution.

AIM

To explore how agriculture can be integrated into buildings and derive guidelines
which can be translated into architectural spaces and can be experimented in the
proposed thesis.

The building incorporates a series of food related mixed use programs into the
community, allowing for an opportunity to see the process of food relative to the
urban setting. The project satisfies our desires to understand what we are
consuming, where we are eating, and how our food is produced.

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DESIGN BRIEF

space

farms
interior growing
exterior growing
inspection and analysis
control room

vsitors service
lounge
amphitheatre/festival center

educational facility (farmers)

main lecture hall
computer labs
library space
training centre

research facility
main labs
soil lab
quality control lab
toilet facility

administration
reception and info
waiting area
accounting
meeting area
directors suite
common place
toilet facility

workers / farmers zone

locker facility
workers resting space
office
dining space

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farmers market
vestibule
admin
market units
café

storage and distribution

raw material store
packing and store
loading area
cold storage

restaurant
kitchen
machinery
store
cash counter
waiting area
dining room
staff area
general services

museum
lobby
admin
security
Galleries

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CONCEPT

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