这里是中国上海K11购物中心内的城市豆芽农场。作为一个都市农场，一个购物中心，一个创造性的艺术空间，K11商厦完美的融合了这三者。K11意图打造成为一座“艺术商城”，打破普通消费者的传统购物经验，邀请多方合作，共同在商场中心，利用无土栽培的技术，在快节奏、都市化、高密度的一线城市，为城市游客们创造了一席绿色的天地。目前小农场里面有西红柿、茄子和辣椒，但是在不远的秋天，就可以换上不同的时令蔬菜。小农场采用LED照明补充商场窗户照入的自然光，自动灌溉。然而不足之处是，必须消费满900rmb，才能免费参与小农场的活动，然而这并非上海市民的平均消费水平，另外，一个狭小的小猪圈也刚刚完成，里面小猪崽们拥挤的生活状态，也让人不免惋惜。但是这仍然是一个值得借鉴的都市农场案例。
       译者：筑龙网 温冷清秋
       What do an urban farm, a shopping center, and a creative art space have in common? In Shanghai, these three concepts have been brought together to create the extremely cool K11 mall. Don’t let the word mall put you off - this ‘Art Mall’ seeks to break the mold of the average consumer shopping experience in China, and its urban farm is one of its most unusual and inviting aspects. Located in the middle of the mall, the farm uses soil-free cultivation methods and it provides a bit of green respite for urban visitors. Inhabitat recently took a first-hand look inside this green urban oasis - check out our photos after the jump!
       The mini-farm is currently producing tomatoes, eggplants and hot peppers, but with autumn on the way they will soon be switching to different seasonal produce. The vegetables are grown using automatic irrigation systems, and LED lighting supplements the daylight that floods in through the mall’s windows.
       Currently the agricultural project is hosting bi-monthly activities to try to encourage participation. They are bringing in horticulture experts to help introduce participants to basic growing concepts so that they can raise their own fruit and vegetables. Visitors are taught how to sow seeds in a little planting box, which, once sprouted, can be picked up and taken home.
       There are a couple of drawbacks to the farm. Participation is free, but to join in any planting activity customers have to demonstrate a receipt of purchase from any shop from the mall – and the minimum price tag is $150! So it’s not accessible to the average Shanghai resident. Also, a pig pen has been installed, and watching the little piglets enclosed in a small space is pretty disheartening.
       In addition to an urban farm, the mall features huge basement art galleries and a stunning rooftop terrace and garden. Perhaps K11′s example will encourage urban farming to catch on in Shanghai – in a city that is constantly changing, urban agriculture could quickly flourish.