Mimosa
the vertical farm
The mimosa building was prepared as an experimental, modular, open source facility. This means that the design is a set of principles and assumptions for the properly functioning vertical farm of a new generation, but it does not function as a finished object. The project located on a plot in Warsaw presents only one of the possible forms of the building, which could be transformed when it is adapted to the needs of any other location. All of the steps presented in the scope of full paper of this project shall ease the achievement of a fully self-adjusting structure for vertical farming.
Singular module has been developed up to the most optimal sun conditions.
Every module has been developed as an independent small energy plant - that way individual modules can be used as a backyard greenhouse, providing food up to the needs of a standard family of 2+1 while staying fully zero-emissive
The structure has been developed in a way allowing all of the seperate modules to be stuck together into the superstructure. This kind of structure can later be adjusted to the local needs.
The facade of each module is created with heat-exchanging windows on one side, and heat-insulating windows created from aerogel on the other. This way the structure can be adjusted to the climate in which it is set in.
Depending on the location the structure is set in its main function varies and adjusts to the local needs and conditions. As the additive modules can be stuck on top of one another or taken apart, the structure can also easily adapt to the current socio-politic state of the site's neighbourhood.
One of the many places the structure can be located is the park near the Hala Mirowska in Warsaw - the local marketplace. As in many cases the marketplace is led by local citizens who grow their vegetation outside the city and need to transport them daily. This could contribute to a reduced carbon footprint in the area.