项目：SPARK combines residential living with urban farming
设计方：SPARK
位置：新加坡
标签：居住区设计方案
设计风格：现代风格
预期到2030年，城市65岁以上的人口将会达到总人口的五分之一，这将对城市有限的基础设施等资源带来严峻的挑战。为了解决新加坡日益严重的人口老龄化带来的一系列问题，SPARK设计建造了该大型工程，将老龄人较多的住宅区与垂直城市农业结构组合到了一起，形成了花园式的居住环境，提供了高密度、高灵活性的建筑区域。
该工程也为退休后的老年人提供了大量工作岗位，想要在就业的老年人可以在专业团队的指导下获得一份新工作。面向公众的农业设施位于建筑的低层，高层才是居住区。该工程提供了一种类似社区一样的体验，有助于提高居民的健康状况和部分人群的收入。同时，住宅区与农业相结合的模式在高效的雨水处理系统和能源系统的协助下，其可持续性和高效能性进一步增强。
该设计专为新加坡而设计，但是其他各地的住宅建筑如果能够在屋顶和前院等地种植绿色植物，也可以使用该建筑模型。该设计有望未来在某些得到进一步的使用以解决城市化人口扩张带来的压力。
译者：柒柒
Designed to address the issue of Singapore’s rapidly aging population, this conceptual project by SPARK combines residential living for seniors with vertical urban farming. by 2030, one in five of the city-state’s residents will be aged 65 years and over, placing a greater strain on the region’s infrastructure and limited resources. Consequently, ‘home farm’, allows the country’s older inhabitants to live in a garden environment that provides high-density flexible housing, designed to cater to the needs of seniors.
The project also offers post-retirement employment, with residents able to work part-time hours under the direction of a professional implementation team. Publicly accessible farming facilities are positioned at the lower levels of the scheme, while housing is stacked above in a curvilinear terraced formation. As well as boosting personal income, the gardening activity would help generate a sense of community, while promoting the health of the site’s residents. the environmental sustainability and efficiency of ‘home farm’ would be enhanced by proposed features such as the collection of rainwater, for use in aquaponic systems, and the use of plant waste for energy production.
We designed this concept for Singapore, but there is the potential for it to be applied in any location that would support the growth of leafy green vegetables on building facades and rooftops’, explains SPARK director Stephen Pimbley. ‘We are keen to see this project materialize at some point in the future. The concept is a realizable solution to real and pressing problems faced by many of the world’s growing cities.’
