We under­stand the ver­ti­cal farm as a struc­tur­al ele­ment of the city. This new build­ing typol­o­gy car­ries the poten­tial to rearrange lin­ear mate­r­i­al- and ener­gy flows into cir­cu­la­to­ry ones. This intrin­si­cal­ly leads to an increase of the resilience of urban centres.

The poten­tial in ener­gy pro­duc­tion and in increas­ing the ener­gy effi­cien­cy there­for must be detect­ed on mul­ti­ple lev­els, they can’t be restrict­ed on the build­ing unit alone.

The key to unlock this poten­tial is to link the ver­ti­cal farm with the urban envi­ron­ment. For the ener­gy pro­duc­tion renew­able ener­gy resources are used such as solar- and wind ener­gy, geot­her­mal ener­gy and ground water. Tech­nolo­gies to use excess heat can be adapt­ed. Ener­getic syn­er­gy poten­tials of dif­fer­ent build­ing pro­grammes can be activated.

The typo­log­i­cal con­cept of the ver­ti­cal farm there­for offers ide­al ener­getic poten­tials for a syn­er­getic inter­re­la­tion­ship between build­ing enti­ties with­in a city which faces to achieve a cir­cu­lar economy.

We under­stand the ver­ti­cal farm as a struc­tur­al ele­ment of the city. This new build­ing typol­o­gy car­ries the poten­tial to rearrange lin­ear mate­r­i­al- and ener­gy flows into cir­cu­la­to­ry ones. This intrin­si­cal­ly leads to an increase of the resilience of urban centres.

The poten­tial in ener­gy pro­duc­tion and in increas­ing the ener­gy effi­cien­cy there­for must be detect­ed on mul­ti­ple lev­els, they can’t be restrict­ed on the build­ing unit alone.

The key to unlock this poten­tial is to link the ver­ti­cal farm with the urban envi­ron­ment. For the ener­gy pro­duc­tion renew­able ener­gy resources are used such as solar- and wind ener­gy, geot­her­mal ener­gy and ground water. Tech­nolo­gies to use excess heat can be adapt­ed. Ener­getic syn­er­gy poten­tials of dif­fer­ent build­ing pro­grammes can be activated.

The typo­log­i­cal con­cept of the ver­ti­cal farm there­for offers ide­al ener­getic poten­tials for a syn­er­getic inter­re­la­tion­ship between build­ing enti­ties with­in a city which faces to achieve a cir­cu­lar economy.