Hvordan kan ulike aspekter av naturbaserte løsninger bli effektivt integrert i eksisterende bystruktur for å minimere resteprodukter fra mat-, energi- og vannsystemer?

Abstract

Agriculture is, and will always be, one of the cornerstones of society. Through an assessment of different agricultural techniques and technologies, the groundwork for a design proposal within urban agriculture was set. Further assessing different aspects of nature-based solutions, which urban agriculture fall under, allowed for a broader approach in reuse of food, energy and water resources. After an urban analysis of the Norwegian city of Sandnes, Vågen upper secondary school was chosen as the proposal site. Its central location, form and role in education made it the preferred site. The proposal was contextualized to the site, prompting a secondary goal of providing a place of recreation and learning opportunities besides the resource management. A mixture of semi-autonomous hydro- and aeroponic growing systems was implemented along with a more traditional semi-intensive green roof. Local power production through solar panels would provide enough electricity to cover the proposal. Wastewater from the school would be filtrated, either chemically or biologically, before entering the resource cycle of the proposal.

Overall, the proposal should conceptually result in a food surplus with on-site power production, and only in need of public water when local wastewater production fall short of provision. Definite effects and resource demand are however up for discussion until a similar system is tested out.

Agriculture is, and will always be, one of the cornerstones of society. Through an assessment of different agricultural techniques and technologies, the groundwork for a design proposal within urban agriculture was set. Further assessing different aspects of nature-based solutions, which urban agriculture fall under, allowed for a broader approach in reuse of food, energy and water resources. After an urban analysis of the Norwegian city of Sandnes, Vågen upper secondary school was chosen as the proposal site. Its central location, form and role in education made it the preferred site. The proposal was contextualized to the site, prompting a secondary goal of providing a place of recreation and learning opportunities besides the resource management. A mixture of semi-autonomous hydro- and aeroponic growing systems was implemented along with a more traditional semi-intensive green roof. Local power production through solar panels would provide enough electricity to cover the proposal. Wastewater from the school would be filtrated, either chemically or biologically, before entering the resource cycle of the proposal.

Overall, the proposal should conceptually result in a food surplus with on-site power production, and only in need of public water when local wastewater production fall short of provision. Definite effects and resource demand are however up for discussion until a similar system is tested out.